The Washington times., 1908-03-27
Chester Gillette Dies Monday
IF Governor Doesn't Interfere;
Hearing for Respite Tomorrow
Slayer of Billy" Brown
Entertains. Hope of
Escaping Electric
Chair.

NEW YORK, March 27.-Chester z.
Gillette. convicted slayer OF his former
sweetheart, Grace Brown. viii make
his fnal effort TO escape the electric
chair at a hearing before Governor
Hughes tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
If the governor does not grant a re-
spite The Big Moose Lake murderer VIII
be execated at an early hour Monday.
Attorney John II. Dugan, of Albany,
and Mr. and Mrs. Gillette. parents OF
the condemned man. called on the gov
ernoF last night and asserted that they
had new evidence which would have
tended to change the verdict
Governor Hughes agreed TO hear what
ever they might desire 10 present To
him tomorrow. as he is at Niagara FAILS
today.
Mill Girls Romance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gillette, accompanied by
Miss Gillette. went 10 Albany last Light
and secured the services OF Attorney
Dugan. Instead Of asking for a respite
in order to have time 10 present TO the
supreme court justice the newly dIscOv-
cred evidence and make a motion for
a new trial, and in turn have the court
ask for a respite until it has been
passed. Dugan tomorrow will ask the
governor 10 pass on the evidence and
then decide If il is Of sufficient import
ance 10 be presented to a court
II Governor Hughes should grant the
respite. an application viii be made to
a supreme court judge for a new trial,
on the ground OF new evidence.
Neither the counsel nor the mem
bers of the family would discuss the
new evidence. Dugan came into the
case only yesterday and as the appH-
cation for a new trial must be made
before a justice in the district in which
Gillette was convicted, IL is impossible
for him to prepare the necessary pa
pers within The short time left
A mill girls romance was the begin
ming OF the terrible tragedy in the lives
of pretty Grace Brown and Chester
Gillette. There IS nothing more pitiful
IN all fiction than the sadness. which
her own great love and the inhuman
seIhshness of the man she loved brought
into her life. From the moment she
met Gillette she was marked; suffering
which ended only when her helpless
body sank beneath the waters of Big
Moose lake. IN the Adirondacks-h. vic
tim.
anu AOl INN LllClC ~ OLllg LedIs EllLlIlhr
ing from pain. from the unknown. but
in his small soul he cannot feel as Grace
Brown felt. He cannot suffer. even in
the electric chair. where he must sit
Monday the terrible anguish of the IN
selfish, simple girl of twenty, who had
given her trust. her hope, her very life
into his hands, TO be ruthlessly destroy
ed, one by one.
Life and Death Story.
This is the life-story Of Chester Gil
lette and Grace Brown-their death
storE Is we'll. Grace Brown was a ten
der child. with the soul OF a woman.
Gillette was a selfish sensuaIlst, with
the soul OF a monster.
Grace Brown was the fourth child
OF Frank 3. Brown. a farmer. Of OtseIIc,
y. Y, and was twenty years old when
she was ldlled by Chester Gillette. In
her native village she grew into the
love Of the people as she grew In years.
She was slender. bright. graceful. with
brown hair that coiled high on her
poised head. and brown eyes. She was
the most popular girl IN the village
among those of her own age, who calIeJ