The Jersey City news., 1906-12-01

Il prosecution took as links IN its
chain Of evidence were simply false
hoods concoeted for one reason or an
other and that many of the things he
had done and that the prosecution took
as indications Of guilt were merely acts
of cowardice.
Details of Tragedy Not Told.
There was some surprise among the
spectators when the district attorney
allowed Gillette to leave the witness
box without more minute description
of the incidents Immediately preceding
the girls fatal plunge into the lake.
One feature Of Gillettes testimony
was his swearing that a certain roll of
camera film found in his suit case had
never been exposed. The district at
|. torney then showed Gillette d picture
made from the roll 1t was picture
Of Hattie Benedict, the Cortland girl
who is said to have been Grace
Browns rival
The most dramatic moment of Gil
lette's hearing came just before recess
was taken, when the district attorney
after getting Gillette to admit that he
had swurn IN the ocean at Hawaii and
in deep lakes elsewhere for long dis
tances suddenly pointed his finger at
the witness and exclaimed:
Swan Ashore Without Girl.
"But you swan ashore in Big Moose
lake and left that girl to drown?"
"Yes," calmly answered Gillette, and
the district attorney, turning to his as
sociate counsel, said:
what effrontery! What's the use Of
keeping it up with this man?'
Gillette testified that when Grace
Brown jumped overheard she pushed
the boat away from her, which will
not accord with the theory that the
wounds. on the girls head were infict-
ed by her. coming up under the skif.
Gillette went through the ordeal of
cross examination without wavering in
the slightest degree in his testimony
as to the actual death scene on Big
Moose lake. He sat with legs crossed
and coolly responded to Wards ques-
tions, even if it were nothing more
definite than 81 can't say" which
proved his pet expression.
Gillette said he did not remember
having been accused by Grace Brown
of being the father OF her unborn child
and declared his attitude toward the
girl had not changed from the time he
accomplished her rsaia in October until
April, when She first discovered her
condition of pregnancy.
Says He Loved Girl.
did you still love her?' asked the
district attorney.
81 did," answered Gillette, with
sharp nod of the head.
when you went away with Grace
Brown you intended remaining away
from Cortland, did you not?''
"Yes.''
The district attorney went into a
long series of questions on the subject
of witness financial condition at the
time he started for the Adirondaclxs
and asked him if he had planned to
use the girls own money in making
away with her, in as much as his own
purse was rather depleted
Gillette answered "No'' in deter
mined tone.
Gillette identified a number Of arti-
eles which had been found in his suit
case, and the district attorney pressed
him at length regarding the reason for
his taking his overcoat, umbrella and
tennis racket along on his boat ride
with Grace Brown. He saidN he took
the overcoat along because he thought
Grace might need it, although it was
hot July afternoon.
When questioned about his straw
hat. which was found with the lining.
torn out floating on the lake near tie
overturned boat, Gillette said the lin
ing had been torn out of his hat sew
eral months before the tragedy and
that he had not sought to hide his iden-
tity by tearing it out before starting
on his walk through the woods Of Ea-
gle bay.
Says Tragedy Was Unexpected.
ssWell, you expected something to
happen out there on the lake that day,
didn't your
aEa nat''
Gillette stated that bis version oI tie