El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

Denver Woman of Beauty to
Be Tried Monday on Muir
der Charge.
SAYS HUSBAND SOLD
HER TO WEALTHY MAN

Denver, Colo, Nov. 1g-A beautiful
woman her wealthy admirer who be-
slowed gifts and the young athlete
whom she married for love and later
shot form the dramatic persOnae in
the story that viii eliminate when Mrs
Gertrude Gibson Patterson goes on
trial for her life, Monday, charged with
numbering her husband, Charles A.
Patterson. son Of a well-known Chi
cago family. Emil W. strouss. mil
lionaire Chicago ciothier and clubman.
who, Mrs. Patterson says, bought me
for S150O' from the husband, may or
may not come here to testify. Specu-
latiOn on this topic provided the sole
subject Of conversation in Denver to-
Both the attorneys for Mrs. Patter-
son and special prosecutor Horace G.
J Benton made statements today declsr-
ing themselves confident. Mrs Patter-
son reiterated her opinion that, when
the whole truth is told, the jury will
acQuit her. She spoke in calm, sub
dued tones but it was plain to see that
looked several years older as the re-
suit Of her two months imprisonment
in the county jail.
Is the Old Story.
The old, old story of the young girl
who is taken up by the millionaire to
be educated abroad is told again in
the part Of the millionaire, and Mrs.
Patterson was the little country girl.
He was travelling on business when he
first saw her in a little Missouri town.
Gertrude GibsOn-1lrs. Patterson
was then q mere slip Of a child, with
great brown eyes and pretty oval
face. StrOuss was attracted by her
beauty. He told of wealth and what
it would mean to her If she accepted
him as her protector. He promised to
educate her abrOad-to give her all Pc
fine things Of life to which he said
she was entitled And the Unsuspect-
Years changed the girl into a beauti-
ful woman, and when the millionaire
left Chicago and finally called for her
at her school In Paris she was no
longer a child There was a debt to
pay and she says she paid It
The Wife's story.
The wife's story, fully substantiated,
says that Strouss became her protector.
They Travelled together and the mil
lOnaire lavished gifts upon her. He
frequently registered her at hotels as
his wife, and when she was alone and
away from him, she received her re-
mittances and letters under the name
OF Mrs. StrOuss.
But three years ago Gertrude Gibson
had reached the fullness of beautiful
WOmanhOOd. She was then q years of
age and her life Of luxury and her
studies at Paris had given her grace
and charm. She was visiting relatives
p in Chicago and went with a party to
a skating, rink when she met young
Patterson, -four years her junior He
had been a football player. was hand
some and popular among young people
in the EngleWOOd suburb of the big
middle west city. She was attracted
by him and he in turn became inter-
ested- They were introduced
Gives StrOuss Up.
The young woman forgot about
StrOuss She went to Los Angeles and
then wired Patterson to Join her there
They were in love. She asked young
Patterson to marry her. so the friends
Of the dead man declare. They went
to Mount Carmel by the sea and were
in Los Angeles.
The bridegroom in the hotel over
heard his wife asking for mail of a
Mrs Strouss. He was puzzled ana
when he asked her on the bridal night
she broke down and told all the truth
As she sobbed out the confession of
her past the husband forgave her and
they started with fair play on both
sides to share life as man and wife
Illness overlook the young husband
and 1t developed into pneumonia and