Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-30
GILLETTE UNjER
A SEVERE FIRE
Cross Examination of States
Attorney in Murder Trial an
Ordeal For Prisoner
ATTORNEY WARD CALLED DOWN
Objections to Method of Questioning
Gillette Sustained by Judge - Story
of Extended Trips in Miss Browns
Company Told in DetaiI-The Fatal
Boat Ride.

Herkimer. n. Y, Nov. 3o.-Refresh-
ed by the Thanksgiving day respite
after the ordeal thru which he pass
ed at the hands OF a determined pros
ecutor on Wednesday. Chester Gill
lette today resumed his seat on the
witness stand and prepared to stick
to his story that Grace Brown. whom
he is alleged TO have slain and left in
Big Moose lake, died the death of a
suicide.
There was a big crowd at the court
cious court room and its old fashioned
gallery was capable of accommodating.
Immediately on the resumption of the
trial Gillette took the stand. seating
himself carefully and comfortably, and
looking intently at his counsel. Dis
trict Attorney Ward cautioned Gillette
that he must face the jury when an
swering questions. Ward read letter
llolll 1illette 10 GRACE bIoNil uiuer
date of June %, in which he said he
had been to Little York lake with some
fellows. They went in bathing.
Gillette. If you had struck Grace
Brown at Big Moose lake and stunned
her, would you have told the officers ?"
asked Ward.
Yes" he answered
gillette asked the district attor-
eny, IF you struck Grace Brown with
that tennis racquet. would you come
here and tell this jury you did?"
Il cannot say"
Did you hate this girl?"
mo. did not hate her" answered
Gillette.
Here Gillette for second diverted
his glance from the jury and Ward
shouted: Look at the jury, not at
your counsel" Attorneys Mills ana
Thomas jumped to their feet to inter-
pose an objection to the district attor-
ney's manner toward the witness. The
court sustained them. holding that
Ward had no right to direct the WITT
ness in his gaze. The district attor-.
ney, taking up the matter of Gillette
having received a letter from Grace
Brown, in which she referred to his
contemplated visit to DeRuyter. previ-
Gus to their departure for the Adiron-
dacks in July, witness denied that he
was ashamed, or feared to be seen
with the girl there. Gillette said he
did not remember of having been ac-
cused by Grace of being the father of
her unborn child, and declared that
his attitude toward the girl had not
changed from the time he accomplished
her ruin in October, until April, when
her condition became known to him.
Did you still love herr"
I did," answered Gillette with
sharp nod of the head.
Gillette stated when he departed
from Cortland with Grace intending
not to return he left everything in
his room undisturbed and said nothing
to his landlady about not coming
back. The district attorney went into
long search of questions on the sub
ject of the witness financial condi-
ton at the time he started for the
Adirondacks, and asked him if he had
in making away with her, inasmuch
Planned TO use the girls own money
as his own purse was rather depleted.
Gillette answered No"
Asked if when he rented the boat at
Big Moose and went out on the lake
with Grace, he understood his finan-
cial condition would not warrant bir-
ing the boat from noon until night.
Gillette answered he did but he did
not care about the cost
Gillette was shown the films that he
took on his trip to Bear Mountain,
and elsewhere on his journey thru the
woods.
Gillette. you swore the other day
for your counsel, that these films hold
here were never exposed, didn't you?"
eyes"
"And then, after you had sworn to
that you told your counsel not to ex-
anime you any further on that point.
didn't you?"
Il cannot state"
Nov, whose picture is this which
show you swore had not been de-
veloped?"
1T is picture of Miss Harriet
Benedict. of Cortland"
The picture OF Miss Benedict was
taken before Gillette left Cortland on
the trip which ended in the death of
Grace Brown and his arrest on
charge of murder.
The district attorney showed Gill
lette another picture and asked him
if he had taken it. 1t was a picture of
a rustic bridge on Big Moose lake., but
Gillette denied ever having taken the
picture.
Coming down to the writing by wit
ness of fictitious names he had placed
on registers in hotels at Utica and
Tupper lake, and also as to his regis
tering as Charles Gordon at DeRuyter
on the night before he started last for
the Adirondacks with Grace Brown,
Gillette replied his purpose was to
protect the girl
''As a matter of fact, you didn't
want any one to know it was you,
Chester Gillette, who was there, did
you?'
Maybe / feared some one who
might have known either Grace Brown