The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-26
Unmoved BY Piteous Letters.

OnNOVed by PlteOuS Letters.
true. his head sank down and his hand
covered his eyes. but when the -. .idinr
'i's'les had ali been exhausted and D..
"rtr gazod steadily before hiru there
WN no moisture about his ewes and ht
rad once more iapsed into the self pos
sessed gum chewing youth whose man
n , as been 4 Source OF wCod.fn. nrf To
these forced 20 associate with hi,r
Inc Gillette trial has already cost Her
AlmeF county more than any other which
las been hold within It's confines and
il has brought forth more interest than
any other proceeding Of any kind The
attendance on some days has equaled that
seen az the famous MoIineux and Nan
Eatterson trials, and the scenes have been
greatly similar
At hrst IL looked as n all tho SON
sation all the excitement and tho a.
traction 10 those who had been await
4ns Inc event would fade when dav after
aay was taken IN getting a jury More
man hFee hundred talesmen were ex-
1I,i'1u oelore thc necessary twelve were
se4ected. and a whole week had been
used up before the box was filled
.'ose VINO had gone 10 the trial at first
Eau ulhheu out until only a few at
sSL1eu. But the opening address OF the
--a''4C' attorney. George W Ward
1.snS spectators 10 the trial by the
-unoIeas' lie had begun the sersa-
tion which since then has never 60,
{" exist throughout the trial
Even Counsel Amazed.
Even former Senator J. n Nfius s
MS associate, Charles Thomas. nom -
men nom a legal standpoint. ana olvs,--
on 'He alert 10 look out for the irferest
-, 49, C'4eil'- We're amazed at the pos
slniAues IN the trial evinced bv the ~,
l'..e !" me case given by the district
attorney Gillette seemed Fuelbovnd II
Of
Hsnt But he never moved a ,nuscre
ana MS unshaven face betrave5 80
ucinor OF emotional feeling
lAeh witnesses began 20 come tbfcl-
ana iaSt. To the credit o. the district
attorney Il must be said that his weld
i'l1 VI the chain OF evidence and his
connection OF the facts leading M - r.
time when the girl disappeared sbo7-o5
no ma" OF alignment. and so tb.. css-
went on, with sensation after sene.rs.,,,
appearing and disappearing
flrst the father. the mother and IN.
sisters OF the gin told OF their sisterss
NE and related IN a simple cbild-I,l,a
way '"e various unimportant facts lead
ing up 70 the time when Grace or
Billy Brown left her home Dave- -
return. It was the mute evidence tbst
tney gave. their faces worn with sorrow
that inc prosecution wanted n ru+ he
ioTe me jury more than the words thav
SPOKE. Then the dresses, the poorly made
unstylish. simple garments that the 81
believed would - her wedding clotba-
instead OF. as it turned out. her shrord
awakened another emotion in the sAnsi-
oiltles or the jurymen. Then. anau,
the letters -'''''''s'
As II expecting an objection from, his
opponents In case the district attorney,
made his motion 70 have the letters a.
uouuced as evidence The obfaotio,,
came but 1t was short lived. 1t was
utterly. '''ieu
one by one. from the time the GIRL 6~et
Desah 10 suspect that her affections had
gO.H wasted upon stone. the letters
were classic. Their power Law in thSir
SHiiHc-t1' their utter absence of fra
WIltlnS or any attempt at IT. thei7 ten
uS4hess ana their piteOus appeal As me
slrt began 10 realize more and more the
S"iu' cflel, hard nature Of the man src
mat she stu chung. as women viii to
lingering nope that perhaps time would
oring him back 10 her as she wanted
him.
Fortune Already Told"
The mental torture she was SUFFERING.
tne exquisite pain she was enduring,
Drought out IN one brief little paragraDh
My little baby sister" she WrOfe a
Few days before she left her home. came
TO me to-day with her arms full OF daisies
and wanted 10 tell my fortune. I an
swered that I thought most of NV for
tune had already been told
Her anguish and possibly a hidden ma
mOntiOn OF what the future was to bring
forth seemed TO lie In this extract from