Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-24
Boat in Which Fatal Row Was Taken
Also Produced in Court as Evidence.
Dramatic Scene Follows the Introduction Of Hair
by Witness Counsel Fights Its Admission.

laid stress on the exact time Wncn the
witness saw the young people in the
boat. Already the defendants counsel
has tried to draw from witnesses the
fact that when Gillette was arrested
his watch was found on the dresser in
his room and that it had stopped at
$50 o'clock. The officers who made
the arrest could not remember about
the watch. This line Of questioning
is taken to indicate that the defence
may try TO show that when Gillette
and the girl We're thrown into the wat
er as Gillette claims, the watch stop
ped.
Gillette appeared to be rather more
pallid tnan usual when he appeared in
court and his eyes We're heavy and
red as though he had not slept very
well last night His demeanor was
one of more seriousness than at any
time since the trial was begun His
brow was constantly contracted into
a frown.
TO the numerous other rumors as
to the character of the defence was
added one today that 4 plea of murder
, in the second degree Will be entered
with the attempt to show the death Of
Grace Brown was not planned III adj
| vance. There WAS no more authority
for this than any of the other reports
! Robert Morrison. who rented the
r0Wboat to Gillette. was recalled. He
testified to finding the boat after the
| tragedy. 1t was upside down and
| floating near the shore. The witness
also found the straw hat worn BY the
| defendant when he Went out on the
lake. The boat was found near Il bed
of pond lilies. 1t was testified yester-
day that Gillette said he was trying
to pick Il lily from the water when the
beat upset
Morrison testified that after finding
the boat. he turned il right side up.
bailed it out and towcd it ashore.
The boat itself was here introduced
IN eEldence. There was Il sensation
when the district attorney aSkc.t the
witness if he had found anything I'M
Esua! in the boat, and he replied:
Yes. there was quantity Of long
| mar cllnging to one of the cleatS. | re-
r2oFcu 4 portion of it. which | have
mere. but quite a good deal is still ir
the boat. just as | found it,
The Jurors We're all animation in q
moment. and spent much time eyamin.
| ing the boat and the hair.
Morrison identified Grace Browns
black cape, which he had found caught
on the upturncd boat.
| District Attorney Ward stated this
afternoon that he had received letter
| III which the writer asserted that the
defendant is only an adopted son OF
the elder Gillette. who is now said I,
be member Of the Dowie colony al
Zion City.
| Morrison was cross-cxamined al
length this afternoon. but no facts
We're developed. Mrs. Andrew Morrison
dstIShtcr-in-law Of Robert Morrison
followed Kim on the stand. She was
with Morrison when he found the boa,
and added her testimony regarding the
finding OF the hair. She said some OF
the hair was caught on the screws ir
the braces which held the rear seat il
place.
| Frances Brown, n sister of the dead
girl, produced q lock of hair cur from
Grace's head after the body was
| brought home. The jury was allowed
to compare it with the hair found in
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