The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27


injuries such a. you say you found were
administers In the water or on land1'
The answer was No.
These two questions, to some extent at
least. uncover the line OF defence which has
been so carefully concealed. It il quite
apparent that the defence will argue that,
as Gillette explained when he was first
arrested. the boat toppIed over acciden-
tally and drowning was the cause Of the
girls death. The injuries on the head and
face OF the girl will be explained by the
superstition that she went down and came
up beneath the upturned boat with force
enough to cause the injuries to her face
and head which the autopsy revea led.
his theory might also explain the locks
OF the girls hair found on the cleats which
held the centre seat. but as hair was found
on both sides OF the boat the contention
will have to be made that the drowning
girl came to the surface twice.
In order to support this theory. how
ever. the defence will ave to put on medical
experts Of its own. as both physicians
to-day testified that 1t was possible TO tell
whether injuries were received before or
after death and that the injuries noted
on the body OF Grace Brown were caused
prior to her death. The fact that the body
was found in only seven and a half feet OF
water will also initiate against the propo-
sition that the girls body could have risen
with force enough to cause the injuries
described.
DR.. E. H. Douglas, the second Of the
States five medical witnesses. was still
on the stand when this afternoons session
closed. With three more physicians and
the Coroner still to testify. it appears likely
that. the States case will not be closed in
until the latter part Of the week and that
1t will be well into next week before the
trial comes to an end.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Ever since Chester Gillette has been In
the Herkimer Jail a mysterious woman has
been showing attention to him.. Twice she
has been to see him, heavily yelled, and
every day since she has sent him some
thing through the mail. 1t is believed that
she is in town watching his trial.
The woman's apparent l~nfatuation started
when Gillette was first brought here from
the North o and his case became a
topic OF discussion throughout the State.
IL started with the visit OF a mysterious
yelled woman about two weeks after Gil
lette was taken TO the Jail n its latest
manifestation was in the form of a long
unsigned letter which the prisoner re-
ceived yesterday, enclosing a four leaf
clover.
When the woman first came here last
summer she was not permitted to go TO
Gillette's cell, as no visitors were allowed
TO visit him then except his counsel. The
woman was heavily yelled and her features
could not be distinguished plainly, but 1t
was evident that she was young and at
tractive looking. Soon after this visit the
daily mail always brought a paper to Gill
lette, postmarked Utica. Somewhere on
the newspaper would be written the name
Marguerite" The first paper had the line
when the whippoorwills call Marguerite
written on the margin and the signature
was Marguerite"
About two weeks after the first visit Of
the yelled young woman she came to the
Jail and asked toysee Gillette. This time,
when the Warden asked her who she was,
she said she was Marguerite" and Was ad-
mitted. She was taken to Gillette's cell
and they talked for a long time in sight OF
the turnkey. After this visit the apers
continued to come. Yesterday there came
a big bundle Of Sunday papers directed
in the usual handwriting. When the Sheriff
opened them, as he does all of Gillette's mail,
a letter and a four leaf clover fell out. Tn
Sheriff read the letter, which was the first
been received by Gillette.
Il send you this four leaf clover, said
the letter, hoping that IL will bring you
luck. Once when / was in deep trouble a
friend Of mine sent me a four leaf clover
and it helped me out. | hope this will do
the same for you and when you are free l
will see you
The letter was unsigned, but judging
from the handwriting and enclosure IL had
been written by the same woman who
has called twice at the jail and sends the
papers.
This is the most pronounced manifesto
ton of the interest being shown in Gillette
by many women. His cell is full of flowers
all the time and women are constantly send
ing him fruit and candy.
Gillette passed a quiet Sunday. He has
apparently become very religious. Before
he left Cortland he taught in Sunday school
and was a constant attendant at church.
Now his religious devotions have become
more marked as his trial has progressed.
Yesterday he read the Bible a greater part
Of the day. and il is said that every night
before the lights are put out he reads verses
of Scripture.