New-York tribune., 1911-11-30
MRS. PATTERSON IS FREED
Acquitted of the Charge OF MUIR
dering Her Husband.
CROWDS CHEER VERDlCI
Woman Almost in State OF Col
lapse as She Awaits Decision
of the Jury.

t,,..tbar I'm q suburb on September % 10
d.. v.ae declared not guilty by jury IN
the District Court.
Az the clerk finished reading the Ner"'',
Mrs Patterson sprang 10 her Ie'I on
,,ught the outstrctched hand OF Hcr al
,rrov From outside the courtroom came
u roar OF cheers but inside the room u''
crowd was quiet. But, as court auJou' ''''
and Mrs Patterson stepped forward 70
thank the Jurors. the crowd oyerWhe'ii'o"
her with congratulations. Her chorts ~
reach the Jurors were IN vain Later iou'
r,,mbers of the jury called on her as S"0
,ras making ready to leave the JAIL
Tho suace between the courtroom a''
ro nrison was packed with q cheerlns
crowd on tho arm OF her attorney MIC
Tsttoraon struggled through the 'Hlo"7
u.bi,a mon tried to shake her mana h"'
9 onion stroye TO kiss her Behind her'
Ing moth hands, went her father shout-
,n,, his ioy. Close behind him followed the
r,otnor and sister, both in tears
a. ,,rs patte-,on stepped from the jail
.,,,,rJ CAV ,itn Thanksgiving dc'ora-
ions the - prisoners gay' hoy .'''u
Il cheers
onIv Two Jurors for Co Ilct'on'
4. ro time I'm the deliberations Of the
,nry vyerc there more than two votes lo'
,o,.,.,ctiop -Four ballots were taken lhc
&c, resulted in ten for acquittal ana '"o
f,. con viction OF murder In the ilrst degree
,rI,is ballo, was taken last night. alter t"e
.,,r,. which retired at 9.D p M hd"
-, &C. preliminary survey Of the eVi-
dcnce After that ballot the jury went -
bed. ,r,o.
Tho second ballot was taken soon a''eI
the Jury returned from breakldS" I'S,,' fnI
.- tbo first An hours discussion io'-
lowed and the third ballot stoo' - ~ ,.-,o.,,
acouit,al The fourth tallot was unanimous
for acquittsl. , yti,s ali
Because Of the funeral Of Judge Bliss a"
courts had adjourned Word Vas se"I
Iudee Allen at the cemetery OUT u "'
tvvo hours before he reac1ed t'''
room. ,os an
Tho verdict hung. IL was declared ''
Mrs Patterson's trip to Europe WIN an
other man after she had married fa.,ei SUI
whether this trip was taken with h''
husbands knowledge and consent an
ba had received $3.50 from the man VIZ"
whom she went. as she conlohue"' VI
,,.ro+l,or sbe had withheld from PaueTSo"
r, ,rua nature OF the trip, as the S'a'o
,o,tcrdcd was the subject, II IS sald' WIN
vbich most Of the Jurors discussion uea,'
rho Jurors accepted Mrs. Patterson
s,o,,. NJ the shc0ting-that she had nr'o
aue- her husband had knocked heT 10 '''
ground. -.,.-. r,.,i,
urg patterson spent restless h's'.
willie the jurors voted. From her c9p
window. size could look across az 'he Ju''
room, and as long as the lights were ou'"
i,. sro kent her eyes fixed on the Spot
rba,e twelve mon were deciding h'r id'.'
q.iis rporniag she sat calmly IN her cen,
talking with members Of her famiIy anu
rov, newspaper men, but oniy J" NV
-, indirect way spoke Of what might
bc IN stole for her.
As the Jurors passed By the JAN
hrcolfast Mrs. Patterson pressed her ia'e
,cainst the window and exclaimed.
"ob YOU dear men; II you would only
look up ..od.,ce
AZ the hours dragged on her confidence
,,c,oascd. but she coniided to the matroh
~. Lpoes are so weak that ! don't be
No I could walk over 90 the courtroom
she found strength. though Wh'h s''
COS called TO court 10 hear the verdict tial
set her free and she was gay anu S''0'S
thereafter.
Mrs Patterson Tells Of Shooting.
,trs Patterson took the witness stand IN
-. o,y, defence on Thursday. she told
-, her marriage 10 Charles y. Patterson
=, C,rmel-by-the- Sea, Cal, In September
zoos after n three months acquaintance
and y, bcr return TO Chicago soon after
I'D In November. she declared. Fat
,crson began to make incessant DEMANDS
80. ,,o,ev which she was unable to give
him -, .t,o
"One day he said to me- she to'd 'ne
ir,v ".I don't care what YOU do so lohb
as / am i'm on IT.
Some time afterward,' Mrs fat'erSo''
u ent on. MIR. Patterson came to me ana
a,ked me to make a proposition 10 H""'
" S,rousg "a wealthy Chicago manuiac'-
urc,,. Of whose friendship for me ne Knew
H., yaid You tell Strouss to rent an apart
mont and live with you as his wife, ana
have me live under the same ROOT. OF
dorod him from the 1at and he gave me
my first beating, from which was III Dca
for tNo days
Tbcp Mrs Patterson told tho jury how
she had met Strouss casually IN stree,
and had told him OF tho unhappi'eSS o'
her married life.
.Ito said he pitied me- Mrs Patterson
.,rttrucd and that he was going 20 Eu-
rcuo and wished he could take me WIN
him told Mr.. Patterson and ne salh'
.rcu strouss re can take You 10 Europe
,,i,b him II he gives me N.J0.' Ana Wh'n
rorused be ncw at me and called mo vile
names"
In this encounter with her hueband MIS-.
Patterson said he tried to throw her into
crate nrs and beat her.
After this experience Mrs. Patterson said
sno again saw Strouss and told him what
bcd lsppened and ho agreed to give Pat
,oraop the $3.50 and take her to Europe
vim him. provided Patterson gave him
r~lttou statement freeing him of blame.
"I ,c,cphoncd my husband" Mrs. Pat
,arson continued. "and agreed to mect him
al tho bank. where ! gave him the Wow
witch ne deposited 10 his credit
When she asked Patterson for tho state
mcut that Strouss wanted she said he
called strouss name and refused 20 give
II 10 her
Then Mrs. Patterson described how Pat
terson had taken her 20 the train when
she was 10 leave for her trip abroad with
strauss She said she met Strouss on
hoard the steamer I'm New York At Paris.
she said. she found letter from her hus-
band.
Husband Threatened to Kill Her.
81 have about come to the conclusion
that you don't intend TO come back to me-
she said the letter read. 'and IL you don't
return at once I'll follow YOU and kill you"