Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-26
Attorney Benson Resorts toI
Every Known Legal Cunning
70 Shake Woman'S DeScrip-'
tion Of Husbands Murder.
WITNESS STEADFASTLY
STICKS TO HER STORY
Defense Introduces Much Evi-
denCe to Prove Series of Bru-
tai ChaStiSementS During
Married Life,
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IB, Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.1
Denver, Nov. 25,-Crouched on one
knee on the court room floor, with
Special Prosecutor Horace G.. Benson
Standing over her, his right arm
posed for a blow-the attitude in
which she had testified her husband
was when she fired the shots that
killed him-Gertrude Gibson Patter-
son today re-enacted before the jury
the scenes Of the moment that brought
her to trial for her life. 1t was the
close Of long ordeal of merciless
ross-examinatlon.
"And he swung his right arm for
another blow? 2" asked Benson.
eYes, yes" and her breath came
fast, "and he looked like Demon
@And you shot?"
Eyes. yes, | don't know how many
times.
"And you shot him in the back"
That was all.
shudder ran over the crowd In
the court room.
The witness resumed the stand and
the cross examination began anew.
This was Mrs. Patt rson's version
Of the shooting. The state is content
with the testimony of the physicians
who performed the autopsy and the
mute evidence Of the dead mans
clothes thrown in a heap under
table in front Of the witness cnair.
Both show that the bullets entered his
back. one went through his right
shoulder, the other through his heart.
Just before Mrs. Patterson had been
asked to show how the shootir 2 had
occurred, the state had placed before
The Jury its version of how Patterson
met his death.
when your husband told you posi-
lively that he would not dismiss his
alienation suit against Emil w.
Strouss didn't you say, i told you
Saturday that If you wouldn't, I'd XIII
YOU and didn't he start to run ana
didn't you shoot him in the back and
while he was on his hands and knees
before you, crying, oh, My God! My
Gcd!' didn't you put the muZzle or
your gun within few inches OF this
coat that he was wearing and shoot
him through the hearth" ana Prose-
cutor Benson thrust almost in her
face the coat her husband wore at
his death, his finger on one of the
powder burned bGllet holes in the
back
one ulu HOl Snllllh.
mo. sir; no, sir. That's c lie
At 8 o'clock this afternoon Prosecu-
tor Benson ended his cross -examina-
ton and gave the witness over to her
counsel, o. N. Hilton, for redirect
examination.
Mr.. Hilton took up almost immedi-
ately her alleged relations with Emil
w. Strouss, the millionaire clothing
q. ,f II ianr rrn
avoided by the defense on direct evil
dence and brought out by the prosecu-
ton on cross examination.
How did you meet Mr.. Strouss
he asked
q was visiting in Chicago and was
asked to dine with Mrs. h. J. Weller
Mr., Strouss also was a guest"
And then you met him for the first
time?"
Yes"
How long after that did you &c
10 Europe with him y
Nine or ten months after"
What did he say to you before you
went?'
He promised marriage
Go ON, Mrs. Patterson, state brlet'
ly what took place"
lng school in Paris | stayed there un
III March, when he came over ant
brought me back"
We lived at the Grand Pacific no
lel. as Miss Gibson and he as Mr.
Strouss."
How long did he remain there?
Until the following fall when n
look me to Paris again and said h
ma rf.x of Tor I finished
school. He promised marriage montl
IN and month out.
When we came back to Chicago
ne took me to the Stratford hotel am
introduced me to his friends as hi
Wife"
How long did you live with him l.
lhis way?"
About three years.
:, During which YOU were known a
mrs, Strouss?"
Yes"
Mr. Hilton took up the matter g
me letters written by Mrs. Patterso
70 her husband onlv few days sui
sequent TO various dates on which h
had testified he had given her bruts
neatings. These letters, introduced b
.le state, were couched in terms c
deepest affection.
Why did you write those letters
mat strain, Mrs. Patterson" Mr. Hi
ton asked.
= tried to get along with Mr., Pal
ierson He said | was mean to hii
ana unkind to him. | never felt an
hlalice toward him for the way he ha
treated me-just tried to get along,
ana Mrs. Patterson laid her head dow
ON her arms and sobbed.
Ihe next question of her counsel,
rather complicated one. Mrs. Patte
son, tired and apparently confuse
could not understand.
! am so tired. Mr.. Hilton" she sal
piaintively, cant take little rest .
After one more question, Mr.. Hi
.on announced that he was throug
with the witness
Mrs. Pattersons long ordeal w;
over
Court recessed and Mrs. Patterso
was permitted to leave the court room