The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-29

preceded his capture, emitting from the
testimony which has already been brought
forth by the prosecution only the con;
versations which he is said to have had
in the Arrow Head Inn concerning the
tragedy at Big Moose.
Now, Chester" said Mr.. Mills after he
had finished. did you strike Grace Brown,
push her into the water or do anything 10
wilfully cause her death?"
aNo," said Gillette, and his expression
did not change nor the o OF his voice
raise as he said it.
The crowd in the court room signihed
its realization OF The question by a murmur
so loud that the bailiffs had to rap for order.
Did you have a watch whea you went
into the laker' asked Mr.. Mills.
YES"
Did you notice it laterl" -.
Yes, I looked at 1t at Eagle Bay, and II
had stopped at ten minutes after O."
Mrs. Carey testified for the prosecution
been Grace Browns. last cry not later than
FIVE minutes after g.
The racket was shown Gillette, and he
said that he had bought it at Oberlin' In
What was its condition when you last
saw it7"
The strings were not broken and the
handle wa not loose. It looked newer
than it doe now"
THE CONGRATULATIONS.
After asking a few more questions TO
get in the conversation with Grace Brown
which had been excluded from the morning
testimony, Mr.. Mills turned over the de-
PENDANT for cross-examination.
The District Attorney started out by
Gillette was overcome by fear after the
o. How old were you when you went %
Hawaii A. Eighteen.
Q. Was there a storm at seal A. Yes.
@. We're you afraid then' A. l was
Q. When you were q brakeman did you
not have to work on top OF the cars3 A.
Yes.
Q. Were you afraid then' A. Some
q. Why A. was afraid that I might
q. You were afraid for yourself, then.
We're you afraid when you took Grace
Brown out on Little York Lake at night!
A. I never took her out at night. / heard
the witness testify that, but l was never
q. Were You afraid when you came into
o. Were You afraid when you took the
witness stand1 A. No.
Q. Are you afraid nowf A. l don't
think 80.
The District Attorney asked Gillette
now many times he had rehearsed his story,
and he acknowledged hat he told
il a number Of times, and each time the
same. He denied, however, that his at
torneys had supplied any words for the
telling.
SAYS HE LOVED BROWN.
In reply to questions Gillette said that
he loved Grace Brown more than n one
else.
Q. Did you love her when o were out
i'll M. n--Als-4 an Nha LRNNPfh nf IIlu1
o. Didn't you know that Grace Brown
was at her home in South Otselic pleading
for you to come? A.. I knew that she was
there.
q; Did not you know that she was plead
The District Attorney showed the witness
letters from him TO Grace Brown and from
Grace Brown to him, which he was com-
PEELED TO identify after some hesitation:
Chester Gillette, would you tell a lie?'
Not knowingly"
-You told Miss Patrick and Miss West
colt that you were going to Racquette
Lake and did not go. Isn't that SOP
yes"
You lied. then. didn't your
The defendant said that neither Mrs.
Hoag nor his cousin Harold had censured
him Tor his attentions to Grace Brown, as
they had testified. but acknowledged that
Miss Harnishfager had talked to him about
the matter.
What did you tell herr"
Il said it was none Of her business
Didn't you think it was any ones bust
ness?"'
NO.
do you think it's any ones business
now2"
Maybe some ones affair"
MARRIAGE NEVER L OF, HI AVS.
The District Attorney kept bringing out
the letters which Grace Brown had writer
to Gillette and asking him why he had not
gone to her in her trouble, especially on tbs
Fourth Of July, instead Of going out with
Miss Benedict. The defendant said that
he had expected to go as soon as he could
get away. In reply to the District At
t%orney's question he said that marriage
had never been talked Of between him anC
Grace Brown, and that he had had no feal
of her coming to Cortland and revealing
the secret which had sent her to South
Otselic. He had not cared to have the
girls relations known, he said, but it wa'
Didn't you think any n ought to know
about it?"
@Yes. her father and my family"
You made no effort to let them know
about II, did you?'
The District Attorney was still showing
the letters of Grace Brown to Gillette and
asking him questions concerning then
when the days session ended. He sue
ceeded in getting the defendant to con
tradict himself several times as to his atti'
tude toward their contents, but the pris'
oner, except for an apparent empowering
physical exhaustion, seemed to be far
from breaking down when the court ad'
iourned. He read and discussed the let.
ters without any apparent show Of emotion
Gillette will go on the stand again when
court opens Friday, and IL is probable tina
his cross-examination will consume a grea'
part Of the days session.
II was learned to-day that one Of thu
chief witnesses for the defence will be DR.
Eisning Of New York city, who was at Biz
Moose Lake when Grace Browns bod,
was brought in and who will testify as K
its condition at that time.