Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-26
STRONG EVIDENCE
 AGAINST GILLETTE Dsetm Who Performed Autopsy Said thlt bIuisos el Victims Body
 Werc Caused Before DoaA
VERY POSITIVE TESTIMONY
Death Was Caused By Shock or Concussion Before Body Was
 Thrown in Water.

Herkimer, N. Y., Nov 26.-The an-
 nouncement that the physicians who
 performed the autopsy on the body of Grace Brown. alleged to have been slain by Chester E. Gillette, were to take the stand to-day and tell for the first time publicly what the stand to- day and tell for the first time public ly what the condition of the girls body actually was when found. at tracted larger crowd than ever to Herkimer to-day. The rule estab- lished by Judge. Devondorf that the doors should be closed as soon as the seats in the court room are all taken inspired those curious to hear the doctors report to make an early start, and up and down the Mohawk valley hundreds of persons left for the trial immediately after an early breakfast.
 District Attorney Wards methods of procedure in the Gillette case has been somewhat different from that employed at the average murder trial Prosecutors usually establish proof of death at the outset and then proceed with the work of connecting the accused with the crime. In this instance the district attorney took up the story of Grace Browns i'll fated love affair from Its inception, having the jury hear the tragic story in nar- rative form, he has shown the early fascination of Gillette for Miss Brown. the cooling of his affections as he found society's doors open to him and the girls appeals to him to live up to his duty after their in- timacy led to distress Thus estab- fishing possible motive, the district attorney took up the trip of Gillette and Miss Brown, without bringing forth proof of her death until the point in her travels where death en tered was reached and even today Ut the opening of court the prosecu- tor had before him the work of prov ing that the girls death resulted from murder.
 Dr o. A. Douglas of Little Falls. one of the physicians who helped perform the autopsy on Grace Browns body. testified to-day that the injuries found on Grace Browns body were inflicted before death. He testified that the tennis racquet that Gillette buried and which the sheriff found, was capable of producing the ohraeyops opd nthar tuf,,rlaa Foura on Grace Browns body. "The con- dition of the girls lungs did not in- dicate drowning" said Dr Douglas This was stricken out. The lips were swollen and the tip of the nose was enlarged and discolored. The left center upper tooth was over top ping the right center upper tooth. The left cheek bone was swollen. There were abrasions and membrane at the lips. These injuries were in- fiicted before death. The vessels of the head had separated as if by blows"
 The word blows" was objected tc and the objection was sustained. Dr Douglas then described the interior of the head as he found 1t. There was blood clot on the brain, but no | fracture of the skull.
 Tn your opinion what was the cause of death!"
 T should say that death resulted | from shock or concussions resulting from blows or injuries to the head | before immersion, or if immersion | did occur while there was still life the chances of restoration were SO few that immersion was unnecessary | to produce death"
 On cross examination of Dr Doug- las. Mir Mills, senior counsel of GIL lette. quizzed the witness about any the body of Grace Brown might have shown. The attorney first took up the subject of the girls eyes. You say there was much membrane in them" asked MT Mills
 "Yes."
 Isn't that an indication of drown Ing usually!"
 ''It fs.''
 The witness also testified that the swelling of the lips. the enlargement of the tip of the nose. and the light red coioring of the lungs were symp- toms of drowning. Mr Mills ther took up the question of the condition of the iungs found in Grace Browns body at the autopsy. @
 'Did they All the chest cavity,"
 Yes"
 Isn't that an indication of drown. 'ngg"
 Not necessarily"
 "It is ordinarily knovn e a symp Iom of drowning. isn't it."
 Sometimes"
 Mir Milis then asked Dr Douglas he would ssy that a body had beer irovned ordinarily 1T he saw en- arsed lips. diIated pupils of the eye Iuolieu and mafterafef roee tip. sns redtened lunes-
 ''R the body had been tateu fror he water 1t would be apt to- ssfy D. Dousiss.