The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
BLOW FOR GILLETTE
Witness WillTei of Hearing
Dying Girls Scream.
PROSECUTION OPENS THE CASE
Address to Jury Furnishes Sensa-
tion-State Claims to Have Secured
Testimony Showing Manner OF
Grace Browns Death in Big Moose
Lake-Defendant shows Surprise.

Herkimer, n. Y. Nov. H.-After a
weeks struggle between counsel, the
| twelfth Juror in the case of Chester Z.
Gillette. charged with the murder of
Grace Brown. was obtained to-day. and
Prosecutor George Ward opened the
States case in three-quarters Of an hour 5
address. which furnished the first-real
sensation Of the trial and caused a COM
motion in court that for the first time
since the beginning Of the case seemed TO
have some effect on the nerve of the
prisoner.
The district attorney told the story Of
the prosecutions case up to the time Of
the girls death in Big Moose Lake. Sud
denly. as the prosecutor reached his de-
scription Of the girls death, he sprung his
surprise.
There was another person on the lake
as they struggled" he said, and when
Grace Browns last cry sounded over the
waters Of Big Moose Lake this witness
heard, and she viii be here to testify to
that fact
The sentence caused a commotion as
great as If a cannon had been let of in
the room. Opposite young Gillette sat the
family of Grace Brown. They were on
transverse seats opposite the defendant,
with the two daughters, Mary and Fran
ces, sitting between their parents.
shock to Gillette.
Gillette seemed to have received an un-
expected shock from the prosecutor s
words His head. which had been bend
ing forward. went back mOmentarily. and
the hand which had been covering his
face, gripped harder and brought the color
10 his cheeks, which had been a dead
white
II was only for an instant, however, and
in a moment he was again looking at the
prosecutor with the air CT distinterested.
expressionless attention. which he had
worn all through the other part OF the
prosecutors recitation.
Ward told Of the coming OF Grace
Brown, the daughter OF a poor farmer. in
South Otselic 10 Cortland. She obtained
work in the Gillette skirt factory. and
until her married sister moved away.
made her home in her family. After
that she was compelled 10 shift for her
self. II was then Gillette came from the
West. he was fairly we'll educated; a
nephew Of the owner Of the factory, and
was attacted TO the girl He was often
at her boarding place. and was constantly
at her desk in the factory. The girl was
inexperienced and poor, and not IN
usual sequel followed.
Eager for the wedding.
When the girl realized her condition.
Mr. Ward said, Gillette prevailed upon
her TO go to her home in South Otselic.
where he said he would come and make
good the promises he had made. In the
meantime he has been received into a
different circle Of society from that OF the
fvr r1a a0l IN
the way Of his larger plans.
She went. but for nearly three weeks
he old not come. She wrote to him often
and finally threatened that IL he did not
come 10 her, she would come TO Cortland
and tell his friends her story. Meanwhile
she had prepared clothing for the we'd
ding, which she expected would soon take
place.
He went continued Ward, but he
did not go as Chester Gillette He regis
tered at the hotel as Charles George
At Utica, the pair registered under the
names OF Charles George and wife From
Utica the pair Travelled 10 the Old Forge,
but" continued Mr.. Ward, the place
was not secluded enough for the act
which Gillette was planning He decided
10 travel fifty-five miles north 10 Tupper
Lake. further into these witnesses: but
LIllS 1udIleS NTeOISt leEL MS laundry 10
be called for by Chester Gillette.
He found, however, when he got 70
Tupper Lake that he did not get into q
wilderness. Tupper Lake was town
of 500 inhabitants. It was not the place
he was locking for He registered as
Charles George and wife, and In the
morning started back for Big Moose.
Here. however. he did not register as
Charles George and wife. He registered
the girl as Grace Brown, Of South Otselic,
and himself as Carl Graham, Of Albany.
7 De news was wired back TO the missing
girls home that Grace Brown, Of South
OtSeliC, had been drowned with Carl
Graham. a man whom no one knew and
whose body had not been recovered.
The lake was full of other boats, and
he rowed until o'clock. Then the other
boats one by one left the lake. and he
rowed to this little bay which the guides
Of the locality know is sandy and shall
low There he tried to carry out the
plan he had formed. but II was harder
work than he had thought TO throw the
girl girl, even in her condition, over the
boat.
A struggle followed. He thought no
one was near. but there was another per
son on the lake as they struggled, and
when Grace Browns last cry sounded
over the waters of Big Moose Lake this
witness heard it. She will testify.