New-York tribune., 1906-11-21
GIRLS LETTERS READ.
Grace Brown's Troussegu Shorcn at
Gillette Murder Trial.

1I-,,,,,or ~ V Nov N-District Attorney
Ward who yesterday brought witnesses before tne
fury TO officially introduce Miss Grace Brown ana
Chester Gillette and details Of their cour'sp' TO-
dav took I'D the thread of his story at the home or
the Brown family, IN South Otseno. where MISS
Brown spent the three weeks preceding her ciah-
destine departure with Gillette for the Aaron
dacks.
Tho erst bour os this mornings session was de-
voted to a display in court of the wedding gar
ments made for Grace Brown, but never "orh'
because she died without becoming orloe. IN
terest was intense the sad story or the "euiis
trousseau was told by Grace Browns sister fr"h-
ces. As the District Attorney removed saiiioii'
after garment from the trunk that has been Grace
Browns the sister identified them, and more thaH
six hundred women and a good many strong men
in the audience felt large Jumps In their throaS aS
they listened to the pathetic details
But this was not the only pathetlc lhciueut III
to-dav,s proceedings in court Miss Harriet Beno-
dict of Cortland. the girl whom, 1t Is aleseo
Gillette courted while still keeping company Win
Grace Brown. put on the witness stand AS
was expected, she denied emphaticaly that 'Aers
was anything more than a casual IieHusiip CA
listing between Gillette and herself
There nothing sensational about the appear
ance of Miss Benedict on the witness stand Inc
eyes of the throng that completely filed the court
room were dimmed by tears when Miss Bene-
dict took the stand even for this prepossesshg
witness TO awaken great interest
There was a reason for the tear dimmed eyes
The District Attorney had just finished reading tne
letters that passed between Grace bIoWn ~ "a anu q
pathetic recital The letters were love letters put
they more than that. In them Grace Brown
set down all her. fears dread and anguish: and and
t1ere scarcely dry eye in the courtroom
when the womanly. simple. but eloquent ietters,
that seemed come from the grave had peen
pretty. but plain little country girl pleaded In her
letters Gillette to stand by her in her trouole
and when his replies seemed cold ana GnassuTing hi
only to ask his pardon in the next sentence.
1t was through these letters that Gillette ana
me away from here" was her cry in every letter;
and in of them she limited that she woud
trouble him but little more because she was gong
TO die. The reading of the letters appeared 10
arouse the crowd in court and when the prisoner
led out after adjournment there was great
crowd blocking the way TO the jail. SIX members
Police Department surrounded the prisoner
to ward off possible attempts to injure him by ex-
ritable bystanders.
travels of Grace Brown and Gillette into the Ad-
!rondacks. He traced their movements through
Utica, many witnesses who testified TO little
details of the trip and closed the afternoon with
long examination of a Tupper Lake hotel proprie-
tor. who said that Gillette asked him where he
could find quiet place in the woods-that his wife
The attorneys at this point engaged In a vigorous
dispute, the District Attorney repeating the wit
ness's statement like this: HE wanted quiet
''The witness did not say that he said quiet
place" retorted Senator Mills. Gflette's senior
We'll, no found quiet lake, anyway observed
the District Attorney.
This remark incensed Gillettes counsel and the
court had rap loudly for order before the attor-
neys finished their dispute.
During the afternoon Josephine Patrick OF Cort
land testified that she Gillette the train
Deruyter July g. and that he made appoint
ment to meet her on Thursday or Friday at Sew
that Gillette Joined after Grace Browns disappear
ance and before he was arrested.