Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-05

had to. she would have shouted his in
fanny to the winds In Cortland. for under
her beauty she was a true American stand.
ing on her rights.
Cruel Blow in Letter.
He did not strike Grace Brown a,v
more cruel blows on Big Moose lake than
he did in this letter. said Mr.. Ward as bo
read one missive In which Gillette told tba
girl not to be discouraged. Ito have a good
time, to go away with her parents and no,
to worry
The cool. clever, courageous scoundr.l-
the prosecutor declared, said on the s,.ns
that he asked Grace Brown TO go with him
on decoration day. He lied. He was OFF
with q girl to Skaneateles lake that dav
man can be drilled into long story to
cover guilt. but the lie will come out
Mr.. Ward described Gillette as an unmI,i-
gated liar 'si-
His counsel says the prosecuting law.
Se.s are mars, the witnesses are liars the
of a boy.'' '""' anger
said: Dio"h
Il said No so many times bp, m. ,,,.,,
VIII never know It," Mr.. Ward said.
Inc world does know il, little girl even
II you had to sacrifice your life beneath ,ba
i .anss Oh TINS monster to let the world lind
=. out. mere was never an impure thought
IN ths girls mind. She was innocent Inc
gay she died as when she was born
Inc trouble taken by Gillette to conceal
MS identity when he was away with Grace
Do~n was commented upon by the dis
trlct attorney.
Gillette Shed Tears.
While Mr.. Ward was denouncing oil.
tears.
Mr Ward said the correspondenca op
GliIette and Miss Brown revealed fonr
iand ss-'hat he Induced her to leave Cort-
i i,mu, SO her condition would not become
known there; that he promised he would
come Tor her and take her away to a dis
IAN, ,ailt point 10 marry her; that she must
Keep secret the fact that Chester Gillette
was going away with her, and that she
expected to go away and keep house
Ihey tell you," said Mr.. Ward to the
jury, that he carried his tennis racquet
10 give an impression he was on a yaca--
ton. But the balls We're In the osuit case
ana he planned to have good time on
seventh lake and tngratiate himself with
mos. .nose girls. 1t is necessary for a liar to
nave a long memory. Think OF those two
tennis balls convicting him of that lie"
MT Ward said that Gillette "swore Grace
Brown was the only girl he ever loved.
SHe crleo, am all alone; don't you wish
you We're all alone? That cry would have
brought a real man 500 miles; but that
rat disappeared at the lake with another
sweetheart. She tried hard to please him
and he tried hard to seal her lips forever
Her spunk caused her death-caused
MN 10 stun her on shore with blow, and
put her In the lake. She wrote: I will
come on Saturday and the spunk in this
sealed her fate. He knew she would come"
Gliette's testimony on the witness stand
was denounced as Carefully rehearsed
tissue of falsehoods. The plan to kill
Grace Brown had been deliberately thought
out and the water chosen because of the
defendants skill as a swimmer and boat
man.
Third Course Murder.
"Gillette," said District Attorney Ward
after the noon recess, had three courses ,
open to him. One was to leave Cortland
and the girl, to open the doors of the poor
house for her; but to do this he would
have to leave his pleasures and go back to
the railroads. He did not want to. AM
other was to marry her-to become an
honest workingman and good husband;
but he would be pointed out as the young
society swell who married factory girl.
There was another course open to him-to
seal her lips forever What course did
he mean to take when he urged secrecy
and kept silent to his plans? He meant
to take the course he did take-seal the
lips of the girl forever.
He knew If she died in q strange way,
IL she disappeared, the authorities of Cort-
land county would call on Chester Gillette
to learn how, when and why. He thought
he could fool people, could make straw
on the lake, that people would say they
could not find his body, and that her par
ents would hush up their disgrace for the
sake of her sisters.
Although he had registered under fictf-.
tfous names prior to the death of Grace
BrBown, once Miss Brown was dead, coun-
sci said Gillette lost no time in resuming
his own NAME under which he registered
at Arrowhead and the same day he carved
his initials and the date upon rock. 30