The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-25
GRnELL|NG
ATTACK ON
TESTIMONY
Mrs. Gsriruds Patterson still
Ouder Fire Of MeTci|ess
Cr0ss-Exam|nst'on

\ Denver. Colo Nov. 25-The cross
examination of Mrs Gertrude patter
son, ON trial for kiling her husband
was resumed when court convene,
this morning AS on The preceding
DAYS of the trial. the court room wa!
/ packed To sunocation
| Against the TWO vital points of I'll,
story Gertrude Gibson Patterson tblt
upon the witness stand, the eruclt,
and abuse OF her husband aud the
charge that ne had sold her for Sl.50C
to her former admiref Emil W
Strouss. Chicago millionaire. Will
whom she made a trip to Europe
Special Prosecutor Horace & Benson
directed merciless crcss examination
lAnd the state made more than pass.
ing impression
Letters Seemed to Contradict
Led to repeat various instances oi
his abuse and forced to declare that
NATURALLY, at the time she felt toward
him the greatest OF Indignation and
contempt. she was confronted by let
tiers she herself had written to her
husband on dates but few days sub
Iseqnent TO those on which. she had
declared the assaults upon her had
been made These letters We're
'couched in terms Of deepest affection,
models OF what a devoted wife would
write to an affectionate husband
On the trip to Europe with Strouss.
Ia trip undertaken. she nad said. at
the urgent demand of her husband,
who received $500 from Strouss, the
state put an extremely different con-
struction wrung from the witness al
missions that materially strengthened
the theory it advanced.
Her Mask Pierced
Under the gruelling of the special
prosecutor. mask OF inlperturabiii.
ty that Mrs. Patterson has worn
throughout the early days of the trial
vanished completely. She ran the
gamut of emotions. At times she
broke down and wept. while at other
times scorn and indignation held her,
Offended dignity was often her atti-
tude and she used ii to good advant-
age.
Reviewing her early life in Sando.
val, ILL.,, Prosecutor Benson wruDg
from Mrs. Patterson an admission
that when she was about IA years
old she had been expelled from scAool
but not for immoral conduct. she de-
clareu, as he had intimated He then
endeavored, unsuceessfully, TO get
Mrs. Patterson to admit that she had
been the inmate Of resort at lulS
Chestnut street. St. Louis.
EErinus Up Divorce Action
He asked Mrs, Patterson Ii she
bn4 not cnan a iawVer in Chicago
about a divorce in July, 1910, and
added:
You took this step because of the
treatment you had sugered at your
husbands s nands?'
Il did
You then felt indignant against
your husband?'
u did"
Here Mr.. Benson handel her let
ter which she admitted she had writ
ten to Patterson then at a sanitarlum
near Chicago,s only short time after
she had consulted her lawyer The
letter was read TO the jury In IT
Mrs. Patterson called her husband
her soul mate and said:
IF you did not sign the paper my
lawyer has this afternoon ! will come
to you soon, as | am very unhappy
and YOU are the only cure.
The witness showed no trace OF en-
as the prosecutor read
this letter.
Then Mr.. Benson led over the
story Of her husbands alleged abuse
until Patterson entered Denver
gauitariIfu