Chester Gillette
Chester Ellsworth Gillette (August 9, 1883 – March 30, 1908), was an American convicted murderer, who became the basis for the fictional character Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. The novel, and thus Gillette's case indirectly, was adapted in turn for the 1931 film An American Tragedy and the 1951 film A Place in the Sun.
Chester Gillette | |
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| Born | Chester Ellsworth Gillette August 9, 1883 Wickes, Jefferson County, Montana Territory |
| Died | March 30, 1908 (aged 24) |
| Cause of death | Execution by electrocution |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | First degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | Grace Brown |
| Date | July 11, 1906 |
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