Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
SUICIDE HIS PLEA. :.
Gillette on Stand Says Girl
 Jumped Into Lake.
WELL, TWILL ENDlTNOW, ,"SHE SAID
Accused of Murdering His Sweet heart on Big Moose Lake Last July, Prisoner Denies Kill-
 ing the Girl.

HERklMER, IN. l., NOV. ZS.-Indl Grace Brown committed suicide by Jumping into the waters of Big Moose lake was the testimony given by Ches- ter Gillette. who is on trial here for the murder of the girl. He said she sprang into the lake after, he had pro- posed that they go home and tell her parents about her condition. He said she exclaimed, Well, will end it now" then arose in the boat and sprang into the lake. He said he tried to res cue her, but her body did not come up. Mir. Thomas, his counsel, in opening for the defense, traced the defendant from his first meeting and friendship with Grace Brown to Big Moose lake. ssThey were boy and girl and un- yersed in the intrigues of life" he said. ssThere is such thing as mental and moral cowardice, but there is no proof of any crime in this case. The only man who saw it will be witness, and you will hear the story from his own lips"
 MT. Thomas then called in clear voice:
 "Chester Gillette to the stand"
 First he went over his youthful ca reer. which carried him through the west. Gillette said that he had been in the employ of his uncle, N. H. Gillette of Cortland, since March, 1905. T left Cortland on Sunday, July g." he began. "Yes; had been acquaint- ed with Grace Brown for some time. Iwent to Dernyter from Cortland and remained there one night. met Grace Brown the next day. We went to Utica, staying at the Hotel Martin that night" In regard to his trip into the Adiron- Jacks he said:
 Gillette said he went to Deruyter to meet Grace Brown because he said he would.
 Did you intend to marry her when you went to Deruyter?" asked MT. Ward.
 .''Yes, sir"
 "why didn't you go with her to Deruyter?"
 ''She didn't want to be seen"
 ''Didn't you know you would be rid of the girl before Saturday night"
 No, sir"
 "Didn't you know you would be rid of her before you met the Patrick and Westcott girls Friday night"
 ''No, sir"
 District Attorney Ward read pas sage from letter to Gillette in which Grace Brown said that maybe I'll never go home again until I am sent home dead. You know. dear, you promised me that"
 | you promise to kill herr"
 No"
 'Did you ever say you would send her home dead?'
 'sNO." .-.
 "Did you ever ask her what she meant by writing such a lettary
 "No." Ess "what did she meanT -e-L ''I don't know" <z--
 Gillette held himself together and returned prompt answers to queries until the prosecuting attorney was we'll on in his examination. Then he became nervous, and his answers were given more hesitatingly. His voice shook, and his answers could not be heard distinctly.
 "We went to the Glenmore hotel in a bus" said Gillette. Grace sat down on the veranda. I went in and talked with the younger Mir. Morrison. He told me there were some beautiful sights on the lake. We went down to the dock and hired a rowboat Before leaving the hotel went in and got my things and hung up Grace's hat.
 "what things had you there?" asked Mir. Mills.
 "A suit case, a camera and coat"
 What was strapped to the suit ease?'
 "A tennis racket in a case and an umbrella.
 We started along the south shore" :" Gillette continued. ''and moved along slowly, looking for places that Mir. Morrison spoke of. We saw a rustic bridge, open camp and boathouse and then we went to South bay" South bay is where Grace Browns death oc- cured.
 .we went out to pick some pond lilies and fioated around. reading. I had a magazine. About 10 o'clock we went to the south shore to get in the shade as the sun was hot. We went to point about opposite Punkey bay and went on shore. I pulled the boat up, and we sat down. I asked her if she was not hungry. and she said she was not well and wasn't. I got the suit case and used 1t to sit on because the ground was damp. She sat on it. and I put my coat behind her. We were on the shore about an hour. I had my camera out also.
 -when we got in the boat we went out on the lake. I had left my suit case. camera and two coats on the bank. We went toward Covey's point About half way along the beach we got out on the shore again. and in q little time we saw 6 man trying tO land in . boat. talked with him. We left in the boat and rowed out in the bay shortly afterward
 -we talked about what we ought to do. And I said we ought not to keep