New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
FIND GILLETTE GUILTY.
~EyRST DECREE MURDER -
Prisoner Hears Verdict Without
Sign of Emotion.

.of T..
vrsetheart Miss Grace Brown, at Big Moose
,ora on July II last. tonight returned a ver-
sic, Of guilty in the first degree
SENTENCE will be pronounced on Thursday
-o-rins. 10 which time court adjourned after
.,a ,ury had reported Ex-senator Mills. Gil
,o,,e's counsel before adjournment, announced
tho. when court reconvened at 10 o'clock Thurs
so-- morning he would move TO have the ver
dict set aside.
TIE Jury which had deliberated for five hours,
can, word at II o'clock that a verdict had been
cached A moment later they filed into the
courtroom and at 11:15 o'clock an officer, who
,od heen sent for Gillette. returned with the
prisoner.
pale ard a trife nervous apparently. Gillette
,scs5 the fury, and when Marshall Hatch, the
foreman declared that verdict of guilty in the,
arst degree had been found, the youthful prs-
oner gave not a sign of emotion. A few mo-
r,ents later when his counsel had announced
his purpose of making a formal motion that the
verdict be set aside. and the Judge was dis
missing the jurors. Gillette bent over a nearby
table and picking up pencil. wrote something
on sheet Of paper He then folded the paper
carefully and placed il in his pocket. Imme
diately afterward he taken from the court
room back 10 his cell in the Jail
c0r-RT ROOM FILLED TO OVERLOOKING.
standing room could be secured in the court
room remained filed during the five hours of the
,urys deliberation. Many expressed their de-
termination to remain until morning, should a
verdict not he returned tonight. The buzz Of
conversation was continuous people discussed
the phases of the case. Now and then there was
2 stir. as ruInors spread that verdict had been
reached and every movement in the direction Of
the Jury room was watched with intense eager
ness
It was just 1854 O'Clock when three raps at
the door drew the attention of a deputy. I'm
nediately there a hush of expectation
throughout the court ROOM
Instruct the court that the jury has agreed"
said Marshall Hatch. the foreman to the at
tendant.
Within fifteen minutes the prisoner. justice
and all attendants were brought into the court.
Every eye was fixed Gillette. who evil
denty nervous when he entered the room ac-
oompanied by Under Sheriff 5Ilock, and the
crimson flush that had remained on his cheeks
all day during the merciless speech OF the prose-
cutor had faded a deathy pallor He was
chewing gum and his fingers twitched nervously
as he took a chair at his accustomed place.
Presdently he discovered that the favorite high
hack chair he had occupied had been replaced
by another. and he Immediately changed the
chairs with a muffed mutter about having his
chair TO sit in.
The jury filed into the court room and took
seats the opposite side of the room to those
occupied by it during the trial.
Gentlemen of the jury. have you agreed on q
verdict" asked Court Clerk Burney, and then
attention shifted to the jury Gillettes eyes fol-
lowed those Of the audience, and as an elderly,
white haired man on the end of the front seat
arose 10 speak the prisoner fixed his attention
on him.
The spokesman was Marshall Hatch, OF South
Columbia. He was quite calm he replied:
We find the defendant guilty of the crime
charged in the Indictment
Gillette was sitting cornerwise in his chair
His legs were crossed-his favorite attitude dur
ing the trial AS the words that We're destined
10 send him 10 the death chair were spoken
there nos sign of a change in the prisoner.
Aot culver showed that he had even heard
them. His features were set and his face was
oolorless. His expression was vacant and he
uttered no sound.
IF your Honor please" spoke up ex-senator
Mills, Ginettes senior counsel. II would like TO
have the jury canvassed.'
GILLETTE SENDS LETTER TO FATHER.
Gillette sat motionless after another
the twelve jurors arose to their feet and de-
clared that they were united in their decision.
When the twelfth man had responded the stolid
Indifference or studied composure of the boy
was exhibited as never before. Leaning over a
nearby table. he drew toward him bit Of white
paper and. taking a pencil from his pocket,
wrote deliberately this message:
Father. 7 am convicted CHESTER.
This was one Of the earliest dispatches carry
ing The news Of Giliette's doom beyond the walls
" the courthouse II went TO his father i'm
Denver
a discussion followed between judge and coun
SCI as 10 q date when formal notice of an appeal
could be entered During the evening Mr.. Mills
had intimared 70 his friends that any verdict
outside of enc Of guilty OF murder in the first
degree would he allowed 10 stand. but that he
and his associates. who had entered heart and
soul into this defence would not permit their
Client 70 die murderers death without fur
'her effort in his behalf.
When The report Of the jury delayed the
defence had hoped for al least disagreement.
Mr. Mills desired TO have the extraordinary
Term that Governor Higgins had called for this
case put over until Friday, when he proposed Ia
NE a formal notice of appeal. The court decided
70 make il one day earlier. Through this discus
Sion Gillette remained the same picture Of ind.f-
Terence. The under sheriff took him back 10 jail,
nnc when he entered his cell he smiling.
The Taller who locked the cell door. stood
oumfounded 10 see the prisoner prepare hurried
V Tor bed and with the air Of a youth who had
nothing more serious than physical weariness 10
get nd of
The reporters want to see me-" he asked Of
Sheriff Richards as he doffed his clothes. Tell
n'em have nothing to say only didn't expect
that verdict"