Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-25

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which she was to give him $500.
which she stated she had from an es-
tate that had just been settled. To all
questions ON this point Mrs. Patter-
son returned positive denials or a
qualified mot that I remember"
Didn't you tell Charlie Patterson
that Mr.. StrOuss was like father TO
you. that he had you educated and
taught YOU French and that he want
ed YOU To go TO Europe with him be-
cause that knowledge of French on
your part would be OF value to him In
buying goods. and that that was the
reason that you were To go?" asked
Mr.. Benson.
Il did not" she shot back at him.
Did he not ask you on his bended
knees not to go2"
He did not
Didn't you receive a telegram In
New York from him before you sailed
begging you not TO go?"
Yes after he had the $500"
Didn't he say that he had discov-
cred that Strouss was a scoundrel
and that things were not as he had
been led TO believer"
mo"
Mr.. Benson here tried to get in evi-
| dence that which he said purported
! to be a copy of a telegram Patterson
| had sent on that occasion, saying he
, hoped to have the original here be-
| fore the trial was over His request
| was denied by the court.
And when you and Strouss got to
Paris you found a letter from your
| husband in which he said that II you
aid not return Immediately he would
follow you and kin you and strouss
| too?"
YES"
And strouss gave you $4,000 and
sent you homer"
Yes"
That Strouss and Mrs. Patterson
kept up a correspondence and that
| objection on Pattersons part TO fur
| ther relations with her former admir-
er were points the state sought vainiy
to establish. Mrs. Patterson was
shown letter addressed to herself
and signed "E. w. S." In response
to a question she said that II did not
seem to her TO be in MIR. Strouss'
handwriting. She could not say from
whom Il was. Then the state showed
her numerous picture postal cards
addressed to herself and signed with
the initials a. ID. T" They came
from various parts of the earth and
she was asked If Strouss was not
making "Trip around the world AT
the time she had received them. she
said that she had heard that Strouss
had made such a trip, but declared
she did not know at what time. she
denied that the cards were from
Strouss.
From whom are they from then p
the state asked.
From q lady
"Whats her namey'
'Ill tell you. Mr.. Benson, but |
don't want 1t published, said Mrs.
Patterson, leaning forward In her
chair, but objection from her counsel
saved her on this point.
The state tried unsuccessfully to In
troduce the postal cards as evidence
for the purpose of mpeaching Mrs.
Patterson's testimony declaring that
II would place an expert on the stand
to show that they were addressed In
Strouss' handwriting, The court held
that the time for that was when the
expert was on the stand.
Frequent sharp clashes between
counsel marked this attempt on the
part of the prosecution.
Especially did Attorney Hilton for
the defense object to the special pros
ecutor's manner in interrogating the
witness.
"All this bowling isn't necessary
, he said. ASK your questions decent
, ly and in a gentlemanly manner, III
that is possible" and he dwelt on the
final phrase.
"I refuse TO be criticized by my In
feriors," was Mr.. Benson's sharp re-
tort.
The story Of Gertrude Patterson's
girlhood, OF her meeting with Strouss
when she was sixteen years old, OF MS
taking her to Paris to study, or her
return to Chicago with him at the end
of the winter, and of the life she led
with him for the next five years---a
phase Of the case avoided by the de-
Tense in Mrs. Patterson's story
were brought out mercilessly under
cross-examination. Mrs. Patterson
told of her first meeting with Strouss
at the Eome Of Mrs. Weller at 2Ol 4
Indiana avenue in Chicago. She said
she stayed with the Wellers FOR some
time. a.,
where did you go from thereY'
"To the Auditorium hotel
: How long did you live thereY
: about three months
what were you doing Tor iiV-
ing?"
II was just stopping there
"Dd you see Strouss quite fre-
J quently?"
! Yes"
Were you living with him"
mo, not then"
Three months later Mrs, Patterson
> said. she and Strouss sailed for Paris
where he put her In boarding
J school =,
, Were you travelling as his wffe.'
! mot then"
"He was exercising the privileges
of q husband"'
} There was a pause and then Mrs
Patterson said family, yes and COW
, cred her face with her hands and
, broke down. In her previous stories
she had declared that Illicit relations
: with Strouss were not established un-
; | I'll after he had brought her BACK
from Paris
! Mrs. patterson was On the stand
nearly the entire day.
r II is probable that she VIII be on
the stand much OF tomorrow
She gave the date of her birth as
1886 and vigorously denied Mr. Ben
, sons query as to whether 1t was moi
e 1881. .a .n
A portion Of Mrs. Patterson's testl-
, mony this morning was shocking IN
' its nature and led the court to IN
struct the bailfff to exclude all min
. ors
"As to those OF more mature years,
, Judge Allen continued slowly sur
r veying the crowd that packed th'
) room TO suffocation, II don't suppose
/, the court Is justified in making any