The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-24
GRACE BROVESBODY BRUISED
THE LEFT EYE AND LIPS SHOWED
SIGNS OF VIOLENCE.
strands or Her Hair Were Caught IN One Of
the Clests or the boat In which she
Went 10 Her Death The Boat and Hair
Put In Evidence and Examined by Jury.

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nj IN Evidence and Examined by Jury.
HERKIMER, Nov. 23.-1Vhen Grace Browns
body was pulled out 81 Big Moose Lake
there was a bruise under the left eye, the
n % we're wollen and cut and there was a
co~agulation of blood around the nostrils
When the body was brought into the boat,
according 10 two of the witnesses the prose-
cution called, this coagulation broke and
blood flowed From the girls nose, Caught
in two screws on one of the cleats of the up
turned boat, which fioated 1856 feet from the
place where the body was found, were
several locks OF dark hair, apparently that
of a woman. Some of 1t was so well caught
that it still remains in the boat. n boat
was found in 81 feet of water, the body in
~ feet. These are the facts which the
prosecution in the case Of Chester Gillette,
accused Of the murder OF Grace Brown,
succeeded in bringing OUT to-day previous
10 the calling of medical testimony, which
will come tomorrow and end the States
case.
The whole days session was gTrIesome
enough 10 satisfy ever the morbid crowd,
which as usual came early and stayed
throughout the day. haf rising 10 peer
c~uriously at each exhibit which the prose-
cution put in evidence and to whisper over
them until something new came in for them
70 stare az. The boat, which wa found
floating bottom side up near the body.
Was stretched along beside the counsel
liable when the session opened this morning.
and the crowd had something to stare at
from the first.
whe- a recess was taken during the
morning session the morbid throng made a
rush toward the front OF the court room to
get a closer look and to try to see the grew
some part of the exhibit, the hair which
was caught in one of the cleats at the side
Of the boat. 1t was all that the bailiffs
could do to keep them from swarnning in
sid OF the railing TO get into the boat and
try TO get a closer view Of what il contained.
This crowd seems 10 be gro wing on the sem
sation which the trial furnishes, and every
day adds to it's size and the strength of it's
morbid curiosity. They come in the spirit
of a crowd at a country fair. and each little
incident sets them roaring with laughter
until the Judge raps with his gavel and the
bailif, who wears his beard as a neoktie
and chest protector. taps some Of the
noisier ones on the head.
Z Robert Morrison, who owns the boat
livery at Big Moose Lake, told of the finding
Of the upturned boat on the morning of
July II. He was in South Bay with his son
Andrew and his sons wife. They found
the boat, he said, upside down near a clumR
OF lily pads. On either side Of it were
found floating the bars and near them the
loose stem seat and back rest. Over the
bottom of the boat, about three feeY from
the middle. was the black silk coat which
had previously been identified az having
belonged to Grace Brown. About two feet
; of IL were thrown over the side of the boat
and the rest dragged in the water about
five inches below.
Nearer the shore than the boat fiosted
a dilapidated straw hat. II was identified
and put in evidence in spite OF the strenu-
Gus objections Of the defendants counsel,
who all through the day too exception to
every exhibit which the prosecutor tried
TO put in evidence. The lining had been
tom out of the hat, but its former presence
was shown by a lot Of loose threads inside
the crown The hat had been found float
ing on its brim with its crown up.
"Did you find anything else in the boat?"
asked the prosecutor.
"Yes; SOM hair was stuck to one Of the
cleats."
The prosecutor led the witness to the boat
anu iuduS mn CntliD III dbu SHOW tne jury
where the hair was found. The crowd,
which had hardly subdued itself after the
excitement Of seeing the boat, was on its
feet in a minute staring cuTiously at the wit
ness as he knelt in the craft in front of the
Jury. He pointed to a clest on the star
board side which braced the seat that was
between Gillette and Grace Brown when they
were last seen.
~ alN.- .hsro ao,, o,o.o ha,r ,kao H., .uh:.L
Is there now1" asked the prosecutor.
Yes, there were several other strands
which | gave to M daughter-ih-law, Mrs.
Andrew Morrison. and Some on this cleat
on the port side"
The boat was pat in evidence. and the
jury was asked to examine it. One by one
they numbered dow from the jury box,
stepped over the oars which lay beside it.,
grasping the sides Of the craft 50 that it
wonldn't tip and throw them out, and
stopped to examine what was caught under
the cleat at the side. Gillette watched them
closely, but the only expression apparent
on his face was one Of amusement when one
OF the jurors appeared more awkward
than the rest. The crowd, getting the days
first sensation, enjoyed it thoroughly.
Mr.. Nor isOn described the hairs which
UO III no Didtf dtil ttDOul uAlc ~ Jeu
inches long.
A long cros5-eXamination followed in
>r<hich Mr.. Thomas, for the defence, meas
ured the boat carefully after it had been
turned upside dow and the witness threw
tho silk coat over it in the same position
in which he had found IT, The cross-ex-
amina ton developed che fact that the coat
had been found about thirty inches from
the centre. Mr.. Morrison could not tell
whether it had been in front or to the rear
Of the centre of the craft. During the
cross-examination Mr.. Mills had obtained
possession OF the subpoena served for the
appearance Of the witness and would not
dive 1t back until a war Of words had en-
sued between him and the prosecutor.
Il want it" he said, because these SUBJ
punas TO appear at IN extraordinary ses-
sion Of his court were served before an
Indictment had even been found"
Mrs. Andrew Morrison told of having
taken the hairs, which she said were twisted
around the screws which held the cleat
and matted to them, and having later turned
them over to the Coroner.
Coroner Isaac Coffin was then called and