The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-01

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II did not
when she leaped into the water from
the boat what did you say you did9"
| Il reached out my hand toward her
then the boat tipped over"
"And you, who had swan in the lakes
lin Washington and in the Pacific ocean,
/ left Grace Brown there without swim
ming to her aid
81 did.
Afternoon Session.
When the proceedings were resumed
after the noon recess every seat in the
court room was taken and the aisles We're
| thronged.
1t was announced this afternoon that
DR.. Eugene Eising of New York, called
to Herkimer as a witness for the de-
Tense, had responded to the subpoena,
but Gillette's lawyers. after hearing his
story, had concluded his testimony would
not aid their case and dispensed with
his services. DR.. Eising was at Big Moose
lake the afternoon Grace Browns body
was found, and saw it within an hour
| after it had been brought to the surface.
| He had been relied ON By the defense to
| testify that the girls body showed no
evidence of violence, but that it looked
like a case of accidental drowning.
When the cross-examination of Gillette
was resumed this afternoon, District At
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time he met Grace Brown at De Ruyter
the day they started for the Adrondacks.
Gillette denied he attempted to get
bicycle or horse from the proprietor of
the Taber house, for the purpose of go
| ing to South Ottlseltic where Grace
Brown lived.
when Grace Brown reached the hotel
that day." Gillette said, "I met her as l
came down stairs After talking a short
time with her, | told her she had better
go down to the station and | would come
along pretty soon"
did she cry when she got to the Ia
Der house in DE Ruyter that day?'
mo"
Did you kiss her?'
mo"
How did you come to decide to be at
| Eagle Bay on Friday?"
"By a talk with Grace Brown"
Fictitious Names.
"When you wrote to Cortland for them
to send you IS at Eagle Bay under your
own name of Chester Gillette, after you
had registered under fictitious names at
different places. you expected to be Ches-
ter Gillette again by the time you got TO
Eagle Bay, did you not?'
YES"
Now. what did you want with this s5?'
"To pay our board"
NOW, how far would 50 go toward
boarding you and that .girl?"
"Why did you take the tennis racquet
with you on this trip?"
"To give the impression around Cort-
land that | was going on my vacation"
Had you ever played tennis with Grace
Brown
mo"
Did you expect to play tennis on the
lake that afternoon
mo"
..f he, Tor Il 4
YOU have any intention of keeping the
engagement with Miss Patrick and Miss
Westcott at Seventh Lake," asked the
district attorney
mo"
Keeps Engagement.
"when did you first think of keeping
that engagement
WHEN 1 got to Arrowhead Wednesday
night
"The night of the day Grace Brown
died?"
Yes
"Did it ever occur TO you to go back to
Big Moose and find the body of Grace
Brown, the girl that you say you loved,
lying there in the water?'
81 cannot remember"
Gillette reviewed for the district at
torney his trip up Black Bear mountain
Thursday, and when the prosecutor sug-
gested that the purpose of the trip was
to keep out of the gaze of persons about
the Arrowhead inn, Gillette said that
might be so, but he had never thought
of it that way.
How long before you signed your name
did It occur to you to sign wrong
name?"
81 don't know"
"Why disn't you sign the same at Tup-
per Lake as in Utica?"
81 don't know; there was no reason"
"Gillette, didn't you take the girl to
Tupper Lake and take her to DIR. San
tees and ask him to perform an opera
ton. and he told you it was too late?'
"No sir
Thinks He Was Worried.
"Did it worry you any when you were
talking to those other girls there to think
o. the girl. your sweetheart, up there in
Big Moose lake, Did it when you were
making that engagement to go out Sat
urday?"
81 think it did"
"Did you have a good time ON Black
Bear mountain on Friday?'
"In a way, yes"
'Did you cook the meal?'
az think l. helped
'Did you enjoy it,"
81 think | did.
what did you bury the tennis racquet
for?"
ITO keep the rain out Of it. I did not
want it to get wet"
'You didn't take it off there, so no one
could find it?'
Gillette waited minute and then said:
mo, I did not want any one to come
along and pick it up"
Did you look back into the lake 10
see if she had hold of the Ooat?"
Yes"
enid ynIl sep this coat Of hpr's?"