Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-04
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL" TUESDAY, DEE ENll,ER l. 1906

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tious name on the register, he was not
married.
Mr.. Mills said they had no money
when they started, and that the one
thought was to get away from Grace
Browns home until she had recovered
from the trouble that weighed them
both down.
AT II o'clock Justice Devendorf or
dered recess to allow an opportunity
to convene the regular December trial
term Of the supreme court.
When court re-opened, Mr.. Mills re-
sumed his address, speaking of the ar
rival in Utica of Gillette and Miss
Brown. Mr. Mills told of the trip to
Topper Lake and their stay at 4
strange hotel. AT Grace Browns sug-
gestion, they went to Big Moose lake
These are circumstances to which the
district attorney attaches great import
anCe. The district attorney may urge
that because Gillette asked for a keel
boat, asking about round bottomed and
fiat bottomed boats, that Gillette had
planned the killing of Grace Brown"
Mr.. Mills referred to the testimony
of Landlord Newman Of Topper Lake
when ii was stated that Gillette said
he wanted a quiet hotel for his wife
had been sick The district attorney"
said Mr. Mills. told you that Gillette
asked for a quiet spot, that is alto
gether different
The boy suggested a steamboat ride
around the lake. and she consented.
The captain agreed 10 blow the whistle
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to kill her after the whistle blew in the
presence of many passengers? Hadn't
it been arranged that they should 90
around the lake in the steamboat at
the time they registered? If it had,
this theory that she was lured TO her
death must go to the winds"
| Mr.. Mills told of the row about the
lake, and the luncheon on the shore
and followed Gillette's route as he had
described it in the witness chair.
Mr.. Mills took up the testimony of
Mrs. Carey, who SwOre she heard /,
wOmans scream on Big Moose lake
She is an imaginative woman, said
Mr.. Mills III there had been screalh
it would have been heard by others
Why didn't Mrs. Carey tell her hus-
band?"
THE people say that there was hair
in the boat. You remember about two
people who said they found about two
hairs there. Is the life OF this young
man to be taken on such a thing as
that? They ask you to compare those
hairs with that brought here by Grace
Browns sister. ana pronounce them as
coming from the same head. You can
not do it, How many times could Il mar
be convicted of infidelity to his family
by the discovery of a hair on his coat
Any man who is in my hearing has
had that experience.
| Il suppose that some strong and ath-
letic men might have saved the girl
But he had his clothes on, his shoe.
on. the water was seven feet deep, he
could not touch the bOttom-practical-
lily impossible to save the girl unde,
such conditions He was asked if he
dired, and he said no. he had not, h,
could not dive under those conditions
dumped out in the water as he was"
| Mr.. Mills then reviewed the arrest
Of Gillette. and told how freely Gillett.
volunteered Information as to the
whereabouts Of the letters that The
girl had written him.
How easily he could have deprived
the authorities Of that important in.
formation?" said Mr.. Mills
Had he been a criminal. this boy
would have had plan. He would hav,
had those letters destroyed. "Brough
to his narrow cell. he was placed righ
into the midst of the prosecution an,
1t would be surprising if he had no
said something that could be distorted
against him. The sheriff did his bes
to worm things from him"
About the trip Gillette took to Blacl
Bear Mountain. Mr. Mills said tn,
prosecution contends he went there I,
meet two girls.
He was naturally gloomy. knowing
of Grace Browns death ana he sough
diversion. Murdcrers hide awav-tie,
. from the law, but his actions show
that he was rot concealinS himself. i.
at war with the theory that he foull,
murdered Grace Brown"
An explanation Of the marks OF
Grace Browns face was given by Mr.
Mills He said that II steamboat. usins
propeller. went into the bay near tn,
/ point. Mr.. Mills scored those who hac
charge of Miss Browns body befor,
the autopsy.
considering the time that elapsed
after the body was recovered and be.
fore the autopsy is it any wonder" h.
: asked, IF there were black and blue
spots?"