Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-23
SHOT PATTERSON
While ON knees
EYE WITNESS TELLS OF KILLING
FOR WHICH DENVER WOMAN
GOES 10 TRIAL.
Her LIFE IS DEMANDED
state VIII Attempt to Show Wife Was
FIRST Caught In Compromising Po-
si'ion With Young Man.

DENVER. Colo. New. 22-Tbe only
Witness Of the shooting of Charles
patterson Is now on trial before ,Judea
Allen In the district court. was nIacad
On lhe stand today. He is A, b. Shu-
CART carpenter, whose homo is near
the spot where Patterson was kmoa
oh the morning of September az.
ne SAID he was stepping from ths
porch the rear of his Nome when
ne heard two shots fired Looking
up ne saw. 300 feet away. a man nm
on mis- hands and knees and a woman
revolver In hand. standing over him.
He Saw the Killing.
shouted to her to stop" said
Shugart, and Immediately sbe sbo,
again. The man lurched forward on
ms race and stiffened out. RIM
nihB around the house, | saw the wo-
man STOPPING over the PROSTATE form.
AS approached she ran into tba
house In front of where the shooting
had occurred.
when l reached the man he was
sun gasplng. ! turned him over and
asked who he was and what had han.
pened. but he was beyond speech"
When you turned the man over
aid you lind anything?" asked Special
prosecutor Horace G. Benson.
Finds Woman I'm Faint.
II found a revolver" shugart re-
pied. The witness identified the re-
volyer He then explained how ba
followed Mrs. Patterson into tba
mouse she entered and found her in
chair apparently In a faint. When
no unbuttoned her Jacket to search
lor weapon. she opened her eyes
and looked at him.
asked her who the man outside
was, declared the witness. "and sbe
answered:
He is my husband and he wrong
ed me-"
Wheh he sought other information
Shugart declared she refused TO talk.
Had Violent Temper.
George w. Strain told the Jury Of
events at Mrs. Patterson's bungalow
on the Saturday night preceding thu
shooting. He had been In the habit
OF visiting at Mrs. Patterson's home
ne said. He admitted that he went
armed on this occasion, because Mrs.
IattTson had warned him of her hus.
bands violent temper.
preceding all this. a beautiful wo-
man, whose life story features the
chiefest principles of human nature.
sat erect before a crowded court room
ana heard Special Prosecutor E. Ben
son charge her with premedltated
murder Of her husband. and then de-
mand that the state take her life ms n
penalty. That woman was Gertrude
Gigson Patterson.
Said to have been plucked from oh.
Security and trained for a season Of
luxury by Chicago millionaire she
was then married to youth who was
picked for her by her admirer. II
was for this youths death that the
woman faced trial today, In which
the prosecution asked for a verdict
of first degree murder.
Compromising Position
The discovery of his wife in COM
promising position by Patterson. was
described by the states lawyer in this
manner:
"On the Saturday night preceding
the shooting. which occurred on Mon
day morning. the state would show,
by witnesses, that Patterson, accom-
panied by a friend. whom the state
has been unable to locate. paid an un-
expected call at his wife's home. He
found her sitting on the porch with
George w. Strain, a young Denver
man, and that when Mrs Patterson
saw him. she ran into the house cry
Ing, My God! There comes my hus-
band'."