Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-22
PROSECUTOR ARRAloNo MR0
PArrERsoN's MURDER O.
HUSBAND As covvARDlX.
KILLED HIM eEcAuaE sHg
HAD COMPROMISED hERoeLp
Sought 70 Get Patterson Out q thA
Way Because She Feared She Weuld
Fail TO Secure Divorcs-
Laid in Wait For Patterson and Shot
Him in the Back.

Denver. Colo. Nov. e:-Special Pros@
ecutor Horace G. Benson today outs
lined to the jury the case Of the state
against Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patter>
son. accused OF the murder OF her huS>
band.
Declaring that the state expects "a
show that Mrs. Patterson after being
surprised by her husband under cirs
cums,anccs tina. threatened to leopard
ize her chances FOR success in tho di-
vorce action, armed herself, laid In
wait for him at a spot which she knew
he was accustomed to pass in his
back. deliberately and premeditatlvely.
He asked for verdict OF first degree
murder.
II those things werc proven as out.
lined by Prosecutor Benson lawyers
say there H no loophole for the de-
Tense TO introduce testimony outlining
the life of Mrs. Patterson before her
husband came TO Denver for his health.
Found win Another Man.
On the Saturday night preceding the
shooting which occurred on Monday
morning. the state would show by wit
nesses, said Eenson. that Patterson
accompanied by a friend. whom the
state has been unable to And. paid an
unexpected call at his wife's home. He
found her. the prosecutor asserts. sit-
ting on the porch with. George w.
Strain, young Denver man. and that
when Mrs. Patterson saw him she ran
into the house crying MY God. there
comes my husband
'"rhe state would show said Ben.
son, ''that Mrs. Patterson had told
Strain Of her husbands temper and
that Strain had come armed"
Mr. Benson said he expected to show
that on the next day Mrs. Patterson
tried to arrange a meeting with her
husband over the telephone but that
he refused to meet her. and that ON
Monday incoming MIRA. Patterson. tak-f
Ing with her Strains revolver. went to;
a spot near the sanatorlum and waited
at place she knew her husband WAS
accustomed to pass in his daily walks.
walked with him and shot him twice.
once when he was lying on the ground.
Jury 10 Secured.
Before jury OF comparatively young
married men Gertrude Gibson Patter-
son Will be tried on charge OF mur-
dering her husband. whom she shot and
killed Sept. 25 last in suburb Of Dem
yer.
Acceptance OF the jury came sudden
ly at the close Of yesterdays proceed
ings. the state having left two per-
emptory challenges and the defense
three
"-rhe jury ts satisfactory to the
state" said Special Prosecutor Benson
at this point.
THE defense is satisfied with the
jury asserted Attorney Hilton. and
the Jury was sworn 1t Is composed OF
the following men:
Charles II. Bosworth, real estate
dealer
f. s. Perry assistant cashier Of a
baking company.
William II. Gardiner real estate
dealer
John r. Doyle merchant.
John Dimler. hotel clerk
John l.. Brubaker. agent for pack
ing company
Stafford f. Beckett. grocer.
Francis j. Crane, mining engineer.
Harvey w. Bird fruit broker.
NJ c. Kinkel, proprietor Of n sheet
metal works.
Charles G. Oppenlander. grocer.
Youngest 27; Oldest Under 80.
Bosworth. the youngest man on the
jury. is 81 years old. The rest range
from 35 years of age up. with the old
est Juror well below 60. Every man Is
married. Most OF them have children.
Not one has ever seen service before
in a criminal case. II Is considered
good jury for the defendant. aitho each
member stated under oath that he Is
willing to impose the death penalty II
the evidence appears to warrant 1t.