Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-01
GILLETTE TRIAL.
Continued from Page One.)

ASKED by the district attorney IT, when
ne hifed the boat at Big MOOSE anu
vent ont on the lake WIFI TRACE
brown, lie understood his llnahclal CON
dltioli would not warrant ms hlriiiS q
BOAT from noon until night, Gillette an
sWcred he did, but he did not care
about the cost.
Gillette was shown the films that ne
TOOK "n his trip to Bear Mountain ana
elsewhere on his journey through the
woods.
Gillette you sworc the other day for
Your counsel that these films mona
i>f" We're never exposed, didn you
"Y"s."
"And then after you had sworn to
mat You told your counsel not 10 cH-
anime You any further on that point.
diail't YOU" II cannot state.
IN }" whose picture is this winch l
snow .Tnu ana which you sW"re had nos
hrrh deIclnprd"" ITS picture q
Miss Harriet Benedict Of Cortland
IN" picture Of Miss Benedict was
token before Gillette left Cortland on
me IT'D which ended in the dehlh 81
Grace Grown ana his arrest on Il
ciitrGc If murder,
Cu!nin" down IN the writing by the
witness Of INA Gctitiurs names he had
placed on Inc r,aie,ers in tie hotels at
| ica and Topper Lake and also ms
fc%lSClln% as "Charl"e Gor'ion, at l'"-
l;uytcr on the night before he started
from the last named place for the Adj
irnnLuckS With Grace Brown, Gillette
said His purI.nsf. ,y.,s ia l.rut.ct The girl
"Yuu aid not want ANYONE. to know it
was Won t'hastn,. Gillette. who was
thcrr. Gid vnup.' "Muybc, feared
snl.,un. VINO nli9ht nave known either
Grace or myself would sec the nam.
'iiiil"ttt.' ON the register 81 put down
he names Garden ana wife,"
CiIintt,. Identified a number Of arti-
cics which hal hcrn found in his suit
c1ee and the district attorney prcsscs.
nin nj length r,ytr,Iing the reason TO-.
his .,lina his ovrrcott. umbrella ana
t, mis- racnuet along ON his boat ride
with Grace n,own. lie said H. took thu
oycrrurt aInnm Iuc3u:c H. thought
Grace might need il, although it wa;
- Emf Juiv afternoon.
Whcn questioned about his strAw hat
,,.hich w. found with the lining torn
,.ut noatinp IN the LAKE. near the ove--
,,,,rnI hr,t Gillette said the lining had
loan tn;.o out az III. hat several months
l.r,ra tho trooady ana that ne had not
....,,oh. I, l,i1o hi. identity hy t,arin.r
!. It'll, 1lf.,, ut..rtin., M lis v..lk
,i,r.,,,,;, H.. ,,,nd. ~ E,,ola I,y
ciIIrtt. e.,i1 That after getting out
49, tI., ,,-.,t... ,,.l,,,, Mis-. I.rnvn moi
, ,,., ,.,,ruinr ,lntb.s IL,
49,. y It.. S.,,it o.,.,. ,pl
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l'"' y ~ ~ 'ie ~, - KIN. Ia ,'' arni..
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l'"' i''i MS !,'''
) zen IN ei'i''s'''FH' .,,
DISTRICT At''.licS W"'n e'''li',.'''
the value OF me suit case ""'pi -
ana tennis racH;'@' ah' "tii'r 'r''','
GIllctt" Sald ne l'it "sil'l' VIM,
and ms girl r"Wed about thc iihe
snort time hrf"f" the Siil went l" 'iIi
death ard asked Gillette II he WASH
afraid the un@uardcd articles would DC
stolen. Defendant said ne considered
Tie articles safe enough and that's why
he left them ashore.
Gillette in explaining why he had tod
Errt Cross ana the Patrick and West
colt Girls that he had been to Racquet
like. said ii W:ts to create the impress
Sion That he had not been to Big Moose
lake with Grace Brown and that he
had sought t. divert suspicion from
himself. but he had told that story IN
ana he said he lied when
h.. told if.
ciIl.ttr r,,t.d that his version of the
trou.d,- ., n.,r,.,tnl ia I-n,lor Sheriff
I;1n.l- T, r..u. minutes after Ms arrest
- III offn,.t IN, tbo ,n,jr was ~
,coil,rt ana that h. had tinnrd th.
bn,+ while thry we're ricIiing pond
,i,fa.- NV . liz
Now did YOUR attorneys tel You 10
..u . ,,irr.rert Story Than The one Won
+.Jl J-,1,r cbc,if. .lnc1,r"
.,rt,o,. ,l:.1 :, ..,,b,,. III, ,uc I, ..u
tho ,r,,,, :"
Witness das5.,il,in:. the Girls net in
roari,,e. IA h..r l.ath said .;hr iumpc.l
from the stern Of The Eoat. that @ll"
shouted fer klein. That u, one rasnnnl-
III ,3,l .I,at Ia t..;nI to fiud ont how
,1,cn tI,r v,.,t.r ,ya4 There
.i,ia ,,u ttv to reach hero enc"