| Show lILLETTE ILLETTE PAYS I THE DEATH a PENALTY 1 BROWNS ROWN'S Eh SLAYER MEETS N END AT f Eighteen I Hundred Volts of Electricity Brin Death Without a it Struggle History of Brutal Crime Which j s Led to Today's Tod VS V'S Tragedy Tr AUBURN N N. Y March 30 Chester Chester E. E Gillette to to- ff paid the thea full penalty for the brutal murder of Grace r rown a n He went ent to hi his death in the electric chair hair at Aun Au- Au i prison without a sign of weakness and with the sameon same sameI I Ik k of emote emotion on which has characterized him from the day ij was arrested fed charged with the crime Gillette appeared fc have lave been fully reconciled to his fate and in a statement to v ven en out today by his spiritual advisers immediately after execution on it is indicated that he had made a confession pis f fits guilt hilt This statement was Vias signed by the Rev Henry Of Little Falls and the Rev Cordello Herrick eAnson chaplain who had attended Gillette since he head heen had ad abbe been en in the death dente i cell at the prison It was as s follows t B me our relationship with Ches dies rr Gillette was privileged ed we c do no not Sec it wis to make a detailed state state- tai t tad cd ad simply limply i wish to say BY that no nop p cis mistake was i M made mado in In his II Gillette il tte liia lf so far as 35 the public c ii never admitted his tae f. f His last hut words in the tho form of a went nt which he had prepared with care were made public af af- i 1 ad ben been een put to death this morn morn- morn Ii statement Gillette te men to lead Christian Christiani e a i fe fear tu r which th the prison officials ij I h lave d' d that Gillette's ro ro- Ele composure would ert desert him at atul l lat ul t moment was quickly dispelled m en i he stepped from his cell to the thenor theor nor or leaden kadine to the death chamber step tep p was KM inn m and strong and ho he houiM ken bd rapidly toward the instrument de death ith lh Not hot even b by tho the quiver of eye y Itch d did d he l betra the he least least of t emotion and at Atno no dl did ho BOW ire rire desistance from the thc keepers and l ad advisers risers who accompanied IQ is b last walk He Ho seated state him himI him him- I in m in the chair the tho straps and elec a were ie plc placed Jae d and within two raina min rain u had been officially prof pro pro- ted eed a f t elEttro ut n was tho most BUC- BUC M that ncr ever t. t l-Jok l ok place in the local o D. D Bat one cne contact was required tarry t the e mandates 8 of the thc law into t and Ind nd when i that was as over o tho the mur- mur of Grace Brown had pai paid tho the penti pen I of f his crime ti ne S WM was marked hoot L t with celerity The man t dead ded b bj the officials at Two ly is the mina ten lat ater r tho the wardens teat hen witnesses and Attendants tho an- an t JI dead 4 1 of ution trO lacked much rauch of tho h nl any former t ex an and durf dur dur- of the ho f 1 i ep time except for th the Cease e whet when the tho con I current currenti h the mans man's bod body I a ham of f W voices in This JI conversa I ew so iO marked th during the Physicians f ans were cro making nation j th e Warden ardc found of the bOd body for life rt Oil oa the the tilo it necessary to floor r for of the thet t G treat and nen It of 1800 f 00 volts at i rs tb held eld on D three one Pi minute k alee w. w When done this had e Careful ih examination of the t Way M i cf ef f lif hie marIe made but there was no tie l to ta who Bev e t had Menu tb been 13 M Y of Little a at th the S I n with Gill Alette illette tte v was Vias as 15 electrocutIon t 11 from that h th the the death death chamber was t 9 turned that off he fort for that would collapse lie ho he e door e l I ear lard d K Keepers leading to the pris rs walked t a beside h him m. m J a It ayea t yea e 6 s 0 a lk oc bl c at the tho wardens warden's fr the and at the tho h of the ot e Ce down through the hr it i r au prison to th tho o death ti rl El eth Uman rian Davis and Ind a at t when w Ninety cry ery made hIs firs t test t wl with t tho ho bank l ses of had bat V to to taken ken a lh them bem the scats as as- lut kill rod and fi ni nIl b the d nor lc the tho Word was t nl leading a a a from th the fly f o t ned G 3 as d 1 walk walk to bOl kin r io tl IDt cc the left er to h r u II carne and nt 0 tho came o along of him chamber r. r Onas On tr as a minister of I Derrick the t Rev 1 ou oa b hi I 11 as right ben 1121 w h en the h rayy on hill firs left left- It little t t and rb the part party 3 entered I ol to th the chair ti ork rk o of strapping ne t was qUI quio kly anent over was as 11 turned t tel itch e d das on at atI im I Ii after eH H G At t hI Int oa a 11 PI t Z k of th t h made heart an to cart II a heart 0 Bro an and d rn m at as barG t made d Gillette the Wag 1 CC deal to to the tha 0 WOrld tom I beat n t ur bl t th h hande b to Sar Gillette 1 t. t eke e was l 0 of f th till r at ales of I Cdon on y Yge he 7 i L GILLET GILLETTE from Pa t J I to do e thing t tb it i if Y doubt as to m. m mv an allY renore tho the iI found oud friend My y oneT one e r jr id time 1 IB that I T have o no not T t. t at this hie hO eminence ine in ray my ti him the work r ty opportunity to Pile I had bd tho th thov ov D one omo could d only say If I co i to draN roun oun men menI tat uld deem it the thc greatest 1 I c we mp Rut BUt all J I can cau saY granted in whom i I h hivo c b bo if ILI 1 know that he j i able td II am I committed l ket I y p that tha dayS dav h tita of tins this country I U the vO lo ln men pleasure I d a Y OD-Y DON t joy and I life ife i 1 knots they y t i 58 become earnest I 10 to er thEir po power in JIh illis in to to LS would f strive c and nd ans ice e Chr 5 I lit rist would have ha them ltv lit is C Christ is not one thing I have havo left leit I j s from facin facing hieb will bar me nio m ne forr for for- that my ray sins alaS are God Od for I have bay been fr fren re and frank frank frani in in r l advisers ad and andI with trift my spiritual I bo knows s Tf wb bere fe re I stand 1 task tuk w 18 I done the victory is is W CHESTER t T r. GILLETTE n crime Crine 1 e for which w G Gillette was t ed to forfeit his life in ia the t today tolay aar as was t sir ia is Auburn prison j. j of f bi bil bia sf sweetheart theart Grace brace race t teat r Big Boose Bi B Moose in the Adiron- Adiron a in on j July y i 11 1906 Gillette wId w was iittI tl Id on circumstantial evidence 11 r on trial In w which cl th the tie the ti lore love letters of I. I nill TO a M as the girl irl was s familiarly in wn her to lo Gillette na an as important part put The gui who rho hi la is the waters of BJ Bi Big Moose loose Moosee e I bid bd trusted Gillette tte to o make Hit eik for tb the wrong b be he had done her er cr his wife and her Ier letters ek were found in tho the Joltn young youri mans man's mansa a after his to's arrest arret at Eagle le bay bar re i eD considered d lJ by many as classic and aU their tender fo the ii right t that Wa was b her r tIne due Ret list It letter to her lover fr written a adin din 1 before her fatal trip to R Riff I is xu was pathetic I I wn bye good to some the wrote rote Thero There are 1 J awls b. b dear and all of them Mr so M Urto LT r to ne ue mel I h have e lived Jived here nearly I said faid good bye to ton n hOU house home with mth its Ite great masses ir a amo mow s then thel where bad 14 4 our oar playhouse then the Bee Beet II Iw 1 Ti I 1 cute little bonic in the orchard 1 cf 01 course courte all the nci neighbors that dEd my mj dresses from a P Is 10 sare ure me a thrashing r I really J r t eiL Tw 1 I Gay Chr life illette ha had been bea there more lor or less u a aIT aar IT ar r. r up to tb the time he became fore forea a I in in bs uncles uncle's shirt manufactory in 10 X N Y He had haA led a somewhat hat J lil We life but wa ws given iven to understand I I. its sis in n Cortland that he it t It to conduct so 50 that that hi his I th tAr relatives f mj might ht at least reco hi wa He loon soon became interested in Rh ell work fork Jf made ade many iW friends and r r conducted himself with proa prozee pro pro- r re zee e Brown Brolin was a farmers farmer's aau daugh b. b Iron from OI South oth lic who worked n UI ia ith Gillette Al- Al tb h l d d not Dot av her unusual at at- tics t r companions were not lon long lone she bc wa was 8 somewhat a mth jt the youn young foreman Cian Cianto to caD cail on her br at the home of sister who l lived led ed in the thc and and He Tb oD won her trust truss an and 3 atIe affee- affee tirl Confidence in Gillette I hI of tu marriage eventually ev JEt ber ibe uld in anti and in n the a summer mer iIII e neat home homr to Prepare for Y u F b she rhe felt feh co could not lot It Via was during durin her at her holDe ho ill k South that lOte hu Im the UI remarkable series of h cere erEl found amon GilS's Oil Gil- Ss S's among E after iter bi his arrest arret th the out S of her ber soul sh e Ol of her her er sorrow t of tad youth lat tn In lUI D self her er jec cC were rere ever eTer ap- ap tp r lv to she plead ell tab come to her ber I bad a be been saying n brave bra Lart II feel fed d but was l J be she be In ot of J ht first of all aJ of ibe be I t bt burto bur bur- any burI be e a Ka d I to hear Ie JOn Letter I II r I I I aID am a I 25 t Id I'd brne f for or you jOlt Oh M be te J I ont lOut e l boHe Cy n eV-n en Ill ede I after h ht me she ehe wrote bome bom iii all tb I did to 1 e. e e bT borne o folks be The S t ate me up an and I dont don't I W wae spoIled 5 j 1 what you ou will II think at t b be rb back o ou or ea able anyone et with t n t r sh Ebe t wrote I but have bavo I ere re cry cy since Deo 1 r tot got here bore only iii y I would do t to n not t feel be tta Cb e brave rave dear I h 1 but it n eer goes oes 61 T y OU will the C but then e r f L acan th say vo Id as that at rue y YO 1 U d dat aj d lever come diE and l you OU a 14 E wh n you ou there isn't n t a rl rI In the tho r ij e n T te as 03 I S in h her nei am tonight IU C and flie C so fO y you U a Chester I dear full you JOU have havo 11 go toy me and I 31 always know as a's rd I knot QU ou lust 1 Wont won't ho ba K- K and and I dear ou on must T te te more if Wh h YOn think ihen you ou read lead I am unreason l mind t it hut C r y With ut do think Hunk sit and that t I to 0 do L h tr belt utter Jeff lett r he told of rote e J friend This t. t be e al la that YOU von vonan an ed that at good od 1 my IllY coining Co I good od 2 al you yot b hi i i not h ter t that wee I should Ine a ut y ou dId not Dot 03 4 th a I I havo hao 11 t else Per r it t wi t le y b but U or i You I wish 1 cant can't t help p LYOn iS Ca mat mat- things cant can't say lay aI 1 1 bc sa i VOIl on h do 10 ceD very Cry T J. J bravo since I r came camo home but tonight I am very or discouraged Chester r j it jf I 1 could only die I 1 know how you you foci frel about this affair and I wish for your yom sake you OU I need not bo trou troubled led IT 1 lie die I hope you con can then be happy happ The coolness of G Gillette's to tu tho girls girl's fervent pleadings caused herto her herto 1 to say flay in her next letter r I I I was glad to hor bir from you OU and surprised el as 18 well vell I thou thought ht ou u would I rather have hac my letters affectionate but yours was wa so o businesslike that I have ha I Conic como to the ion that you wish mino to ho bo that hat way u I may may t tell lI you thought though that that- I am not a business worn worn- an and so presume that these letters will ill not satisfy you any D moro more than thuu the others rs did 1 1 think pardon think me that me-that that I 1 understand my position and md that it i is rather unnecessary sar for you YOU to be e so lO o fri frightfully bt u frank franl in in nJ me seo it I J cnn can sc see DJ my nw position tion a as keen as nur nu anyone any nuy one one I r think You lOu sav sa- savon a you von 1 0 were surprised stir sur surprised sur- sur hut but you y u thou thought ht I f would be he this dis- is- is e 1 I l don don't dont t sic sie by I should not notI I bo be discouraged What words have I II I had from you since sinco I canto here herc tu tv cuI cu- cu courage me l' l I Then further along in in the same letter letter let let- ter the tho girls girl's spirit of self-sacrifice self asserted assorted as ns' sorted it itself and ancl sh she wrote 11 Chester I dont don't loll t suppose you YOU will wm willever willever ever evor no how hon J T l regret being ciul all this trouble to I Know you AOU you OU hate mc me and I cant can't t blame you one one bit Of its it's worse orse for me than for you ou but the world and aDd you too may think I am the one to blame blaino but hut somehow I can cant can't just cant t just simply can cant can't think think t think that I I am Chester ur My little sister camo caine up just lust a ago with her haI hands ds full of daisies and asked asked- me it if T didn't t want vant S m my fortune fortuno told I 1 her 1 I guessed gerl it fa was wan pretty prett well told now Plan the Meeting I Plans worn w arran arranged ed by bv J letter for a aI I meeting at and alia Gillette secured se secured c cured leave Ica of absence from tho the factory Ho lie arrived at DeRuyter n the even e evening evening ing ing- of July Tul S and re registered red at a hotel as Charles CharIeR Geor George e. e The next da day dav Grace Brown left South Otselic ostensibly for Cort but changed h n erl ears cats for Utica at DeRuyter where she was wax joined by Gillette On the to l Utica a ica Gillette Gillette Gillette Gil Gil- lette did not share abare the seat eat with Bill Billy hut but chatted with other othor girls on the train from Cortland and made madeI I an a ll appointment to meet them later in in t at tho he week at nt Ea Eagle le Bay nay At Utica Gilletto Giletto Gilletto Gil Gil- l letto etto re registered Grace Brown an and himself him hint self elf s as Charles Gordon nail and wife wile New York They left th the next mornin morning Gillette did not 1133 ita his bill but hut di directed directed di- di r that sonic some laundry B which ho he had l left eft behind be sent b by express to Eagle B Bar Ba ay The he couple went to Tupper Lake I r at nt a 3 boarding house there a as C Charles harles George and wife York While at Tupper Lake Gillette inquired inquired in in- q for a quiet lake and Grace Brown B U threw herself into the arms of a maid who had brou brought ht her a glass of water and burst into tears On tho the evening of July Tuly 11 the Couple r retraced their journey to Big Moose loose whore Gillette Gillette- re registered re at the Glenore Glenmore Glen Glen- Glent m more ore as ae Charles Graham Albany and andon andon o on n the next line on the register register- wrote t he girls girl's corre correct t name and and address G Gillette illette inquired for good places to lo tot t take ake ke pictures and securing a boat rowed owed r away over o the blue waters of the l lak lake ake Gillette carried a suit mit ease case c camera amera and tennis racquet lh The girls girl's irl's b ge had nad been checked to Old Forge orge a and nd she left some sonic of her wraps and hat hatt a at t tho the hotel Late that ni night ht Gillette appeared at t the he Arrowhead on Eagle Bay Day t twelve el c miles from f om Di Big Moose He Ife h had walked n t through the woods carrying carding tho the suit c ase and camera hut but the racquet was wa 11 His lis is clothing and and ba baggage ga o were dry The next day by he went on an excursion ll with ith the young youn women 1 from Cortland whom he ho hail had promised to meet Alarm was felt in in Bi Big Moose over the f failure of Gillette to return with tho the b boat bott 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