Connecticut western news., 1906-11-29

Found In Body of Girl at Autopsy.
 Injuries Inflicted Before Death, De-
 clares Doctor-Proseeution to Make
 Test With Fatal Rowboat.
 Herkimer, N. T., Nov. 2S-That 1t had been the intention of Chester R. Gillette to fulfill his promise to Grace Brown and marry her and that he had arranged with a clergyman to perform the ceremony on the day that the girl disappeared is to be one of the chief points of the defense .n his trial for murder. This information was gleaned from Grace Hill, rival of Grace Brown, who is in Herkimer under sub poena of the prisoners counsel to ap- pear in his behalf
 The Hill girl is one of the most i'm portant witnesses for the defense. She was first subpoenaed by the prosecu- tion in the belief that her knowledge of Gillette's affairs might substantiate the charges against him.
 Physicians on the Stand.
 Dr. A. O. Douglas and pr. E. H. Douglas, both of Little Falls, but not relatives, declared under oath that Grace Brown was not drowned It was their opinion that she died from blows which killed or rendered her uncon- scious before her body was dropped in- to Big Moose lake. They declare that there was not enough water in the lungs of the body to warrant theory of drowning. They were present at the autopsy.
 The witness for the state had to ad- init that several of the conditions in the body shown by the autopsy, in which he took part, were indications of drowning.
 Point Gained For Gillette.
 MT Mills finally forced the witness to admit that the discoloration under decomposition. This was considered a decided victory for Gillette. The wit ness had declared that a mark on the head indicated a blow severe enough to cause a clot on the brain and sub sequent death, although the skull was not fractured.
 Mir Mills made an effort to prove that Grace Browns body might have received the injuries noticeable at the inquest by coming in contact with the overturned skin as her body rose to the top of the water.
 The questions seemed to indicate that the defense will seek to show that the bruises found on Grace Browns body were caused by pumping against the bottom of the boat when she rose to the surface three times after falling into the lake
 Much technical testimony along the lines of conditions ordinarily found in the bodies of persons who have met death by drowning marked the ses- sions of the Gillette murder trial.
 Four of the five doctors employed as experts by the state to perform the au- topsy on the body of Grace Brown, GIL lette's alleged victim, were on the stand. Evidence was introduced to show that she was in a delicate condi- tion at the time of her death.
 Some of the, questions put to the ex- perts by counsel brought out further confirmation of the assertion that there were blood clots on the girls brain and under the scalp. Other questions were put to the doctors by MT. Mills, Gillette's senior counsel, to bring out opinions tending to show that the con- ditions found in the dead girls body were similar to those sometimes found in the bodies of drowned persons and that the conditions they found at the autopsy are recognized by medical au- thorities as indications of drowning.
 Prosecution Wins Point.
 An interesting point was scored by the defense when Attorney Charles D. Thomas of the defense extracted from Rev. Cuthbert Frost, a Lowville cler- gyman. a contradiction of a statement made by him on the witness stand last week. At that time Mir Frost swore that Gillette broached the subject of the Big Moose tragedy to some guests at Arrowhead inn, where he stayed aft CT leaving Big Moose, where the Brown girl died, but Rev. Frost admitted that he was not sure whether it was Gil lette or some one else who spoke of the Big Moose incident.
 In the hope of proving that Gillette was lying when he said that the boat in which he took Grace Brown out on the fatal ride was upset when he reach ed out for a lily pad on Big Moose lake District Attorney Ward intends to make test with the rowboat on the Mohawk river. mile away from the courthouse. The district attorney is confident he can prove that it was a physical impossibility for the capsizing of the boat to have taken place under the conditions alleged by Gillette after his arrest.
 When put cpon the stand Mrs. Mar