Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-18
WRITES STORY OF HER LIFE
Millionaire Strouss Hired Patterson
to Marry Girl.
ACCUSED OF KILLING HUSBAND
Biography Tells of Trip to Europe
for Purpose of Studying to be-
come Suitable wife for Sup
posed BenefActOrs

DENVER, Colo. Nov. 17.-Gertrude
Gibson Patterson, who viii be placed on
trial next Monday on the charge Of muir
dering her husband, Charles A. Patter-
son, has written a biographical sketch
for the use OF her attorney. o. N. Hilton,
in which she accuses Emil strouss, the
millionaire clothing manufacturer OF Chi
cago. OF having ruined her life and Of
having bribed Patterson to marry her.
She and Strouss. she AYERS, lived to-
gether as man and wife for five years.
Excerpts OF this story Of love and
tragedy, made public today, are charac-
terized by Attorney Hilton as being as
black a record OF betrayal as ever jury
listened to.
when seen at tho Jail today Mrs. Pat
terson seemed much less concerned over
the fate Colorado jury has In store for
her than the effect her story will have
on her mother.
@oh!" she moaned, 'it will break my
poor mothers heart to learn that I was
never married to Emil strouss nor d.
Yorced from him."
The biography reads, In part. as fol-
lows:
WHEN 1 was 10 gGdIo Oiu 4 went win
my sister, Mrs. Farnsham, and her hus-
band TO Chicago. We stopped at the
Auditorium hotel, where a friend Of my
sister introduced me to Strouss. He was
much older than /, for at that time my
hair hung in a braid down my back,
but he was very kind He asked me to
marry him, but said that first must
go to school and study.
Trip to Paris.
After many conferences with my peo-
pie he finally took me to Paris. His in
tentions always seemed to be honorable.
In that city he provided me with tutor,
paid for my music lessons and departed
almost Immediately. 1 was very happy
and work very hard at my studies. as
wanted him to be proud of his future
wife"
Mrs. Patterson says that they cor
responded for five months, at the end
OF which time, responding to cable
gram from Strouss, she returned to New
York and, in company with her supposed
benefactor, went Immediately TO Chicago,
where, the biography states, Mr.. Strouss
registered for both OF them as Miss
Gibson" and Mr.. Strouss." Iheir rooms
were adjoining.
It was here, Mrs. Patterson declared,
Strouss began to renew his promises OF
marriage, but always he postponed the
wedding day.
II was 30 miserable and unhappy, al
though he gave me everything" the
narrator exclaimed. for when thought
l had him persuaded he would put me
off again until one day he sent me bach
to Paris.
THE fall OF the same year he came
for me again. This time he told me that
he had given out the information that
we were married and that everyone be-
lieved It.
80 we came again to Chicago. where
we stopped at the Stratford hotel, II
which Mr.. strouss was financially inter
ested.
For five years I lived with him al
his wife. He introduced me as Mrs
Strouss wherever we went and to his
friends. No one ever questioned that
was married to him-least OF all my peo
ple-and all that time l begged and
pleaded and coaxed him TO marry me
I wanted so much to be like the othel
women / knew"
Meets PntterSOA.
Miss Gibson, as she was then, met he
future husband Charles A. Patterson, a
a skating rink. They became great friend
and. although she told him her story, h
asked her to become his wife and ex
pressed a desire 10 meet Mr.. Strouss.
After his talk with. Mr., Patterson
Mr. strouss came TO me and said that h,
was glad that the biggest thing In III
had come to me and he wanted me TO b
happily married" the narrator continued
1T wasn't until some little time after
ward that / learned that had beei
made the dupe Of two men. Imagine m
fesliugs. ] was crazed with sorrow"
strouss the biosraphy says, had giyel
Patterson 1850 which Mrs. PattersO
supposed was a wedding present. Durln
quarrel with her husband she assert
that she learned that this was the sun
given Patterson tor making her his VIII,
Thereafter, she dCclarcs, NE was en-
= long humiliation, rlled with Patterson
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