The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
GILLETTE TESTIMONY ALL IN.
HIS CASE NAY GO TO THE JURY
NEXT TUESDAY.
The Prisoner Caught In Three More Misst ate-
ments Of Fact In Ills Direct and Cross
Examination His watch. the sheriff
says. Was Running Waen He Took II.

uf the Gillette trial to-day finish ed the
prosecutions case in rebuttal, and it is
probable that all the evidence in the case
Is in. Counsel for both sides reserved the
right 10 call a witness on Monday. but this
was more than anything else "A precaution
taken against a possible surprise from new
witnesses being sprung by the other side
and il is probable that neither side will
,all any more witnesses.
To-day's testimony in rebuttal caught
Chester Gillette in at least three more mis-
statements of fact. Under Sheriff Klock,
Turnkey Evans and two witnesses rom
Deruyter. Proprietor Coye Of the Taber
House and Hubert Whaley. his stableman.
came to the stand and denied three inn
portant statements that Gillette made in
his direct and cross examination.
To-day's testimony. if il did not prove
anything else. showed the astuteness of the
District Attorney. The two Deruyter wit
nesses. whose testimony would not nave
made any particular impression on the
direct presentation of the District Attorneys
case were not examined at all when the
case, was directly presented. Instead, the
District Attorney allowed the prisoner to
tell his own story and make statements
which he would not ave made unless they
liuu WIN diiIN III NIlC ChNCs IIt1l
he brought up two entirely disinterested
witnesses to prove that this part at least
Of Gillette's story was not true.
The facts related to were the efforts OF
Gillette to hire a horse OH his arrival at
De Ruyter, where he sp ent the night " aiing
for Grace Brown. in order to drive TO South
Ostelic AID get away without having his
preSence9n the town 50 near Grace Browns
home known.
On direct examination Gillette had sworn
that f.um the station at De Ruyter he went
directly to the hotel and, as it was raining,
went to his room and stayed there reading
until bed time. On cross-examinat.on the
DistTictsAttorney ELECTED the positive state
inent from him that he had made no attempt
to hire a horse from the livery or get any
other means of conveyance in order to
go to South Ostelic to get Grace Brown.
The testimony of Coye and his stable
man, Whaley, agreed in every particular.
Coye said that Gillette eaine TO the Taber
House in De Ruyter at about s 80 O'Clock
on the night of July s with " haley and asked
for a rig to go to South Ostelic. Coye re-
piled that all his horses were out that day
and that he could not let them go again,
and Gillette went out and did not come
back before Coye went to bed some two
hours later.
Whaley testified that Gillette came to the
barn where he was and asked for "A horse.
He referred him to Coye inside and went
with him to see the proprietor of the hotel.
The conversation which he related between
Gillette and the proprietor coTroborated
Coye's testimony.
On cross examination the defendants
counsel tried to shake Whaley on his identi-
fcation of Gillette.
Was it night at the time?" asked Mr.
Mills.
NAV; it was just the aidge of the evening"
Isn't the edge of the evening dark?'
Nav, it you know anything about
weather. you know hat it's slight at the
Ridge Of the evening in July
Mr.. Mills %thereupon let the witness 60
without any further attempt to prove that
1t was dusk at the tire.
In spite Of his apparently exhausted
condition last night, Gillette had good
control of himself to-day. At the opening
Of court the District Attorney recalled
him to the stand and had him identify
some clothing of Grace Brown as that
which she was accustomed to wear in the
factory. The object of this was to show
,hst the girl had gone away with Gillette
With the evident intention of starting her
lie again. Gillette handled a skirt and
,cat which the girl had been accustomed
g. wear in the factory and spoke about
them as indifferently a. il he had been
examining rev styles in a shop window.
lic showed unmi-takeable signs of the
ttain under which he has been. however,
in the chalkIike complexion of his face and
INC dark rings thct were beneath his sunken
eyes When he got of the stand he went
tack to his cid sinking posture in the chair
hv his counsel table. and when he got up
~ lcGye after the short session, II was
i,ticed that the hard which he held out
20 tho urdel sheriff 10 receive the handc'lf
i'eu bIed for tie FIST tine during the
lro. ress Of the trial.
The other witnesses recalled by the prose-
cution- in Tsbuttal to-day were Under
therif Klock, Sheriff Richard and turnkey
Iivsns.
II talked TO Gilc said Hlock. in re-
rly TO q question land he said that he vert
ashore near the log Hile and, started INTO
the woods. | sal J wonder that you
didn't get lost. I've been in the woods
all my life. but [ would hc afraid 10 trust
myself in a county l. did not know he
sad that he kent the lake IN sight until
Ne struck the road, and ! asked him now
hG knew the road was there He Sald mat
q man which he had with him showed It.
On Cross-examination Glllttte had SAID
Nth some detail, that he old NOT know
the 70 I'd 10 aSle Bay exist'd until ne nap
IeRed TO strike IL accioentally when ne
vas fleeing from the r lace where Grace
Prown had been drowned. The prosecutor
had showed him some mar : which ne nad
lad in his Toss ss,on, but Gill II exT lainsd
that while he had examined the map ne
had not noticed the road TO Fagle Bay
sheriff Klock also testified that the point
where GilIetta said hat ne and Grace Brown
lad landed and taken lunch was not only
ma-shy, but WIS almost imro sslDle OF
access from the water because OF some
trees which had fallen irto the water from
the bank. He also Z stified that the whole
shore in that vicinity was hard Ct aNcess
from IN, water because the. hi n watr
which h,d receded had washed cut inc
earth fro n beneath roots Of { eos aiiG mace
landing { ON a boat exceed m~ly dlTflcuIt'
Evan Evans. turnkey of the jail, cast
doubt on Cillette's statement, that tne
watch which he had worn when ne teh lnto
the water had stopped at ten minutes past
y O'Clock, thereby setting the exact tllne
Of the accident. Exams received tiillettes
watch when he came ana prisoner ihto ~