The Washington herald., 1906-11-22

him again on the shore OF the lake alone.
and followed his footsteps from the shore
OF Big Moose to Arrow Head. where the
boy was arrested
Only the time during which Grace
Browns death must have occurred was
left blank and this blank was partially
filed by the testimony Of Mrs. ?. c. Cary,
Of East Orange. y. J., who heard a cry
coming from the direction Of South Bay
near the place where the girls body was
found
''It was the sharp cry Of some one in
peril" she said, coming from the dis
tance in the direction OF the west shore
Of South Bay. It was a two-syllable cry,
and the cry of a woman or young boy
high and piercing No Inan could have
made a sound like it."
Women Bring Their Luncheon.
For a week the crowd which has daily
janmed the courtroom has been waiting
for this sensation, which the district at
torney had promised them. To-day they
got It, II was much the same kind OF
morbid sensaton-loving crowd that has
made the lives Of the balliffs and deputy
sheriffs misery for the past few days
AS on the previous days. q large crowd
filed the courtroom. most Of the specta-
tors being women They brought their
lunches and their children
Gillette maintains about the same at
tiICde Of indifference as he did frcm the
beginning Of the trial. During a recess
to-day q photographer tried to get his
picture. To prevent him, the prisoner
held a paper up before mis- face. Some Of
the women present giggled at this. and
Gillette also appeared 10 be amused. He
smiled broadly and turned half around
toward the persons behind him.
Mrs. Cary took the stand late in the
afternoon. The crowd strained its neck
in order TO get a good view of the wit
ness. She testified that it was be-
tween FIVE minutes before and five min
utes after o'clock on the evening Of
July Il when she and her husband were
crossing their camp on the side of South
Bay 10 Cary's Inn on the other AS they
got near the middle OF the bay she heard
a cry. It was sharp and penetrating. and
sounded like the frightened utterance Of
some one in peril or IN pain.
Voice of Woman or Boy.
Ii came from a distance, and apparently
was from the iuDermOst part Of the bay.
and must have come from the little
branch of South Bay which is called
'Punkie Bay" She declared it was the
voice Of woman or small boy, and al
though she listened intently, the cry was
not repeated.
Before Mrs. Cary went on the stand
tie prosecutor had traced Gillette and
Grace Brown 20 the shore of the lake.
where Andrew Morrison. who kept the
beat livery, had rented Gillette a craft.
The girl had taken her seat in the stern,
while Gillette. with his oars, had taken
his place near the bow.
Into the boat, he testified, Gillette put
a suit case 10 which was strapped a ten
mis- racket in brown canvas case. and an
umbrella, the handle of which, he said
was about six inches long. On the same
day Edward .. Stanley, brother Of Mrs
Cary, while standing on the shore Of
Big Moose Lake, in front OF his camp on
South Bay, saw a boat go by toward the
east at about I o'clock In il were man,
a woman. and a suit case. The man
was in the bow and the woman in the
stern Of the boat.
Bernard Foster, the next witness, who
has a summer home at Big Moose Lake,
was in 'Punkie Bay" with his wife at
about twenty minutes before o'clock
on the same day and had seen boat con
tanning a man and woman. The boat was
drifting near shore. he said. and the man
and woman seemed deep in conversation.
The boat was still there when he rOwed
away about O'Clock and there was no
other boat on South Bay.
GiHette's Clothes Not Wet.
James S. Hart, an eighteen-year-old
boy, picked up the thread after Mrs.
Cary's testimony He testified that he
had been TO Little Moose Lake on July
Il, and was returning, with some others.
along path near the shore of Big
Moose Lake when he met the defendant
ard spoke to him. He said the defend
ants clothing showed no indications of
being wet.
E R. V Crego, who was with the Hart
boy, also testified to meeting young man
with suit case and camera at about 3
o'clock on the night of July II. when he
was with Hart and Parker, but he could
not identify the young man as Gillette,
and could not tell whether his clothing
had been IN the water or not
The purser on the Fulton chainboat In
cos told OF having taken Gillette from old
Forge to Arrow Head on the night trip OF
July Il.
Albert c. Borchard, proprietor of Arrow
Head Inn, received Gillette that night.
During the morning the prosecution.
step by step. traced the defendant and
Grace Brown from Upper Lake. where
they spent the night OF July 10. to Big
Moose Lake, where they embarked on the
boat from which Grace Brown never re-
turned. Not a single step in the evidence
seemed to be missing.
Clara Greenwood, a waitress at the Al
taclin House. at Upper Lake. was the
first witness. She had waited on Grace
Brown. whom she Identified by a picture
and Chester Gillette at supper on july 10
and breakfast the next day. She had not
heard them say anything to each other at
either meal, except that at breakfast the
defendant had said to the girl Eat
enough"
Girl Wants Sympathy.
After they had left the dining-room. she
said. Grace Brown came back apparently
for a toothpick When she came back
Grace brown threw her arms around the
neck Of the waitress and had begun to
confde in her when Gillette came up. and
the weeping girl quickly turned away.
She and Gillette had then taken the bus
from the Altacliff House.
James McCalIister. a man who drove
the stage from the Big Moose station to
the Glenmore Hotel, was the next link in
the chain which the prosecution was at
tempting to forge. lie had picked up
Grace Brown anG Chester Gillette. on the
morning of July II, and nad driven them
&c the motel.
did you ever see her again?" asked
the prosecutor.
Yes; saw her the next day when
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