Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-22
BIG CROWD
ThTongs Court Room at
Gi||et G Murder Trial.
Woman Who Hard Screams
IL; Her Evidence.
Gillette Registered at Big Moose
Under Assumed Name.

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| build up against Chester T. Gillette
who is on trial for his life as the aleg-
ed SLAYER or his sweetheart, Grace
| Brown, of Cortland. Mr. Ward IS pre-
scnting his evidence in the form OF
neutrality-suspicious. as many events III
( the lives Of the two young people from
| the first time they We're thrown loseth-
| er until the body of the girl was 1ouhd
] in Bis MooS" lake last July, It" ne Has
| been able to trace from q minute m
vcstigation Of al their AFFAIRS
| The prosecutor succeeded tp1.ay
against the bitter lrntt &ts Of the de
| frnd;;nt's counsel III getting; before the
jury what is said To be his most direct
| evidence that IL crime was committed
| that cvcntful day i'll the Adir0hdacks.
| He put upon the stand Mrs. Margaret
carey of East Orange, n. j., who, win
| her husband, had gone for 4 row IN the
south bay Of Big Moose lake the even
| ing young Gillette ANA Miss Brown set
out upon the journey which ended i'll
the lIttrr'S death. Mrs. carey a. cl;trtd
| ;hat she had been startled by hearing
piercing scream coming from near the
east shore of Tho bay.
1T was the cry Of Il person in peril"
the witness added.
This voluntary statement called forth
q STORM Of objections from the defence
land it was ordered stricken OFF the rec
lords. Mrs. Carey was allowed to state
it as her opinion that the cries were
like those of u woman. Here again OBJ
lection was intrrpos"d by the defence,
but this time Judgc Dcv"ndorf allowed
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were noted. The district attorney to-
day skctchcd in testimony the travels
Of Gillette ana Grace Brown on their
second day i'll the Adirond;!c ks. He
took them by train from Upper to
Big Moose. There they went to Il hotel
where they did not register as man and
Wife. Gillette used Miss Browns real
name. but styled himself Carl Graham.
| Witnesses We're next introduced Of
IT," young couple going for the fatal
row on the Luke. 1t was here that Gil
lcttc'S counsel made much Of an al
mission sa6urCd from one of the states
Wit!esscS-the proprietor Of The Glen
, more ut Big Moose lake He stated that
, Gillette had told him that he and the
Young lady wished to tdgc Il ride on
. the iuk" III the steamboat which plies
the waterway. Tie hotel man. Andrew
Morrison. told Gillette that if he went
By steamer he would not be able to
) return in time for dinner. Morrison
t declared ii was he that suggested to
: Gillette that he and the girl take Il
+ row. He also volunteered the informa
| ton that his father, Robert Morrison.
' ran Il boathousc nearby and would be
t glad to accommodate the couple The
G elder Morrison later cOrroboratcd this
statement.
'iiiictte's attorneys seized uron this
point as showing that the alleged muir
der Of the girl could not have been
planned in the manner the district at
t"rney has asserted to the jury if he
had no thought Of the rowboat and the
}. | lonely ride until the proprietor had sug-
|. GcStcd that method of seeing the lake
0 rather than by steamboat
9 The crush to get into the court room
f today was as great as ever Women hy
/ the score stormcd the front and sdt
!. doors. Many Of them were on hand a.
: early as I o'clock this morning. TIL,
9 cont session began at $50 A. NJ. ans
from that hour until adjournment wa!
F: announced at 6 p NJ. many Of III,
i. women who had secured seats on tn,
: lower f1nnr ana in tile gallery did no
T.. rclnuuish their vantage points for
|. minute They had come wen supple,
: with food and res"mbled Il picnic lane:
: during the noon hour.
\ Tic presiding justice had To admon
iSil at one time two men and oth"
: - cctatCrS against laughing in tn
g conrt room. The outburst came whc,
Il.
4 from one Of the witnesses some rccol
n lection rs to how Gillette was Gressct
q til" lay Of the alleged murder. som
q minutc details were mentioned and
II number Of persons laughed.
i This is no place for laughter
e shouted Judge Dcvonderof. "and til
a cont Will convince those who do no
m"intain quiet of the fact
The prosecution introduced witncsse
who saw Gillette and the girl driftin
along the south bay Of Big Moose lax
at dusk.
Then came the testimony Of Mrs. Ca
rcy rs to the screams she heard
s ut was penetrating ana sharp cr
n Of two syllables," she said. 81 listone
# tC hear if it was repeated. but il wa
.c not. Ii came from the direction wher
. Crac" Browns body was found.
Al Next were introduced witnesses VIII
Y. saw Gillette making his way on foo
ii that night from Big Moose lake towar
| Eagle bay. The purSer of the lax
,c steamer said Gillette boarded the Graf
If there ana rode to Arrow Head. whcr
tc he pa %sed the night at Il hotel The dc
e fence ondcavored to draw from the wit
= nesseS the fact that Gilette's clothin
r. had tie appearance Of a man who Ia
! recently fallen overheard. No one nc
)r ticc1 him closely enough to say. TIL
N proprietor Of Arrow Head hotel sal
10 Gillette had brought down a pair {
= trousers to be pressed and they apDaI
in rcntly had been thoroughly soaked
SO water.
He.kimer \. Y. Nov. 21.-After til