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- LKH note: Can't confirm, but Thomas Gritton lives in this area at the right time for this article.
Finds Skeleton Under Stone.
Possible Evidence of Crime Comes to Light Near Point Where Gilbert Gates Was Murdered.
Paris, Mo., Sept. 8. - Tom Gritton, while removing a large rock, discovered a skeleton of a man which had evidently been hidden for a number of years. The find was made near the place where Alexander Jester camped the night before young Gilbert Gates was murdered in Monroe county thirty years ago.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois. Saturday, 9 September 1899, page 7.
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- Skeleton Found.
Paris, Mo., Sept. 8 - Tom Gritton, who was engaged in hauling rock from Allen Creek in the Middle Grove neighborhood, while removing a large rock discovered a skeleton of a man which had evidently been hidden for a number of years past. It is said that this find was made near the place where Alexander Jester camped the night before young Gilbert Gates' mysterious disappearance first caused a thrill of horror in Monroe county thirty ears ago. It is thought that this find may form another link in the chain of circumstantial evidence against the old man charge with the murder of his young traveling companion.
Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois. Saturday, 9 September 1899, page 1.
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- Thomas E. Gritton Dies at Home on Promenade Avenue
Thomas E. Gritton, 83, died at 1 o'clock this afternoon at his home, 600 Promenade avenue. He had been in failing health about 10 years and bedfast 10 weeks.
Mr. Gritton, a retired real estate agent, was born in Monroe County, and had lived in Moberly the past 40 years. He was a member of the Central Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. C.S. Riley, Moberly; a granddaughter, Mrs. Ronald Windsor, Moberly; and a great-grandson, Richard Lee Windsor, Moberly. He was the last of a family of nine children.
The body is at the Snow Funeral Home and will be taken to the home tomorrow afternoon. Funeral arrangements will be made later.
Moberly Monitor-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat. Moberly, Missouri. Friday, 3 May 1948, page 2.
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