Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-04-03

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Brown. one. time a sweetheart OF
Gillette. and whom he betrayed, de-
serted and finally killed. paid the
penalty this morning in the electric
chair.
Governor Hughes heard the last
appeal for a review and commv
sion OF the sentence Saturday y,ah,
he listened 70 tho evidence Of "A ~
slonnl witnesses whom the athe ma,
from Gillette said threw n arti6ie,]
go the case. the moozS
Al day Sunday. the .govtconomic
Ell ~ nftfsS 5vsr andrssuIt frq
sunday night that he ssram win
ing 10 stop the. execu'sst trip.
Gillette Confeees -. :, - i
At almost lant bI Ina eose Ao39
nonfcased TO his npiE,tt,. ,,1,n ~ ~ aF.l
REV. McIiIravey an lo,s ~ nnnos,,s - ~ y
HeFFle that ne Yoyers' IIabiy, sge
crime Mciiiravsoday by yh
the dttaih Of ! goes to III ion, Wy M
WAS oral but s,sra out
charges o. rprosecutioh. Az h'
lecy. waA waaed to the chair Saq.
called favorley TO the chair. u
sTen wereer that 1 am prepare&
10 meet my God" he said in ascalm
Voice. "TelI her have no hard feaIa
gnRs against anyone and an oQlxA
cd with sorrow -r the ank1is
caused her asLUNtherzn
Gillette . 4 tha - " al
stIa a. m -atlcsl fagx ON "a bdl was
not nervous and walked to the chair
unassisted ana settled In a comforts
able position with sigh Of relief.
Chaplain Herrlc rccited the 2srd
psalm. Gillette sat quietly with
bowed head until the conclusion when
he made the statement TO McIllravey.
The cap was adjusted and the
switch turned on A current OF 1900
volts was applied for 80 seconds,
Only one contact was made and at
$3.50 he was pronounced dead.
Today an official statement was
given out by Rev. McIllravey and
Chaplain Herrick which was as fol-
lows:
"Because OF our privileged rela-
tions with Chester Gillette we deem
| It mnwise TO make any detailed state
ment OF what We learned from our
talks with him, but we simply wish
to say. that no legal mistake was
made IN carrying out the ends VI
iustice.s
Story OF che Murder.
so ends the pitiful tragedy Of pail
Ina. covering boy and simple coun-
try girl who loved sunwisely, per-
haps, but with pathetic constancy.
The boy faced by q situation that
he could not master, killed to avoid
disgrace. the daughter OF poor bu'
refined family living on farm
Grace Brown. who went to work in 9
shirt factory at CORTLAND, n. X.
There she met Gillette, a nephew
OF the owner and an employe in ths
office of the factory. His attention.
made her envled of all the girls II
the factory.
One day she left for home, takinI
with her an awful secret. In th'
murder trial which followed her let
tiers to Gillette were published an'
portrayed in simple language tn
story OF a broken hearted girl VIII
asked him to do justice to her unborn
child.
| Finally he came to her on pre-
text that they were to be married an
took her to hotel on Moose Lake
On the third day they went canoein
on the lake. When In a lonely spo
he struck her over the head with
tennis racquet and pitched the bod
into the water, upset the canoe an
asserted It was an accident that cauf
ed Grace to drown. He was arreste
few days later and put up a stub
born fight for almost two years.
, Mother Faints When News Comes
During the execution the lathe
, mother. two sisters and q brother
Gillette waited near the prison In u
Salvation Army headquarters Whe
: told It was all over Mrs. Giliet'
3 tainted.