Creator:
Gillette, Chester.
Inclusive Dates:
1905- 1939
Abstract:
Materials relating to the trial and execution of Chester Gillette for the
murder of Grace Brown in 1905, including photocopies of correspondence, autopsy reports, court records, hotel records, a
judgement of the appeal to the Supreme Court, judges remarks, a prison statement about Gillette's execution, trial description,
list of witnesses, love letters of Gillette and Grace Brown, newspapers clippings, and a telegram to Judge Ward. This case
served as the basis of Theodore Dreiser's novel, American tragedy.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Judicial records.
Subject:
New York State
Murder, New York (State)
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State)