Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-09-27
Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Says Inhuman Cruelty Which
Became UnbearabIe Drove
Her to Commit Murder.
SOLD HER HONOR TO
CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE
Three Months After Marriage
She Made Trip to Europe
With Manufacturer, Who
Paid 500 For Privilege,

tBy Morning Journal Special LEASED wirei
Denver, Sept. 26,-An insult, the
climax &C series OF alleged hrutall-
ties extending throughout their mar
ric,l life. is given by N Gertrude
Gibson Patterson as the r, ft
killing her husband. Charles = -,
aterson. formerly a Chicago banker.
lie spat in my face and cail2l
me the vilest name a man can cali 4
woman" said Mrs. Patterson today,
rs she displayed bruise on the cheeit
which she said was the result of
blow struck by her husband
Patterson was in constant fear OF
his wife, who had frequently threat
cned to kill him." was the sti tement
Of Pattersons attorney and friends.
out OF these conflicting statements
it developed today that attorneys for
Mrs. Patterson will offer "tempotre
insanity. the result OF long abuse and
final insult" as defense when the
case comes to trial.
IHdl lllllll SAIOuSSt Inc 7 HlClFb
millionaire manufacturer, whom Pat
terson recently sued for alieation of
his wife's affection, may come to her
assistance, was suggested today, when
ii became known that instructions
came from i Chicago legal firm. to q
prominent Denver attorney to tender
his services to the accused Wife.
That Mrs. Patterson will take the
stand in her own defense was indi-
Gated today when she told her attor-
ney story of married life rcrlcte
with incidents of alleged brutality.
She recountcd that three months at
ter their marriage Patterson, always
averse to work. sold her to Strouss,
she said for trip to Europe.
The consideration, she said, as
$500 and was paid to Patterson, She
charged that Patterson urged her TO
resume their relations when they be-
came short of money; that she SUI
ported her husband by keeping 4
boarding house in Chicago and that
he repeatedly abused and beat her
when she failed to give him money.
Contradicting these are the state
ments Of the dead man made to his
attorney, while preparing to contest
the divorce action filed by Mrs. Pat
terson filed on the grounds of cdu"i-
~. These reclte the discovery Of his
WifeS alleged infidelity and their sGo-
scqucnt relations and repeated thraa s.
against his life. The prosecution viii
use these statements as wen ~ let
ters from Patterson to his wife and
entries In the formers diary, telling
Of his love and devotion.
Mrs. Patterson declines to state
whether her husband fired the first
shot. but added:
II have evidence in my husbands
own writing that viii undoubted-
~ clear me before a jury"
She branded as false every state
mcnt set forth in her husbands elieh~
alton suit against Emil StrOuss and
said she went TO see him yesterday in
AN endeavor to get him TO Withdraw
the action. This he agreed to do If
] would sign over to him my Denver
home and certain Chicago property
said Mrs. Patterson but ! rafbsed,
That Is how the quarrel started
Ally husbands object was simply to
blackmail Mr.. Strouss, who was my
friend and had come to my assist
me-