DAILY OAl'iTAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH .10, 1008.
ESTER
GILLETTE
EXECUTED
tinned from page
one.l
Today nn ofllclal signed statement
wna given out by the Rev. Mclllravny
and Prison Chaplain Ilerrlck which
was as follews:
"Becauso of our privileged rela
tions with Chestor Gillette we doom
It unwise to make any detailed state
ment of what wo learned from our
talks with him, bf.it we simply wish
to say for the benefit of the public
mind, that no legal mistake was
mado in the carrying out of the finds
of justice."
A Pathetic Story.
And eo ends tho pitiful tragedy of
I iCoa
-TT"77h7aweetheart whom
lyero".;-- ".. .,,,
betrayed aua u--, ..-.
HlrLn :e here T this
it toe biuio v
hit. . . , , nm a Pnll,d, cow.cring youth and a slm-
L-scit wltn bib " , H . xrc. Plo country girl who loved unwisely
,ic.-u - oul witn painouc constancy a story
hl9 spiritual advisor and to. Jn 1fo mght
from the imaginative pen of a Haw
thorne. The Btory of tho murder of Grace
Brown, "Billy" Brown hor friends
called her, by Chester Gllletto' on
lonely Big Moose lako undor the
frowning penkB of tho Adlrondncks
Isa realistic classic.
Tho daughter of n poor farmer,
Billy" Brown tired of tho quiet life
of country routine, and wont to
Cortnnd, N. Y., whoro she obtained
a position In a shirt factory. Thorn
sho met Gillette, tho nephew of the
owner of tho mill and a bookkecpo"
In tho establishment Gillotto was
tho dashing young benu of the town
and his attentions to the simple coun
try girl flattorcd her nnd mado her
tho envied of all tho girls of tho
mill.
And then ono day Grace Brov.n
disappeared. She had returned o
her home bearing in bronst an awful
socrot. At tho murder trial tho cor
respondence between this girl and
hor lover was mado public. It por
trayed In simple language tho Btory
of broken hoarted girl who still loved
nllil wmilft rnfimrvl tn lmllnvrw Mint Hi
rurt. Chan'n.n Ilerrlck re- promlfj08 Qf hQf lovornvoro thc
OipWn Herrlck that ho was
rcf the crime.
jlclllrarey, rerusea io g.u
& details of tne coniessiuu
tjTll ail ora' on, uui no uu-
Hl,t it bore oui prucucuuy
coBtntIon of tho prosecution
ktrliI- . , .,.
jtiejoutn sat Birnpiiwi iu w
H rtlled tho Rev. aicuiravey
i ,!de. and the executioners
iMck.
stS Bother I am preparca to
iw0od." he said in a calm
"And that not a single act
JraaJs between me aim mm.
htflhato no hard feollngn
iiirone, but am oniy uueu
Jbttow for the pain, anguish
Ana I havo brought upon her
i2w. Good bye."
.Wt entered the death houso
ll l m. His face was shaven
Allowed no sign of emotion
aid unassisted to the chnlr.
tokvn In a eomfortablo pos-
rthjait the faintest trace of a
in itt
' ni it tended by tho two clorgy-
udiftor tho prelitnlnlarles had
Ite thirty-third psalm, Gillotto
t'r with bowed head n.nd nt
Anion mado his stntoment to
: HrP'rovcy Tin cap was art-
The switch was turnod and
hind a half ampere currout
Itolti applied for 30 seconds.
let contact was mnde, and nt
IWson Physician Gerln pro-
I the boy (1 en J
pt the execution, tho fnthcr
, tro sisters nnd n brother of
Jjiere waiting at tho Snlva
In: hearqtinrters When ln-
fcUt It was all over Mrs. Gll-
p his spent months In a vain
I to fave her son, uttered a
fj and fe'l forward In hor
arms In a stnto of eom-
rIe Her condition is crlt-
I'le Is today fn tho caro of
Sl8
il an ofllclal postmortem,
'Mtbe executed youth will
Jeter to his paronts for bur-
tpMsedaca'mnicht Incon.
Mfh his Spiritual nrlvlanr.
preparation of a statement
siren out by tho prison
Far it rends-
lterlDC thO Shadow nt Mm
k'b nnd it Is my desire
"Whin to remove tho
kobt of my finding Christ.
"ir in this sad momont Is
rro6lvoHim pre-eminence
-'"'"i nad theopportun.
fJ d on y say somothln
1 ' momnH i..f .. ki
young nn t mm. l
PiMhegrratfst privilege
"" me The., (o A
Havo f? undon-whlftli
pcef-ri f .
" l
have boon
r my vie
1 ' ffv in
Hi tack ,
woib of a perfidious scoundrol Ho
had promised to marry liar. A hun
dred timcH in those letters sho bog
ged him, for tho lovo that had boon
hers, for tho nnmo of the unbotu
nnd becauso It was right, to come
nnd claim her ns his bride. Sho d'r)
not throaton. sho did not complain.
Sho only nsked for justice.
And Gllletto enmo to her after
many weoks of troublo nnd mental
anguish upon her pnrt nnd they wont
nway togothor, sho bollovlng that he
had come to mnko good his promise
nnd that ho would right his wroig.
Ho took her to n fashlonablo bu ri
mer hotel on Bib Mooso lnko, dolay
Ing tho marrlngo ceremony on vari
ous pretexts. On tho third duy
Chester Gllletto took' "Billy" Brown
cnnoolng on tho lnko. When thwy
reached a lonoly spot a covo shel
tered by a clump of pino trees ri-
faithless, villainous lover In sudden
lmpulso, selzod n tenuis racquet and
struck down tho girl who had sacri
ficed everything for hor lovo of hm
Tho young fiend throw tho sonr.
Iobs form Into tho water nnd thus
nllowod his promised brido nnd un
born child to perish. Tho theory that
ho wished to croato In tho minds of
tho police authorities was that tho
boat was upset by accident, and this,
In fnor, was his defenso during tho
trinl. Ho wos nrrestod a few days
later at a hotol whoro ho had already
begun a flirtation with n young glil,
a guest of tho host. Ho donied his
guilt nnd for many wooks put up n
stubborn resistance to tho efforts of
tho prosocutor.
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RAILROAD
EXTENSIONS
(Continued from pngo one.)
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to Albany, 87 mllos. Tho engineers
nro trying out three different routes,
Construetion of the road will bo com
menced next fall, Immediately follow
ing completion of the company
branch to Hlllaboro and Foro&t Grove.
When thoee linos are com plo tod the
Oregon Hleotrlo
wl'l havo moro than 100
main track.
The Albany and Forest Grove llnej
will be built by W. S. Barstow & Co.,
under the dlrootlon of W. F. Tumari
newly apitolnted chief onglneer and
manager of that company In'Orogon.
Mr. Turner and Guy Talbot, general
, manager of the Orgon Sleotrlc, wont
into the field 10 days ago and lookad
over the ground between Salem and
Albany. They Immediately put sur
veyors at work, and the host route,,
securing rlghU of way ami making
preparations for beginning grading
in the fall.
Commerce in Thirty Paytf.''
The work of "building the Forost
Grove line will bo commenced with
in the next 30 days Every pound
of 'steel rails and other materials aro
alroad purchased and on tho
ground and final preparations nro bo
Ing a.udo for tho grading. Tho dis
tance will bo 21 mllos. Tho line will
le&vo the main track of tho Portland-
Salem division at a point nonr tho
southwestern city limits of Portland,
ami follow the survey completed by
tho company last fall, when Its Inton
tlon of building to Forost Grove und
HlllbtH.ro was first announaod.
Preparations havo boen oarrled on
quietly, and purchnsos of all ncoee
snry materials made soino time ago.
Tho company hns odorod additional
equipment for oporntlng tho Hills
boro line, whloh will be running oasly
next fall.
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It Is bettor to on re the llttlo cough
Railway company J t,an (0 ko oharicos of consumn-j
miles Qf jtion. The host cough euro Is Konip'o
Balsam. Druggists .boII U at 2Sc
aad 50c a bottle.
boja wJll c'rb toRPthor and sond t)
nemo other placo for dopo. Outside
dealoi's do not kr.ow or caro whoth
or tho porson orde-Ing la of ngo or
not, and th rau'. is, to suy (lm
loast, bad. Whunevor It comos to a
votu of tho wholo etato on prohlbl
tlo' , ;'im the lie..v, wiil do all it
cun to r.e-, but v - tlrnk a lluonscd
biiklno'j'. n.ndor th control f mun
icipal officoru is preferable to oxlst
ong conditions.
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Konnody's Lnxatlvo Cough Syrup
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AGENT
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Fine Home for Sale
Party with cash
better investi
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Address H., care Journal
(Jofforgon Rovlew.)
The ioal option fight Is again on
In Marion, The Review bollovoa tho
prohl's ro making a mistako In
forcing a voto qn this question nt
the present time If It were a vote
of the (-ntlre state, woll nnd good If
the etate oan bo carried dry, that
will amunt to fconit-ihing, and will
place ril' factions on uu oqual has
but earning precincts or sections
.1 -. . i r . .m AADfli flnnn vn fwn tin tvft
Uff '" ";ji- tuoi. i UVCO "l"i MOIUl -jl
than good for tLe reason that young Smm by Df, 5. C ShH
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