The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-23

Seventh Lake. Miss Patrick was recalled
TO the stand. She told OF having gone to
the Inlet store on July 10 with Miss Westcott
and a Mr.. Wilcox. She met Gillette there
said thai she had asked him why he had
not come to see her and that he had
that he had forgotten the name OF the
camp. He had also said that he expected
TO go home early Monday.
The witness said that she had asked
Gillette where he had been before he had
come 20 Arrowhead, but that she could not
remember what he had answered. Neither
could Miss Westcott, who had been present
at the same conversation.
Most of the afternoon session was taken
up with the testimony OF M Sheriff
Klock and Sheriff John Richards, who told
of,the finding Of the enn rackuet Taking
up his story from the place where Gillette
was told OF Grace Browns death, MIR. klock
continued:
Gillette asked Gross to pay his hotel
bill, which he did, and l started upstairs
with him toward his room. As / left. the
Office he asked Gillette where he had been
Monday and Tuesday nights, and he replied
that he had been at RaQuette Lake. On
the way upstairs l told him that everything
he said would be used against him. Then l
said to him: You knew the girl was drowned.
What did o do it for? He said: The
boat upset. said: Couldn't you save the
grip and he replied. L was afraid that IL 1
did try to we would both be drowned
Later in his testimony Mr.. Klock said that
he asked Gillette three times how the boat
came to tip over, and he made three different
nswers The first time he said: Il got up to
fix my hat" The second time he explained
it by saying: Il was reaching out to pick a
pond lily when we tipped over" and his
third answer to the question was that he
was going to the stern OF the a to talk to
the girl when it upset.
The under sheriff said that he had noticed
that Gillette's suit case showed no signs
of having been in the water, and asked him
the reason for it. The defendant replied
that he had gone ashore to eat lunch with
the girl and had taken his suit case with him.
When he got back into the boat he left 1t,
he said, where they had p~artaken Of lunch.
h under sheriff said that he had asked
Gillette what nae become Of the tennis
racket, and he had answered that he sup
posed that it was floating in the lake. His
umbrella, he said, he had left on shore.
The suit case and it's contents were put in
evidence. None Of them showed any signs
of having been in the water. Two OF the
exhibits were a linen collar case full OF col
lars and a pair Of white socks. They did not
show any signs Of a wetting..
Did you ask Gillette IL he knew that
Grace was in a delicate condition." asked
the District Attorney.
Il did" replied Mr.. Kleck, and he said
that he supposed she was
Did he say anything about getting mar
ried?'
-Yes. | asked him il he expected TO be
married, and he answered hat he had ar
ranged 10 go to the woods and get married
there; that the girl was in a delicate con-
ditiOn and that he did not want to get mar
ried at her home because OF the gossip 1t
might cause
Kiock said that Gillette had So. 40 when he
was arrested and that when he started
he had had s25 and boughta mileage book
for $40.
Sheriff John Richards was called to tes-
tify about the finding of the tennis racquet.
Gillette had told him where it was, he said,
and he had gone once and searched for 1t
unsuccessfuIly. Then he had come back
and accused Gillette of having lied to him.
He told Gillette, he said, that there had been
| a reward of SIS offered for its recovery and
that the prisoner could have IL II he would
tell him where it was. Gillette told him
, again, and this time the Sheriff was able to
find it. IL was hidden under a log about
seventy-five feet from the side of Big Moose
Lake road and had been covered with loose
moss and dirt.
A racket in a brown canvas case was
identified by the Sheriff and put in evidence.
The case was covered with black spots,
which might have come from the wet dirt
and moss. The rackpet was taken out
of the case and shown to the jury 1t was
one of apparently good make. Tit strings
were all snapped and broken in it and two
fat pieces glued to the sides of the handle
had become loose. The frame Of the racket
was cracked on the right hand sid near the
throat, but so slightly split that the break
could not be seen from a distance. Other
wise the frame was apparently In good
shape, except that the winding Of tape near
the throat had become loosened. The
broken string and the looseness of the
side pieces on the handle might he &C
counted for by the three weeks exposure
20 the weather which it had TO withstand.
On cross-examination the Sheriff testi-
fled that when he had taken the racket
partially out OF the case when he found 1t he
had not noticed that the side pieces of the
handle were loose. Since then, he said,
il had been under his particular supervision,
first in the Jail and then in the Grand Jury
room. This racket is the weapon with
which Chester Gillette il said to have struck
down the girl and its condition was OF the
greatest importance TO The case.
An edict went forth from the Sherif's
Office to-day f~orbidding luncheon parties
in the court room during the noon recess.
had been accustomed to come to court in
the morning with a lunch basket and a
lantern prepared to stay all day.
It took the combined efforts of six depu-
ties to shoe the people out OF the court
room during the noon session, and even
stairs and hide in some of the Offices below.
waiting for the first chance 10 get back
to the court room and get good seats. All
day, az usual, the doors OF the court house
were besieged by those who had not been
able to get in before, the court room was
full. Each door was Rept locked and guard
ed by a deputy, who would only open il
when the proper kind of a knock was given,
and each stairway to the upper floor also
had a guard TO hold up those who, on one
excuse or another, had sneaked by the outer
portal.