The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-23
TOLD HIN
BOAT UP SET
Sheriff Testifies That Was
What Gillette Said
WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED
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Gillette Himself First Told News of
the Death Of Grace Brown, Two
Days After It Hap
pened.
WHEN He WAS ARRESTED

Herkimer, n. u, Nov. 23.--ln the trial
.uf Chester Gillette, charged with slay
ing his sweetheart, Grace Brown, at Big
Moose Lake, Deputy Sheriff Klocle, who
arrested Gillette la Arrowhead testified
Yesterday afternoon that when he asked
Gillette Al the time Of his arrest If he
knew Grace Brown was drowned, Gil
lette replied that lie did not.
II asked him il be could tell where
he was on Monday. Tuesday and Wed.
nesday,' said the deputy He told me
that he could not.
II asked him what he did It for, and
he replied the boat upset | asked him
why he did not save TIE girl and be
answered that he was afraid she would
grab him and drown them both.
Yesterday forenoons session was de-.
voted to recital Of the movements Of
Gillette between the time Of the alleged
murder and his capture
lie crossed through the forest from
Big Moose lake, where Grace Brown lay
dead, to Eagle Bay seven miles He
reached Eagle Bay late in Che evening,
crossed Fourth lake on steamer, and
was assigned ID room twentv-four at
Arrowhead hotel at the head Of the
Fourth lake. BIZ mistake the bellboy,
according 10 his testimony Oh the stand
yesterday, took him TO room twenty
three by mistake
Then what did you don asked The
district attorney.
IL moved him.
did you carry his suit casef'
Fl did,
"Was il wetfs
III WAS NOT
lie was proved BY witnesses that Gil
lette had arranged to have mail sent TO
Eagle Bay, and entering the postoflice III
Inlet, where the Arrowhead hotel Is lo-
Gated, he wrote card To the postmaster
at Eagle Bay asking that bis mail be
forwarded
Frank Williams, proprietor Of the
Seventh Lake hotel, several miles north
Of Arrowhead, described how Gillette
came to his hotel July IL, tile day after
the tragedy, and inquired where he could
find Miss Josephine Patrick and Miss
Gladys Westcott, the Cortlandt society
girls whom be met on the train when
first leaving De Ruyfer with Grace
Brown. Gillette had told these young
women that he would meet them at Sew
enth Lake on Friday, and he kept his
word
Gillette told Miss Patrick and Miss
Westcott that he was not with Grace
Brown, who sat in different part Of
the coach, but explained that he had
planned to 70 70 the woods with Il
young man. who failed to meet him.
The second day after che tragedy Gil
lette met an excursion party at Arrow
head lake and went with them for an
expedition up Black Bear mountain.
Miss Gertrude Dean, OF Lowyille testi-
fled that she was a member Of the
party. She said Gillette took photo.
graphs Of the party while on the noun
tain.
Rev. G. Frost, Presbyterian minis
ter Of Lowville, also member Of the
party, testified that Gillette had told
him the story Of his early life in the
west; that he had been brakeman and
attended preparatory school at Oberins
O., for two years.
THAT evening on our return to the
hotel" said the minister, the party
sat on the porch with Gillette and sang
songs. Later Gillette went TO bis room,
and on passing through the hotel office
heard Gillette say to two men: Did
YOU hear OF the terrible tragedy Of Big
Moose iakeg' One Of the men asked him
what it was. and Gillette replied that
young girl was drowned"
Mr. Frost said he did not know tile
names Of the men, When Gillette made
this inquiry, on July 10, Grace Browns
body had been found and the officers
were looking for Carl Graham the
name Gillette used when registering at
the Glenmore hotel.