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    Chester Ellsworth Gillette (August 9, 1883 – March 30, 1908), was an American convicted murderer, who became the basis for the fictional character Clyde...
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    11, 1906) was an American woman who was murdered by her boyfriend, Chester Gillette, on Big Moose Lake, New York, after she told him she was pregnant....
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    notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover, Chester Gillette. In 1923 Dreiser returned to the project, and with the help of his...
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    inspired by the real-life murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908...
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  • American athlete Chester Dale (1883–1962), American banker, major donor to the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Chester Gillette (1883–1908), American...
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    which were inspired by the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. Dreiser's novel would again...
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    account of the events related to the 1908 trial and conviction of Chester Gillette for the murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks...
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  • information about Grace's lover, Chester Gillette, who checked into the hotel as Carl Grahm. Grace was pregnant with Chester's child at the time, so he killed...
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    Force Band, US Air Force Symphony Orchestra, and Singing Sergeants. Chester Gillette, convicted of the 1906 murder of Grace Brown of Cortland, his girlfriend...
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  • This article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. This is a list of films that...
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  • orthopedic surgeon Chester Gillette (1883–1908), American murderer Clarence Preston Gillette (1859–1941), American entomologist Douglas W. Gillette (1918–1942)...
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  • second-degree murder (transferred to Fishkill Correctional Facility in 1978). Chester Gillette, convicted for murder of Grace Brown, electrocuted in 1908 Craig Godineaux...
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    later fight in the Battle of Oriskany. In 1906, the murder trial of Chester Gillette brought many spectators to the county courthouse in Herkimer village...
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    novel on details and the setting of the 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in upstate New York, a crime that attracted widespread attention from...
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  • out of a boat being rowed by her boyfriend, Chester Gillette, nephew of her employer. Witnesses said Gillette had struck her on the head with a tennis racket...
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  • Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy. 1906 – Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American...
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    Three days later, Chester Gillette was arrested at the Arrowhead Hotel in Inlet, the site of the present Arrowhead Park. Gillette was sentenced to die...
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    William Hooker Gillette (July 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937) was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage-manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
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    Big Moose Lake in the early part of the 20th century. Her boyfriend Chester Gillette was convicted and executed for her murder. (Dreiser named the lake...
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    activist, economist, and simple living advocate (d. 1983) August 9 – Chester Gillette, American murderer (d. 1908) August 12 Pauline Frederick, American...
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    openings and a mansard roof. It was the site of the 1906 trial of Chester Gillette. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972...
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    businessman and politician Charles Clinton Adams, businessman and politician Chester Gillette, murderer (buried here) John Hulbert, executioner (buried here) 42°59′41″N...
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    Herkimer County Jail, constructed in 1834, was used to hold the murderer Chester Gillette before his trial at the Herkimer County Courthouse. The jail is now...
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  • – Esther Pugh, American temperance reformer (born 1834) March 30 – Chester Gillette, American murderer (executed) (born 1883) April 20 – Henry Chadwick...
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  • politician André Gide (1869–1951), French novelist and man of letters Chester Gillette (1883–1908), American murderer Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American...
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  • von Sternberg, based on the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. The Prisoner of Shark Island...
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    County Historical Society and a museum display highlights the cases of Chester Gillette (the "American Tragedy") and Roxalana Druse. It was listed on the National...
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  • – chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals; and decided the Chester Gillette murder case John A. Kronstadt (B.A. 1973) – justice of the Los Angeles...
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  • Gaimari William H. Ennis (policeman) 14 December 1903 Murder of his wife Chester Gillette 30 March 1908 Murder of Grace Brown Charles Evans Hughes Charles H...
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  • inspired by the real-life murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908...
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