Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-04
THE COURT IS NOW ADJOURNED.
Senator Mills Makes Out the Verv
Best Case In His Argument
For The Prisoner.

llt'l iIlu secrecy ~ Sllt'lu ttitli itputd-
tons. lie said the district attorney might
| as well have said that Grace Brown was
struck With Il bushel basket as with
frail tennis racquet and that the girls
head had struck the keel Of the OVerturH-
ing boat rs she went overheard if there
was so much injury az the doctors had
sworn to. Mr. Mills averred that Grace
Brown followed the wish written by her
in one of the letters to Gillette-tEat she
drowned herself, hoping to be buried with
her secret unknown by the m0ther whose
love and respect she valued more than
her own life. He attacked with the at
tack on the physicians. when he claimed
distorted the report of their autopsy. that
brought the district attorney to his feet.
Mr. Ward said: "They say the young
man should have been represented in
that autopsy. How could he be repre-
scnte.l when the officers were in the Adj
irondacks looking for him at the time
the autopsy was performed. The dis
trict attorney himself vas not there.
| And then because he was not represent
/ ed Mr.. Mills attempts to discredit the
word Of the five reputable doctors
brought rcro and he attempts to make
u doctor vi HlillStll. llt ili''h'' ~
out a doctor ard tries to tell YOU what
constitutes drowning. He. this doctor,
says he has studied nights and learned
medicine in the past few wecks-Wny
gentlemen, he could not learn as much
| about anatomy-thiS man who never
| saw 4 lung-by reading nights as these
doctors could learn of law by reading
| his books at night.
| "Why Wern't they represented. why
gentlemen nobody knew but what the
| girl had been drowned until they found
that wound under the hair and followed
| it to the brain. And when they found
that Hood clot they knew in Il minute
what caused her dcath-it was a blow
on the head.
| There was nothing in this post NOR
| tenn to mislcad or deceive anybody, and
| they revealed the fact that murder had
been committcd: that the girl had not
| died from drowning: that no water
entered into the mouth; that II" water
entered into The lungs: the lungs were
normal and natural.
| What does the counsel want to
| r. och when II" speaks of the doc "rS'
| testimony? He had learned doctor
| who sat by bin thor" IT would have
bc en- competent for him to put that
doctor on the stand ana sworn 10 things
Mr.. Mills testified to in summing up.
iIc wasn't under oath. MI. Mill, told
| ynn v-hat constitutes drowning He
| would boar evidence to that but he was
| not sworn. He knew if that doctor
| got on the stand he would testify as
the other doctors. but instead Of tax
| ing that course. he SAYS i VIII get I'D
| bcfor" the jury and will testify that
| all the other doctors are wrong vas
| that not so?
Il charge here and EoW that that lit
| lie fals"hOod Was put into the case for
| TIC purpose OF pred jucing q poor fool
iSh jury @nd ~ keep them from giving
| rInicr consir.e ration oC cvi'iancc i'll the
case.
"TT'hcn ID made 4 great splurgc on
th"Se medical notes. 1t was amusing
10 near hiih say You haven't got the
original notes. No of course not;
there were five doctors and only one
OF Inc original notes. and each of tnpOl