The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
GILLETTE
 AZ WITNESS The used Man Gives
 Evidence, GIRL DROWNED HERSELF Grace Brown Was Desperate Over
 Her Condition. Young New Yorker Charged Will Murder of His Sweetheart, Appear cd Cool and NonchnEant On The
 stand.

l Herkimer. N. r.. Nov. 2s--Chester E |. I Gillette, charged with murdering his supposed fiancee. Grace Brown, of South | Otseiic. today took the witness stand in his own behalf. With face somewhat drawn, but attitude as care-free as the most unimportant witness in the entire case, Gillette crossed his legs, gaxed at | the jury and began to tell the story of the ilI-fated trip that he and Grace Brown took on Big Moose Lake.
 After going over his youthful career, which carried him through the West, he began.
 His testimony had not progressed at great length before he made the state ment that Grace Brown jumped from the boat in which the two were rows ing, into the lake.
 T left Cortland on Sunday, July g." he began. "Yes, I had been acquaInt- ed with Grace Brown for some time. I went to Deruyter from Cortland and remained there one night. I met Grace Brown. The next day we went to Utica, staying at the Hotel Martin for the night.
 'sWe reached the upper lake at 5 o'clock Monday evening" Gillette said.
 When we got to the hotel. we start ed out for walk. Returning, we told the proprietor that we did not care l hiDtu iQE tue pAACgt anu tkS NDl0 us or a morning train we could get out on. We took that train" Tn his opening address Mir Thomas said he would show that Grace Brown was the one who suggested that they get of and spend the day at Big Moose. but when the witness reached that DC int in his story he mad0 no a1lusipn to what inspired them to get off at Big Moose, after the girls trunk had been shipped through to Old Forge.
 we went to the Glenmore Hotel in bus" said Gillette. "Grace sat down on the verandah I went in and talked with the younger Mir. Morrison. He told me there were some beautiful sights on the lake, ana when I inquired ahout a steamer ride, he told me to go aad tell the engineer that wanted to gc with hfrn. This ] did.n
 What did the engineer sRyY asked
 F7s said he would Biew tne 8iiistIe for us when he was ready to start, said Gillette.
 Then" he continued, '.f went back to the hotel, and Mir. Morrison told me if wanted to see all the sights on the lake I'd better take a rewboat I asked Grace which she would rather do, and she said--"
 Objections to ComveRsatlOB.
 There was objection to conversa- tions with the girl now dead and it was sustained.
 we went down to the dock and hired rowboat," Gillette went on,
 Before leaving the hotel went in and got my things and hung up Grace's hat"
 What things had you there" asked MT Mills
 "A suit case. camera and coat
 What was strapped to the suit 
 "A tennis racquet in a case and an
 we started along the South shors and moved along slowly, he said, '1ooking for places that Mir. Morrt- son spoke of. We saw rustic bridge, open camp and boat house and then we went to South Bay"
 South Bay Is where Grace Browns death occurred.
 we went out to pick some pond lil- ies and foated around. reading. had a magazine. About 10 o'clock we went to the south shore to get in the shade, as the sun was hot. We went to point about opposite Punkey Bay and went on shore. pulled the boat up and we sat down. asked her if she was not hungry. She said she was not we'll and was not hungry.
 'I got the suit case and used it to sit on, because the ground was damp. She sat on it and put my coat behind her We were on the shore about an hour. I had my camera out also.
 "When we got in the boat we went out on the lake. I had left my sun case, camera and two coats on the bank. We went towards Covey's Point About half way along the beach we got out on the shore again and in little time we saw a man trying to land in a boat. talked with him. Ws left in the boat and rowed out in the bay shortly afterwards. At another place on the beach we landed again
 To illustrate his narrative Gillette left his chair and indicated points on the lake and shore as shown on the map. He spoke of little incidents, such as finding a spring, meeting people In a boat and finally took his story to the point where Grace Browns body and the boat were found.
 Jumped Into Water.
 ''Twe talked about what we ought to do,. he said. and I said we ought not to keep on as we had. I finally said thought her father and mother ought to know of what had occurred She said she could not tell her mother and cried. told her she would have to. She said, you don't know my father: you can't know him. We talked lit- tie more. then she got up and jumped
  in the other end leaning back. When I started to get up the boat turned over. When I came up caught hold of the boat
 Did you see herr" asked Mir. Mills
 T couldn't, after a couple of min utes, when I could not see her, swan to the shore. I went off through the woods with my stuff. I had landed near It. My hat was in the water. l guess.
 He told of going through the forest and of striking a road, meeting two men in one place and @ third further on. About the tennis racquet, he said that 1t was in this way T had my suit case" Gillette said, and decided to put the racquet away I put 1t un- der a log in the woods and little way from the road "
 Gillette told of visiting Eagle Bay. she Arrow Head Inlet and his trip to Eevcnth Lake.
 Gillette said he remembered seeing guests on the porch of the Arrowhead Inn
 Was there any sinsins?' asked MT Mills.
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