All of those interested in the famous Chester Gillette murder trial of 1906, and its later fictional adaptations as Theodore Dreiser's novel "An American Tragedy," the classic film "A Place in the Sun" and the Metropolitan Opera's "An American Tragedy," are invited to attend a special anniversary conference for the public and scholars to take place at Herkimer County Community College on June 22-24, 2006. The conference, Chester, Grace and Dreiser: the Birth of An American Tragedy, will bring together historical, literary and legal experts from across the United States to discuss one of New York State's most notable crimes of the early twentieth century. There is a fee for conference attendees. For more information about the conference please see its website at: http://www.herkimer.edu/dreiser/index.htm