Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-29

TO Hcrklmcr ana was lodged IN tne jail.
He has been there since.
Chester, did you strike Grave Brown
a blow in the face or do anything will
fully to cause her death?" asked Mr..
Mills.
"Na. sir" said Gillette.
what time did your watch stop that
day Chester?'
$40"
is this your tennis racquet" asked
Mr. Mills. showing him the one dug up
in the woods after the tragedy.
at looks like it,"
What was its condition when you
left it in the WOodS?'
ut locked kind of new; better than
now"
when did you last have the racquet
out If the case before you put it there
by the road?"
Before l left Cortland
This testimony was to refute that
given for the people which held that
Gillette struck Miss Brown a crushing
blow With the racquet and then threw
her body into the water.
! During the REORGANIZATION Gillette
! held himself together and returned
| prompt answers to questions until the
| prosecuting attorney was we'll on in his
| examination. Then he became nervous
and his answers We're given mere hes
| itatinCly. His voice shook and his an
swers could not be heard at Il distance
Of several feet.
| Court adjourned until $50 A. NJ. Fri
Gay.
! At 1915 District Attorney Ward rested
| the people, case. Then Mr.. Mills for the
| defence moved for the prisoners dis
| charge. He mentioned as the grounds for
his motion that District Attorney Ward
/ had failed to produce the eyewitness he
said 10 would, that he had produced no
witness to the tragedy at all. that he had
rot produced a prcponderance of evil
| d"nce, thai it had not been shown that
/ Grace Brown and Gillette were engaged
to be married and tina. it had not been
shown that Grace Browns wedding
! clothes had been made. The court in
terruptrd Mr.. Mills before he had fin
| isned.
| Mr.. Thomas in his opening address for
| the defence said:
| "A week ago we learned from, the dis
! trict attorney what he claimed we would
| show. There is not a particle of founda-
ton for many promises Of the district
attorney. If it were not for his excit-
able imagination there would be nothing
II this case
MIR. Thomas said the defence had a
physician who could swear positively to
the condition of Grace Browns body as
it appeared when taken from Big Moose
lake, and added "lg was not shown that
| Grace Brown and Chester Gillette were
engaged t. wed. It has only been shown
that they should have been. or at least
shnn,d have married sometime.
The district attorney told you about
hcr wedding clothes l doubl if any girl
| Of Grace Browns character would pre-
pare FOR h.r wedding with single dress
in" district attorney PROMISED tC
BRING YOU an eyewitness. He did not
do it. The records Of the autopsy we
never had. They We're suppressed
The district attorney tries to draw 4
line between the classes to which Grace
Frcwn, farmers daughter belonged
and some other girls. daughters of pro
fessional men. but don't see where the
distinction comes in
Mr.. Thomas said Grace Brown sug
gestcd that she and Gillette stop off al
Big Moose to see the lake Gillette afte,
Grace Brown had drowned did not try f
conceal himself. He said. would yo,
be better satisfied if you had the words
OF Grace Browns death from tho mouth
OF the only one who saw her die? Of
course you would. every one of YOU And
you shall have it. When you shall have
heard all Of the evidence We will be sat
isiied with your finding