El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY Marks THE
PR0GRESS0FPATTERSlNM MURDER TRIAL
CcOntinued from Page ons).

Well how many2"
/ Il don't know"
DO you remember anything after
NO"
Till when?"
Not until awoke IN jail the next
Witness here was turned over to the
state for cross examination.
Mra. Patterson on the stand.
Gertrude Gibson Patterson took the
strand IN her own defence late Thurs
day and commenced the recital of her
married life by which her counsel hopes
20 free her An hour later the defence
had passed its most critical stage
The expected objection Of the. state to
the introduction of her story had been
made, the point had been argued and
the court had ruled favOrably upon its
admssibilitg.
Standing erect upon the platform
that holds the witness chair-a trius
attractive little figure in her neat blue
suit-Mrs- Patterson slipped quietly
INTO her seat and in a low. but distinct
tone began the story upon which rests
practically the entire structure Of the
defence. She told Of her marriage TO
Patterson at Carmel-b y-the-Sea. Cal.
in September, 1908 after three months
acquaintance and OF their return to
Chicago soon after. There, she said,
they furnished an APARTMENT at a cost
happily for month.
Patterson,s Demands for Money.
In November, she declared, Patterson
began TO make incessant demands for
him.
~One day he said to me-" she told the
jury leaning forward I'm her chair 7
know how TO fix Il so neither OF as viii
have 10 work. You go down to Georges
place. An attractive girl like you can
get lots OF money don't care what
you do so long as I am IN on It, "
Where. Is Georges placer her at
tOrnev asked.
I don't know"
Attorney o. Y Hilton Mrs Patter-
sons counsel had told the jury IN his
eDening statement that rGeorge's
place was notorious resort on the
levee in Chicago.
The First Beating.
Some time afterward,' Mrs. Patter-
son went on. under the guidance OF her
attorney Mr.. Patterson came 70 me
and asked me to make a proposition to
Emil ". StrOuss, OF whose friendship for
me he knew. He said; You tell Strouss
TO rent an apartment and live with you
Is his wife and have me live under the
leges.' / ordered him from the flat and
he gave me my first beating He knock
ed me down with his fist and choked
me and pummeied NE while / was on
the floor. / was in bed for two days"
Then Mrs. Patterson told the jury
how she had met Strouss casually on
the street and had told him of the IN
hanntness Of her married life.
"He said he pitied me-" Mrs Patter- 4
son continued, "aud that he was going /
to Europe and wished he could take 4
he said see Strouss and get some I
money. Tell him he can take YOU to Z
Europe with him II he gives me $500 I
And when I refused he flew al me and j
called me vile names"
Tells Of Brutal Treatment.
Tell the jury Just what he said. Mrs. \
Patterson. attorney Hilton advised L
her. but she sat silent and looked ap- ]
pealngiy at her counsel
Did h. call you bad wOman2" Mr.
Hilton asked.
TT was vile name"
In this encounter with her husband,
Mrs. Patterson said. he tried 10 throw
ner IN grate fire that was burning
IN the room He beat her, she said and
then lefts the house. coming home
drunk at o'clock in the morning.
After this experience, Mrs. Patterson
continued. she aEain saw StrOuss and Z
told him what haG happened. and he
agreed to give Patterson the $500 and
take her to Europe with him, provided
Patterson gave him written state
ment freeing him Of blame in the mat
ter.
The strOuss Incident.
II telephoned my husband from the
notel AT which / was lunching with Mr..
Strouss Mrs. Patterson continued
"and arranged to meet him at the bank
where gave him the $500. which he
denosited TO his credit'
When she asked Patterson for thu
statement that StrOuss wanted she
said, he called Strouss a name and re-
fused to give it TO her.
Then Mrs. Patterson described how
Patterson had taken her TO the train
when she was to leave for her trim
abroad with StrOuss, having first ad-
mOnished her. she said, TO get all the
money she could and having made her {
promise TO travel under her own name (
Mrs G. A. Patterson" She met Strouss
on board the steamer in New York. she
told the jury, and they went to Europe
together.
At Paris she said she found a let
ter from her husband
Il have about come to the cOnciu-
sion that YOU don't intend to come back
to me-" she said the letter read and
II YOU don't return al once. I'll follow I
you and kill you"
It showed the letter to Mr.. Strouss."
said Mrs Patterson, "and he gave me
$4,000 and sent me back on the next
steamer. ] have never seen him since"
Beaten Upon Return.
On her return to Chicago. she said
Patterson met her at the train They
had no more than set foot fin their
home than he asked her how much
money she had brought back and when
she told him she had brought none back
and asked him what he had done with /
The $500 he flew into a rage, and she /
said. administered a severe beating {
from the effects OF which she was con-
lined 10 her bed for three days.
Then Mrs. Patterson went on to tell /
IF quarrels and beatings that arose /