The Jersey City news., 1906-11-30
TRY 70 TRIP GILLETTE
Prosecution Endeavoring to Make
Defendant In Murder Case
Co... -sadict Himself.
LOSES WIsHBoNE CONTEST.

Prisoner Gets Short End Of Thanksgiv-
ing Turkeys Merrythoueht - Little
Sympathy Felt For Him-Rumors Of
Confession In Jail Believed to Be
Unfounded.
Herkimer, n Y. Nov. Colchester
Gillette was again called to the wit
ness stand to tell the jury what he
knew Of the death of Grace Brown,
whom he is accused Of numbering.
1t is thought that Prosecutor Wards
continued cross questioning will fill
most Of the day. Ward hopes to make
the defendant give contradictory an
swers as to the girls death. Most
we'll informed persons in Herkimer
believe he VIII offer little evidence in
/ rebuttal
/ Gillette had conventional Thanks
giving dinner with fifteen other prs
oners Sheriff Richards served turkey,
cranberry sauce. pumpkin pie and 9th
er incidentals of the season in abun
dance. Gillette sat beside an italian
accused of having taken part in
| Black Hand crime few days ago in
Frankfort.
Gets Short End of Wishbone.
The alleged murderer of Grace
Brown was cheerful, apparently hav-
ing rallied permanently from the de
preston following his long ordeal. He
talked and laughed and ate as If heart
ening himself for the cross examina-
tion Gillette broke wishbone with
fellow prisoner and got the short
end. He laughed, however. when com
panions reminded him of the i'll omen
which they took it to be- The young
man said he was not superstitious, He
was eager, however. to learn what i'm
| preston he had made on the jurors and
asked the sheriff about it, but Rich
ards declined to express an opinion
! IT was the idea of many officials that
the jury had not taken much stock in
Gillette's story that the girl committed
suicide to avoid disgrace.
Double guards were placed about the
/ Jail. and Charles D. Thomas, one of.
Gillette's lawyers. was the defendants
only visitor He had long talk with
the prisoner, and it is supposed ne gave
the youth advice Little sympathy IS
/ expressed for The prisoner. 1t IS felt
HAT even II he did not cause the glrFs
saeath }tl{EsieallX ne aia SO morally, Tor
ne first destfNysr her moral life aHt
then. his own story runs, held out to
her the prospect of having to face
| furious father.
Wanted to Tell Girls Parents
CiIlette told Ward he informed
crace Brown If was his intention to
d,v,,lye her condition ia her parents.
Whv he should do SO although. as he
.ssarte WILLING to wed her IS a mys-
tarv to tha townsfoIJ5
Mnch will be made by the district
attorney Of tbe man Of the Adiron-
dacks found in Gillefte's possession.
which showed plainly tbe road from
South bay. on Big Moose lake. to
Eagle bay. where Gillette took AZ boat
for Arrowhead The prosecution hopes
to make the jury believe that Gillette
/ told Deputy Sheriff Kloek he studied
OtfA tl3& yUlitc az pAl fiiN7 tAtt-1 AAiES ~ -
+ is said, expressed astouisbmeut that a
1 stronger Should fiud the road so east
". saying that he himself, a veteran
woodsman often lost his way in the
forest. Gillette on the stand admitted
he had bought the map a few days
before. bat denied having examined
it. He professed to be amazed when
his attention was called in court to
the pIainness of the Eagle bay road
on the chart.
Fully a, score of young women from
! Cortland will be called by the defense
to testify that Gillette's reputation
was good before his arrest in connec-
ton with the girls death. Clergymen
and business men also are expected
TO give that kind Of testimony. The
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