The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-11-22

LIFE PICTURE OF TWO
East Orange Woman Out Upon
Lake Heard Voice Of One In
Peril on the Fatal Evening.

HERKIMER. \. y. Nov. 22.-nls.
trlct Attorney Ward continued 10 forge
the links In the chain Of c.rcumslsni.al
evidence be- X ,cndcnyorlng % BUNS
M against Chester 4 Gillette. who j.
on trial for his lie ~ the alleged STAY
cr Of his sweetheart. Grace brown. Of
Cortland.
Mr.. Ward Il presenting hls evidence
In the form OF n narrative -piciur.ng
ms many events In tho I've, ~ 'h' TIVE
young people from the FIRST time they
were thrown together until ihc body
OF the girl was found In llg Moose
lake last July NJ he hfs been able 10
trace from a minute study and invesu
gation OF an their affairs.
The prosecutor succeeded, against
the bitter protests of the dcfcndnntf
counsel. In getting before the Jury
what is said 10 be his most direct evil
dencc that n crime was committed
that evcntful day In the Adirondack
lie put upon the stand Mrs. Mar
garet Carey Of East Orange, " j. who
with her husband had gone FOR row
IN the south bay Of BIG Moose lake the
evening young Gillette and Miss Brown
set out upon the journey which ended
In the latters death. Mrs. Carey de
clared that she had been startled by
hearing a piercing scream coming
from near the east shore OF the bay.
1t was the cry OF n person in peril,
the witness added.
This voluntary statement called forth
a storm OF objections from the defense.
and Il was ordered stricken from the
records. Mrs. Carey was allowed 20
state Il as her opinion that the cries
were undoubtedly those OF n woman.
"They were too shrlll 10 be anything
else" she asserted.
Here again objection was lnterposcd
by the defense. but this time Judge
Devendorf allowed the testimony 10
stand. Exceptions were noted.
The district attorney skctched In ties.
timony the travels OF Gillette and
Grace Brown on their second day IN
the Adirondacks. lie took them 10y
train from Tuppcrs 10 Rig Moose
There they went TO n hotel where they
ala not register as man and wife. Gil
lette used Miss Browns real name
hut styled himself "Carl Graham, Al
bany"
Witnesses were next introduced "a
tell Of the young couple going for the
fatefu; row upon the lake. II was
here that Gillette's counsel made much
of an admission secured from one Of
The states witnesses. the proprietor OF
he Glenmore hotel at Big Moose lake
lie stated that Gillette had told him
hat he and the young lady wished "a
AXE ride on the lake in the steam
boat which Ia on the waterway. The
hotel man. Andrew Morrison. told Gil
lette that IL he went by steamer he
would not be able TO return in time
for dinner Morrison declared it was
he who suggested to Gillette that he
and the girl take a rowboat.
lie also volunteered the information
that his father, Robert Morrison. ran
] u UodluOuNt utdE ny anu WYNN w
glad to accommodate the couple. The
elder Morrison later corroborated
these statements
Next were introduced witnesses who
saw Gillette making his way on foot
that night from Big Moose lake to
ward Eagle bay. The purser Of the
lake steamer Uncas said Gillette
boarded the craft there and rode tC
Arrowhead where he spent the night
at hotel. The defense endeavored
to draw from the witnesses the fact
that Gillettes clothes had the appear
ance of man who had recently fallen
overheard. No one noticed him close
~ enough to say.
The proprietor of the Arrowhead h0
tel said Gillette had brought down &
pair of trousers to he pressed, and
they apparently had been thoroughly
soaked in water The fact that Gil
lette took a suit ease, umbrella, cam
ara aud tennis racket with him in the
rowboat was dwelt upon by the prose
,ution.