Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-30
FULL OF SURPRISES.
Second Day Of the Roberts
Case Is Intensely Dramatic.
Letters Read That Passed Between
Mrs, Roberts and Mr.. Patten.
J. o. Paiten on the Siand-Answers Some ard
Ignores Other Questions.


@. rastcn, formerly Mrs. Roberts,
against DR.. Percy w Roberts, for the
custody of Two minor children, was re-
newed, Saturday. in the supreme court,
the room being crowded with specta
tors, hardly giving tae lawyers and
court officers any space.
The REORGANIZATION of Mrs.
ADMINISTRATION was resumed by At
torney Newell, who began by putting in
a letter written by witness as having
been sent To Mr. Patten the day before
going to Small Point with him. Tao
letter was as follows;
My Own Dear Sweetheart-How exas-
peratingly short a time We had together.
last night. and how unhappy ! am. to-
day / think | am desperate and wretch
ed enough 10 afford you 10 small amount
Of satisfaction, c0ud yOa be with me
now, tor somehow have lost all hope of
ever experiencing another moment of
happiness. More than this, / begin TO
fear that my capacity of being of any use
10 the world is gone completely.
| have tried my best TO accomplish
something, this morning. but | can't do
it. jack, ! can only think of you every
instant and love you with every breath
do somcthiug-anything- make you
haI7py again; TO take away that despair
ing look from your dear eyes But | am
sure you must be feeling better. today,
for I know have misery enough LOT
both of us. Please take care OF yourself.
Jack, at least until after Small Point,
There is falnt possibility that Percy
may take the afternoon train or the boa
for Boston. ana IN that case | wish w
might see each other, this evening. /
can't telephone about it, but If ! should
send the guitar home early in the even
ing. that would be my way OF telling you
to come. Guodby, now, my dearest. !
must dress To go down town. so | must
leave you, darling.
Witness admitted she wrote the lei
ter. and III explanation she said:
when I wrote that / was afraid ne
would kill himself"
letter Sent to Mrs. Roberts by Pat
ten was next put in, ana was identified
as having been received by witness.
y letter written by Mr.. Patten 20
Mrs. Roberts was also introduced ana
identified. 1t follows:
My Darling-I have locked the door of
my office and am going TO take a few
minutes 70 write you, no matter VINO
wants to see me. This noon ! had tax
with Florence, ana she admits that she
tplu III. l.. ~ d74t Stu ~ bt Atltt III
thats the way SHE puts il. After finding
what | wanted to know, had IN hour
talk with lsGcy. she Was terribly DIS
tressed when she heard that it had been
reported to you THAT she was nurt She
said it was absolutely untrue.
/ am grateful that she places the bur-
den of what she does feel cntrelY on ms
She says THAT my ''boyish admiration Of
you has heeA so evident that il you had
not been too much in love with your hus-
band you might have got me into trou-
Bile" mis- is verbatim.
She says tnat you must come to Snal
Point, that ii would he absolutely absurd
not to. | have asked her to let me go
down to see you, tonight or tomorrow
night to e.IplAin why my manner would
pc different in the future. She said II
was ridiculous to have any change OF
manner. L know. of course, that there
must be.
But OH. darling. before we separate for
good and all, let me see you just once
more on the old basis. | am sure you
can make a = good 4 case with Percy as
with Lucy / understand now better than
any one that the time for pleading and
compromise is gone, but when ! say
goodby, ] want to he with yon alone as
we have been before.
Now | must explain some things, and
can make you understand why Lucy
position might be readily misunderstood,
as Florence has misunderstood il. 80
answer by bearer or by telephone, to-
w /
tomorrow night. Make il tonight If you
possibly can Lucy will come to see You
tomorrow morning. iuDout Smali Point.
God grant that you are not feeling Is ut
terly miserable and hopeless as ! am
darling. After seeing you once more, !
wish | might die. G0odby, nay love.
JACK.
In explanation Of that letter witness
said it was on account Of a prior tall
relating TO their love fer each other.
she told of the Small Point episode
saying:
What happened at Small Point L
change cur basis Of separation was tn
conduct of Ernest Hunter, who was on'
of tae party. and a close friends of tht
doctors While at Small Point quit
often | walked in the woods with MI
Patton, and we were out together SOM
evenings. | don't feel that what | did
there was consistent with my duty %
my children. | had not forgotten them
but for the children / might have donS
worse. / was not alienated from my
children by any means. While in Bos-
ton i wrote to the children often. and
many times received no answer.
Perhaps the surprise OF the day was
the statement of the witness, L IN
tended, to be married ~ MI. dtItii We
fore the doctor got his divorce. AT one
time | realized the possibility that We
might run away together We dis
cussed that in May. Soon after we
decided we would not be seen together
in public, but after the scene at Small
Point we changed that idea. Mr.. PAT
ten has been in my case since the
| Qnring of last year We had agreed to
marry last winter With the congratu-
la lions of Mrs. Lucy Pa&ten, who was
then his wife"
Witness said that DR.. Roberts had
started to have a good time and she
| proposed to have as good time as he.
when the doctor came to Bath" said
| the witness. che was $4,000 or $4,000 in
debt. He had a good position here, but
has not been able to pay any part of
the debt as far as | know
! ON re-cross -examinatfon witness said
| that Mr.. Patten gave her the money to
on IA Old Orchard, and that she would
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