Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
Most Of Testimony of Mrs.
Patterson Concerning Her
Life is So Morbid As to Be
Unfit for Publication.
BEATEN. CH0KED AND
MIsTREATED is PLEA
Young Woman Reveals Exist
ence Of Shame That Has
Seldom IL Ever Been Equal
led in Records Of a Court.

tsy Eve~iss uewsis a. y. s.sssea wire,
Denver. Colo.. Nov. a. Much ol
The testimony OF Mrs Gertrude uib-
son Patterson. who to-day resumed
shr witness sinnd In her own defense
ON charge of numbering her hun-
band. charles \. Patterson. was un-
~ Tor publication.
rakinR ~ Tho subject of Patscr-
sons illncrs--.ii " said he Nns nearly
dead from tuberculosis 81 the lungs
when h. wn~ killed Mrs. Patterson
aaid that she hEd nurscd him until a
physician ordered her to take rest.
She continued to Visit him, however.
ana one day. she testified. he eN-
claimed "if Auu don't come back
aud nurse mc I'm golns to sue that
"Hc patted his pillow" continued
the witness. 'anh said Z have the
thlng here that win ia YOU
From the hospital where this rcsn'
is alleged to have trnnrpired Patter.
son war taken 20 sanitnrlum. whefr
he lived IN house tent. For time
he declined 10 see his wife. but ence.
shc said. she Was admitted.
r'Hc drew "a ruzor. related Mrs.
Patterson. "and said. IN kni you as
sure az live.
in July. 1910, witness aaid she
flied suit In chicago for disescr. aud
went 20 live With her parents In san
dosal ~.
Al, husband kept after me for
money. saying that he wsnted to 40
~. n lN.s
Patterson. When told him I had
eur
This was reference 90 the chit
cago millionaire whose name has
been brought into the case. Mrr.
Patterson says she refused this re-
quest. aud her husband beat her.
Later she said she wrote To- Emil
ssrousr of Chicago and hc sent her
fi,c hundred dollars, with which she
and her husband came Ia Denver.
white they were still ilving In chi.
cago witness declared that Patterson
by threats compelled her to sell an
electric runabout for which she So
cured 5000. which she declared she
turned over to Patterson. Shv do
clared that she sold the car rather
than apply 20 strouss for the mones
which her husband at first desired
nor ,e AZ
u was white they were IN chlcago
that Patterson lnsistcd that she Sc
cure more money with which he de-
sired To purchase a piece of property.
Mrs. Patterson declared she would
,n.l, for no NOR. wber,upon sh.
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After reaching Denver witnrss said
her husband pursued her with de-.
mands that she secure money from
strouss. once, she declared. IN. thi'
case miiilonaire el2,nlrr sent ne.
check FOR Ssb" without commeh,
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