Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-04

Herkimer, N. Y, Dec. 4.-District
Attorney Ward today resumed the
summing up of the case against Ches-
ter E Gillette, charged with the mur-
der OF Grace Brown, last July. The
prosecutor ridiculed the argument Of
State Senator Mills, Of counsel for de-
| fense.
| Ward described Gillette's life in Cort-
/, land as outwardly correct, but actually
lustful, as shown by the wrong he adj
m:tted he had done Grace Brown.
Gillette" he said, wanted to stay
at Cortland in society. He never ln-
| tended, for one moment, to take Grace
Brown any where except to her death.
He concocled dhe plan to rid himself
of her-a crime less than his first in
! which he robbed her of her virtue. The
girl received the death blow, I am
sure, with grateful heart out there
in the woods
Passages from Miss Browns letter
were read, showing she chafed under
his neglect. Ward said
Had he promised to marry her I? He
had to, or she would have shouted his
infamy to the winds in Cortland, for
under her beauty she was true
American, standing on her rights. He
did not strike Grace Brown any more
cruel a blow on Big Moose lake than
he did in this letter." said Ward, as
he read one missive, in which Gillette
| told the girl mot to be discouraged,
to have a good time, to go away with
her parents, not to worry"
| The cool, clever, courageous scoun-
drel," the prosecutor declared, "said on
the stand he asked Grace to go with
him on Decoration day. He lied. He
was off with the girl to Skaneateles
lake that day man can be drilled
into a long story to cover his guilt, but
the lie will come out"
Ward described Gillette as an un-
mitigated coward Ills counsel says
the prosecuting lawyers are liars, the
witnesses are liars, the doctors are
liars. all are liars except that angel
of boy"
Reading a letter in which Grace
Brown said: II said mo- so many
times. but the world will never know
it, Ward said: "The world does know
1t, little girl, even if you had to sacri-
flee your life beneath the fangs Of this
monster to let the world find 1t out.
There was never lewd thought in this
girls mind. She was as innocent the
day she died as when she was born.',
The trouble taken by Gillette to con-
ceal his identity when he was away
with Grace Brown, was commented
upon by the district attorney. While
Ward was denouncing Gillette, the
youthful prisoner broke into tears.
Ward said the correspondence between
Gillette and Miss Brown revealed four
things: That he induced her to
leave Cortland so her condition would
not become known there; that he
promised he would come for her and
take her away to some distant point.
to marry her; that she must keep
secret the fact that Gillette was going
away with her, and that she expected
to go away. and keep house.
"They tell you," said Ward, "that he
carried his tennis racquet to give the
impression that he was on vacation.
But balls were in the suitcase, and he
planned to have good time on Sew
enth lake, and ingratiate himself with
those girls. 1t is necessary for liar
to have long memory. Think OF
these two tennis balls convicting him
Of that lie!"
Ward said that Gillette "swore Grace
Brown was the only girl he ever loved"
She cried, st am all alone; don't you
wish you were alone%' That cry would
have brought real man 500 miles. bus
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 1t caused him to stun her
on shore with blow, and put her In
the lake.
She wrote: 81 will come on satur-
day." and the spunk in this sealed her .
fate. He knew she would come"