The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-30
GILLETTE SEEMS COMMENTED.
PASSED A QUIET THANKSGIVING
DAY IN THE JAIL.
AspeciaI Dinner Served Him From Q Hotet,
but He Mingled nc the Table with n
Other Prisoners A Girl Friend OF
Grace Brown to Testify In His Behalf.

other PrisOners-A Girl Friend OF
Grace Brown to Testify In His Behalf.
HERKIMKR, Nov. 2s.-Chester Gillette,
In spite of the fact that the greatest ordeal
OF his whole trial faces him tomorrow,
passed a very quiet and apparently con-
tented Thanksgiving to-day, II his usual
apparently emotionless state can be called
contented.
The strain under which he was put yester-
day for such a long time apparently had not
affected him to any great extent, and the
physical exhaustion, which was so notice.
able when he left the stand. was apparently
overcome by his nights rest. The apparently
n~onchalant attitude which Gillette shows
In court may be acting, but the fact remains
that while he IL in his cell, with no q TO
watch him, he il seemingly a. ~unconcerned
as he Ia before the morbid crowd who daily
flock to see him.
Gillette had a special dinner served TO
him to-day from a neighboring hotel, while
the other prisoners, including Giusseppt
de Carlo, the Black Hand man, ate the
regular prison fare. Gillette, however,
mingled at the table with the other prisoners
at dinner and apparently enjoyed his meal
hugely. The afternoon he spent In his
cell, and during the evening his counsel were
with him, probably outlining the plan Of
defence for tomorrow. .
1t is said that one of the Witnesses who
will testify In support OF GllsSts's story
Is a girl who was a friend Of Grace Brown.
She will testify that the dead girl was OF
an emotional nature and subject to sudden
whims which completely took possession
of her. This testimony will be used to
support the theory Of the defence that the
almost ~sub-conscious desire for suicide
which had been working on the 4irfs mind
took a sudden hold OF her and forced her
to the act which caused her death. Inc
delicate condition in which she was at
the time and which Ia likely TO lead to
sudden insanity will also be raised In support
of this theory.
The solemn, unsmiling jury spent the
day Of Thanksgiving still solemn and un;
smiling. In the morning they trooped
solemnly TO church n at noon they ate
their Thanksgiving dinner almost without
a smile, at least the smile OF the kind which
a happy thought would cause. They have
been solemn enough all through the trial,
and reports of poker games which some
times come from a jury room have been
noticeable by their absence. Instead the
talk among the Jurors has been confined
entirely TO the state of the crops and the
probability OF sleighing by Christmas.
to-day, however, JnelT ucIneduOT was cNoi
more solemn than usual, and il was apparent
that the testimony Of Gillette had made
some kind of a deep impression upon them.
DIR. G.. H. Eising of New York arrived
here to-day under subpoena by the counsel
for Gillette. 1t il understood tonight,
however, that he will not go on the stand
to testify in behalf of Gillette, as his testi-
mony would probably uphold rather than
contradict the testimony of the physicians
for the prosecution. Or. EisinS,was present
at the Glenmore Hotel when the girls body
was brought in and examined the body
of the girl before it was seen by any other
physician.
rsThe defence did not know Of his existence
until yesterday, when they sent a subpoena
after him and he Immediately responded
They had not consulted with him until
tonight, but il " az learned that " hen it was
discovered what his testimony would be IL
was decided not to call him. DR.. Eising
said tonight that any testimony which he
would be able 20 give would uphold rather
than contradict the testimony of the other
medical witnesses that Grace Brown died
from causes other than drowning.