The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-21
Gillette Deeply Affected.

Gillette appeared deeply affected to-day.
When the district attorney read IN. LEFT
ters the prisoners eyes allied with tears
Tie letter read FIRST was from Gillette 10
Grace Brown. II was written in 1876
when she was az home on vacation.
The letter was addressed TO BILLY,
Brown. and in IL Gillette said he did not
know how he would get through d week
without her.
In letter written by Grace. she pleaded
with Gillette TO 60 20 South Otselic. and
take her away She said in the letter
that She feared Gillette was planning 20
desert her, and she threatened 70 20 10
Cortland and expose him II he ala not
keep his promise 70 make her his wife.
in another letter. dated July 4th, she
writes
My Dear Chester:
y ANA cIried up by the kitchen fire.
and you would shout 81 YOU could see
me. Every one else has gone 10 bod
The girls came up. and we have shot
the last nrecrackers. 1 will tell YOU all
about u when / see YOU Hope you have
had nice time This is the last letter
! can write. dear feel as though YOU
We're not coming. dear. Perhaps that is
NOT rght but I can't help feeling chat
! avn never going TO see YOU again. How
l wish this was Monday. am going
down and stay with Aiaude next Satur-
day night dear and then 60 20 De Ruy-
ter the next morning. and will get there
9
tram from the Lehigh there you Will get
there al about IL
have been bidding good-by 70 some
places to-day There are so many hooks
dear. and all OF them so dear to me. Z
have lived here nearly all my life First
said good-oy 10 the spring-hous with
IT'S great mass OF green moss. then the
apple tree. where We had our playhouse.
then the beehive. a cute little house
IN the orchard. and. u course. aA-the
neignnors that have mended my dresses
from a little tot Up. TO save me thrash
ing I really deserved on dear. don't
YOU realize what all this IS TO me?
know I shall never see any OF them
again And mamma-great heavens,
how do love mammal I don't know
what 7 shall DO without her. She Is never
cross. and she always helps me so much
Sometimes I think Il could tell mamma.
but I can't She has troubles enough as
il is. and 7 could not break her heart
like that. II ! come back dead perhaps.
II she does know. she won't be angry
with me. I VIII never be happy again
dear. I miss you. and want TO see you
but I wish I could die.
Please think dear. that I had TO give
UP whole summers pleasure. and you
surely will be brave enough TO give up
one evening for me. 1 shall expect and
look for you Monday forenoon.
Heaven bless you until then. Lovingly
and with kisses.
tSigned) THE KID"
.'P 81 viii 90 right to the Taber
House. and you come for me there.
wish you could come up Sunday night,
SO as 70 Doe there. and, sweetheart,
think IT would he easier for YOU. Please
come up Sunday night. dear"
Wedding Clothes in Court.
Grace Browns wedding clothes. which
were made by friends and neighbors Tor
Moose Lake on the very day she planned
20 go 20 the altar as the bride OF Chester
T. Gillette. were shown in court to-day.
II was through the letters received to-
Gay that Gillette and Miss Brown planned
their Adirondack trip. Take me away
from here" was her cry In every letter.
and in some OF them. she limited that she
would trouble him but little more. because
She was going 70 die.
The district attorney followed the travels
OF Grace Brown and Gillette into the
Adirondack. He traced thelr movements
through Utica. swOre many witnesses who
testified TO little details OF the trip and
closed the day with a long examination
OF a Topper Lake hotel proprietor. who
said that Gillette had asked him where
he could find a quiet place I'm the woods.
that his wife was tired and needed rest.
Counsel in Colloquy
Tho attorneys at this point engaged
fl a vigorous dispute the district attor-
ney repeating tho witnesses statement
like this. He wanted a quiet lake"
The witnesses should not say that a
quiet place" retorted Senator Mills. Gil
lette's senior counsel
Gwen. he found a quiet lake any
way" observed the district attorney.
This remark incensed Giliette's coun-
sci. and the court had 20 rap loudly for
order before tho attorneys finished their
dispute.
Josephine Patrick. OF Cortland. testi-
fed that she met Gillette on tho train
at De Ruyter on July Q. and that he
made en- appointment to meet her
Thursday or Friday at Seventh lake.
This witness was ono Of the party that
Gillette Joined after Grace Brown dis
appeared and before ne was arrested