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Adirondack Tragedy

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The fictional work “An __ Tragedy” was written by American novelist Theodore Dreiser in 1925.
Under Sheriff Austin B. Klock (1854-1931) was with District Attorney Ward when they arrested Chester at the Arrowhead Hotel in Inlet. He was the one that often accompanied Chester from the Jail to the Courthouse and eventually to State Prison. Chester requested that Klock be there with him at the end when he was __.
The family affectionately called Grace “Billy” as a nickname because one of her favorite tunes was “Won’t You Come __, Bill Bailey.”
George Ward gave the scenario of Chester hitting Grace over the head with his __ racket making her fall into the water and drown. It was later found buried under a log near a roadway Chester used to flee from the scene.
Chester rented a 17 foot long wooden __ at the Glenmore boathouse that would be later found turned upside down and Grace’s body at the bottom of the lake.
Chester Gillette's mother Louisa was the correspondent for the "New York Evening Journal" and the "Denver Times" to help pay her transportation to Herkimer. She arrived just in time to hear Chester’s court __.
“__ In The Adirondacks” was written by Craig Brandon in 1986.
Grace Brown lived in the __ House of Carrie Wheeler from November 1905 to June 1906. It was here that Chester would visit Grace in the evenings.
“An American Tragedy” musical by Composer Tobias Picker and libretto Gene Scheer premiered at the __ Opera December 2, 2005. The Herkimer County Historical Society sponsored a bus trip to go see this opera on December 16, 2005.
Herkimer County District Attorney George Ward (1871-1918), with only circumstantial evidence with no __ to the crime, won the case with the top verdict – guilty in the first degree. The next year Ward was elected Herkimer County Judge.
District Attorney George Ward gave an emotional reading of Grace's letters in the courtroom, which helped make his case more effective. The letters are now housed in the collection of __ College Library.
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“A __ in the Sun,” Paramount Picture, 1951 movie was produced and directed by George Stevens. The cast was made up of Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters.
The play “Chester & Grace” written by Glenn Allen Smith in 1991 was performed by the __ Little Theatre Club (1999 & 2001).
On July 11th they went to the Glenmore Inn at __ __ Lake. They signed the guest register as Carl Graham and Grace Brown. (2 words)
Albert Mills (1841-1919) was the __ counsel to Chester Gillette during the trial. His plea was that Chester’s actions were of someone frightened and confused, not going to the authorities because of the scandal that would come about.
Chester was sentenced to death by electrocution, which took place on March 30, 1908 at __ State Prison. He was the 27th person to be executed in the electric chair there.
Chester and Grace left on July 9th from DeRuyter by train for a trip to the Adirondacks. The train made a stop at __ where Chester and Grace spent the night at the Hotel Martin.
On April 3, 1905, Chester Gillette goes to __ to work for his Uncle Noah H. Gillette’s Skirt Factory. It is there he meets Grace.
Grace discovered she was __ and with the encouragement of Chester returned home to her family. Here she wrote many letters to Chester showing her inner turmoil.
“An __ Tragedy” was written by Joseph Brownell in 1986.
Grace Brown was born March 20, 1886 on the family farm in South __, New York, the middle child of nine siblings.