The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-04
Lawyer says Doctors
Who Held Autopsy
SWOre Falsely.
CHARGES OF GRAFT
ARE FREELY MADE
District Attorney Leaps to Feet
and Says Gillette's Counsel Has
Told Untruth - Audience
Waits With Bated
Breath for
Rupture.

HERKIMER n. T.. December D.
Nevor perhaps in tie history of Herkimer
county Justice has the closing scenes OF
murder trial been oharacterized by
such bitter attacks of counsel az devel-
Upod in to summing ~ of the Gillette
Case to-day. judge Dvendorf had ex-
pected 90 give tire case 10 the jury TO-
Gay, but AFTER District Attorney Ward
lad spoken for afteen minutes. court
adioumed until tomorrow morning.
Former Senator A. NJ Mills. close
personal and political friend OF the prose
c4tor. made rae iast appeal 20 the jury
tD acqlit Chester T. Gillette Of the
murder of Grace Brown, a. Big Moose
Lake July 1tl. He dramatically de-
,larei that the nye physicians who had
Fworn thai there was a hio0d-clot On
Grace Browns brain had sworn 10
1aisehood. That they had gotten together
and agreed upon "A common story for the
Vsituess-staud. and deliberately withheld
testimony favorable 20 hls client Inu-
suating uat tae physicians were im-
properly Influenced. he added
'lf there ia ar Investigation o. graft.
some of these five doctors may figure
o. o. Taey were p4l- large feee o. -ive
evidence. which it was thought was 50
prepared that 10 would convict this boy.
charge here and u0w-aud know person
ally each ~ tue plFs4lians-that they
dIi not bring iu all the facts. they did
r1f report some things favorable to this
bow. Each 81 these doctors knew that
fraud was heng perpetrated- You cant
pick out five reputable physicians in the
county who wolld do SUCH thing as
these doctors did
ct 80 Rf,~r- Ra-1faG
uie,nct ATTORNEY Ward jlmre1 % bis
fset aud ialncnei into scatching de-
runeiatlon Of Senator Mills and the
methods Doe had taken 10 sway the jury
over 20 the defense
When Sir Mills stands here and tells
you. as hc Just has. De said. that those
five doctors. reputable men u Herkimer
county. and your friends. who enter your
homes. perhaps every day. are liars. and
burglars. DE says that which IS not true
Iie doesn't expect b. that address 20
reach the intelligent men on this jury
IIe thinks that there may be rogue
among YOU. You know some times men
gef on 1friea who have debts OF gratitude
o. pay. from q way back years ago. and
they pay them hy violating the rules and
rendering a verdict not in accordance with
tie evidence. That is what Is called q
rogue on d jury. and Dee hoped there
'cht d. ro~rie among YOU
After declaring that counsel for the de-
frnss had sought 20 find rogue in the
fury. Mt Ward continued. They say
this young man should have been repre-
sented at that autopsy How could he
No represented when the officers We're IN
the Adirondacks looking for him at the
time the autopsy was performed And
then because be was not represented. Mr.
Mills attempt 20 dlscredlt the word five
Reputable doctors brought here. and no
attempts 20 make a doctorof himself and
tries 20 tell what constitutes drowning
Why weren't they represented? Nobody
knew but what the girl had been drowned
unul they found that wound IN the hair
and followed it 20 the brain.
And when they found that blood-clot
thew knew what caused her death-it was
O blow on the head
''Now. what iusidious thing did he
f9ean when he told you about graft that
existed was there any graft when that
poor eirl was brought Up into the woods
- De rurdered2 nid graft cause that?
What did De mean2
Catch Foolish Juror.
"I charge here and now that that little
3alsehood was put into the case for the
purpose Of preiudicinR some poor foolish
Juror and 20 keep him from giving proper
consideration 10 the evidence IN the
case"
In this strain. so excited al times that
Tho big audience fa'Ev gasped the dis
trict attorney brought TO spectacular
close dav OF steady speech-making. fuu
Of dramatic periods.
Senator Mills had conteuded that Crace
Brown committed suicide. and that his
client had been unfairly dealt with GIL
iette had. he ssid been pitted against
the united powers Of a persistent district
attorneys department. an INSCRIPTIONS
sherin"s department and biased and un-
fair public press. The district attorney
had failed 20 show any plausible motive
Tor the terrible murder laid at Gillette's
door he had failed 20 produce the eve
witness he was expected TO produce on
The strength Of his opening address. and
re failed 70 prove that Gillette had anv
sweetheart other than Grace Brown. as
b promised to do.
Mr. Mills declared that nothing
authentic had been presented to the jury
that was inconsistent with the course a
boy and girl in similar trouble would have
taken in seeking relief and secrecy to
shield their regulations
Mr.. Mills averred that Grace Brown
followed the wishes written by her IN
one OF the letters to Gillette that she
drowned herself hoping to be buried with
her secret hidden from the mother whose
love she valued more than her own lfe"