The Washington herald., 1906-11-19
WILL EXPOSE GILLETTE'S LIFE
Prosecutor Has Crowd of Witnesses
to Trace Career for Months.
May Try to show Many Acts TO Prove
that Defendant Long Had
Planned Murder.

! Herkimer. y. Y, Nov. 1S-Prosecuting
Attorney George Ward Will follow the
/ same order in trying the case of Chester
! Gillette, charged with the murder of
/ Grace Brown. that he used in his open
! ing address on Saturday. He announced
! to-day that he viii not start with a re-
port Of the autopsy, but viii try first TO
show the girl's life in Cortland. and her
! relations with Gillette there, and from
the beginning he will trace her departure
/ from Cortland 70 South Otselic, and her
! disappearance from there to Deruyter.
where she met the defendant
/ He viii then attempt 10 trace the move
ments OF the pair through the various
resorts Of the Adirondacks until the day
/ Of her death
All through this testimony the prose
cutor viii try 10 prove little acts on the
part of Gillette that indicated premedita-
uon, until he brings the pair up 10 the
time Of their second coming TO Big Moose
Lake. There the district attorney will in
troduce the witness his reference to
whom caused a sensation Saturday. This
is Mrs. p. G. Carey. Of East Orange. y.
J., who had a cottage on Big Moose
Lake, and who was not far away from
the little bay at the time Grace Brown is
said to have been killed. She is the wife
Of Newark engineer. who lives in East
Orange and is accompanied by her
brother. E. 0. Stanley. jr., who viii tes-
tify along another line.
Grace Bendick. the Cortland Young wo-
man regard for whom the prosecution will
try 10 show was an incentive for the
murder, viii arrive here. Tomorrow. morn
ing On her side the relations between
her and Gillette were never more than
friendly. but it is alleged that Gilette's
feelings for her were Of a stronger nature.
With her will come her father and sew
cral more Cortland witnesses. among
them the two young women with whom
Gillette is said TO have made an engage
ment for the Adirondacks when he left
Deruyter with Grace Brown. H. II. Gil
lette. the boys uncle, is also said to be
another witness who will arrive to-mor-
row.
Gillette passed a quiet day in the coun-
" jail. He seemed to recover the com
pOSUre lost during the prosecutors OPEN
ing address almost Immediately. ana
when he went back 10 his cell ut night
showed the same nerve he has displayed
ever since the trial started. lie slept
sOundly, and when he got up to-day he
found large number of letters from
both friends and strangers.
The hysteria which the trial Of almost
any man for murder seems 10 arouse In
women who read about il, appears to
have developed already. GIIettes un-
usually large mail to-day Indicated this.
as did the fact that his cell was full Of
ChrysanthemUms that some one had sent
him. The lines Of the defense are still a
secret The jury has already been segre- (
gated and has a suite Of rooms in the
Palmer House here, where they try to kill
the time between sessions Of the court
This morning they all went to church. /
marching up through the main street two
by two, with q deputy sheriff on either
flank. But they spent the rest of the day
indoors.