The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-22

James s. Hart, IL years OF age. picked
mp the bread after Mrs. .Carey's testimony.
He had been to Little Moose Lake on July
II. with f.. r. v. Crago and Harold Parker.
, They were returning early In the evening,
he said, along a path near the shore OF
Big MoOse Lake Hart was tired and was
, walking behind the other two. On the path
they met "A man walking rapidly In the other
,.iTSrtion. he wore a black slouch hat
1ad a gray inixei suit, and carried a suit
: case IN his hand ard a camera slung from
q strapover his back. The man. the witness
said. was the defendant.
Did YOU peak 10 him?" asked the prose-
cutOr.
sYeS, I said How are your and he said
How are you?' Ina wns all"
Did his clothing have the appearance Of
having been in the water!"
Il could not say"
Z. X. V. Gregg. the next witness. also
remembered meeting the hurrying young
man with the suit case and camea at
about 4 o'clock on the night OF July IL,
when he was with Hart and Parker, but
he could not identity the young man as
Gillette and could not tell whether his
clothing had been in the water or not.
Albert I. Clarke, purser on the Fulton
Chain boat Uncas, told Of having taken
Gillette from Old Forge TO on
the night trip Of July IL. He talked to the
defendant. who asked him a good place to
40, but did not notce whether his clothing
WAS wet or not.
Albert C.. Borchard. proprietor of the
Arrowhead Inn. received Gillette thai night.
He was the only passenger, he witness
said, and brought with him his suit case
and oamera. He registered as Chester
Gillette of Cortland. The next day. Mr..
Borchard continued, he saw Gillette about
$50 o'clock. He asked about some laundry
that he said was TO rave been sent TO him
there and had a pair OF trousers which he
said he had got wet pressed. That day he
went to Bear Mountain with a picnic party
and spent the evening with the guests on
the piazza.
Prosecutor Ward.
yes, he said he expected mail at Eagle
Bay or Old Forge"
During the morning the prosecution
step by step traced the defendant and
Grace Brown from upper Lake. where
they spent the night OF July 10, to Big Moose
Lake, where they embarked On the boat
ride from which Grace Brown never re-
turned. Not "a single step in the evidence
seemed TO be missing.
Clara Greenwood, a waitress at the Alta
cliff House at Upper Lake, was the first
witness. She had waited on Grace Brown,
whom she identified by a picture, and Ches-
ter Gillette at supper on July 10 and at
breakfast the next day. She had not heard
them say anything TO each other at either
meal, except that at breakfast the de-
PENDANT had said to the, girl, Eat enou sh.'
After they had left the dining room, she
said. Grace Brown came back apparently
co get a ~toothpick. When she came back
Grace Brown threw her arm around the
neck OF the waitress and had begun TO con-
fde in her when Gillette came up and the
weeping girl quickly turned away. She
and Gillette had then taken the bus from
the Altaclif House.
James McAllister. h drove the stage
from the Big Moose station to the Glen
more Hotel. was the next link in the chain
which the prosecution was attempting to
forge. He had picked up Grace Brown and
Chester Gillette on the morning OF July
II and had driven them to the hotel.
Il asked him where he was going. said
the witness, -and he answered: Any old
hotel will do that has boats TO rent
did the girl say anything to your
yes she asked me when she could get
a train going south and l told her there
were three. one at l1:15. Then she said
oh. dear me. | will be tired out before that
time When she got out of the bus she
said: Now. don't forget to come for us
sid you ever see her again." asked the
Prosecutor.
YES, saw her the next day, when they
brought her lead body in from the lake.
The stage driver told Of Having been given
a postal card by Gillette to mail. He identi-
fed one which the Prosecutor showed him
and il was put in evidence. 1t was from
Grace Brown to her mother at South Otselic
and bore the pOstmark Big Moose. July IL
IL read:
DEAR NIOIbEks AM ndNluR n IOVClF III
Don't worry. Will write you tomorrow
night about the trip. 1t was rather unex-
pected. but amglad we are here. Love to all
che girls and keep them in school. Lovingly.
BILLY.
The Prosecutor put another post card in
evidence. 1t had been sent by Gillette
to his cousin, Mrs. Ella Hoag, at Cortland.
and had been posted on the train, appar-
emily between Upper and Big Moose lakes.
on July II. II read: u.
DEAR COUSIN: Please send s. 70 Ea gle
BAY. n, Y, so that 1 can get it by Friday.
CHESTER.
Thomas Z. DedelI. a postal clerk, later
testified that he had postmarked the postal
card on the train between Upper Lake
and Big Moose. The postal was another
count in the attempt of the prosecution to
prove that Gillette had made his plans to
be at Eagle Bay on Friday.
b Royal Fuller, the next witness, had ar
rived at the GlenmOre Hotel on July IL.
He had followed the defendant and Grace
Brown into the hottl lobby and seen Gil
lette register as Grace Brown stood by.
The defendant bad with him, he said, a
suit case, a tennis racquet and a camera.
What did they do after he registered"
asked the prosecutor.
HE sat down and commenced 70 read
a book. while she walked up and down
near him."
This and many other little things brought
out IN the morning = testimony went 10 snow
the state of mind Of Grace Brown on the
day she died and the attitude of the man
who was near her.
Andrew Morrison, proprietor Of the Glen
more Hotel at Big Moose, was the prose-
cutor's last link in the chain which led TO
the boat house at Big Moose Lake. Gil
lctte had arrived there, he said. on July
n with Grace Brown. A leaf of his register
was put in evidence and identified on it
were the names. Carl Graham, Albany.
and Grace Brown, South Otselic."
did the defendant write this?' he was
asked.
He did"
What happened afterward?"
He asked me about taking a trip in the
steamboat which went around the lake
and getting pack for dinner. l told him
that I did not believe he would have time
and l suggested that he take a row.. He
said All right, and asked about the points
OF interest. Then he took his suit case,
overcoat and camera and started for the
boat livery, which is kept by my father.
The girl took on her hat and eft IL on the
rack as Gillette took down his coat and hat.
He said that he had decided not 10 come
back to dinner, but would get IL at some
other hotel and gOTDe hack in the evening Tn