The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-29
Death of Husband Still a
Mystery; Ownership of Re-
yolVer a Crucial Point.

J Special 10 The Tribune.
IN ENEER, Colo, Sept 2s.-All rec.
objection of the events immcdi
sately preceding the firing of the
! shots that ended the life OF
/ Charles y. Patterson Monday morning
has passed from tho mind Of Mrs, Ger
trude Gibson Patterson
The Young woman, 4 prisoner IN the
mstron s quarters Of the city lail, made
this statement tonight IN reviewing the
happenings that have resulted IN her
being held to answer for her husband S
death although her memory is clear
upon every point. leading up TO their
meeting near the sanitarium she dc.
clsrcs that her mind is a blank con
cerning the tragedy itself.
~ remember meeting him, then
there is q blank until [ was arrested,
she said, frowniug in the effort to re-
member.
Crucial Point in Case.
As to the ownership of the revolver
with which Patterson was killed Mrs.
Patterson refuses 10 make any state
ments. She talked 10 Police Chief Arm
strong this afternoon. hut that official
failed TO gain any information from
her.
Unless the police obtain information
during the next few dHvs concerning
the original ownership Of the weapon
the prosecution will have to depend up
on facts adduccd al the trial TO estab-
Iish the point,
Cold blooded murder and self defense
arc the two extremes which scesaw
upon this pivotal point. the mcrest
physical detail in the Patterson trag-
cdy
The motive for murder exists both
for Gertrude Gibson Patterson and for
Charles a. Patterson. her husband,
whom she shot dead before the Hendrlc
home in Montclair Monday.
The generalization of murder must
fall upon the ono who owned the gun.
And if Patterson drew the revolver
from his pocket. handed it to his beau
tiful wife and told her 10 kill her
self; if she refused and he then said
that he would kill her himself, Mrs,
Patterson acted in self defense
But if Mrs. Patterson went to the
Agnes Memorial sanitarum with the
gun in her handbag ard murder in her
heart. then this woman from the paths
of refinement and luxury committed a
cold and deliberate crime.
strouss May Save Her
There is Emil W. Strouss the mil
lionaire Chicago clothing manufactures.
who may be able 10 cast light upon the
mystery. Mrs. Patterson admits that
soon after her marriage 10 Patterson
she Travelled TO Europe with Strouss.
But she says that her woman : honor
was outraged because Patterson sold
her to Strouss for II 800. She expects
StTouss to come 10 Denver To substan-
tiate this story and stand by her in
her trouble and humiliation.
Strouss remained in scclusion in Chi.
eago TODAY.
The family of Patterson will make
no move 10 aid the prosecution Of Mrs.
Patterson. according 10 Perry, 5. Patter.
son. brother Of the dead man.
''It Is the tragedy OF two lives he
said. when interviewed in Chicago.
Let society deal with It's own
The funeral Of Charles A. Patterson
will be held in Chicago tomorrow.
Blames Husbands Brother.
Mrs. Patterson is no longer lone
prisoner in the matrou : quarters Three
girls were tonight placed in charge
Of the matron for safekeeping. They
occupy the same room in which Mrs
Patterson for two DAYS had been left
alone 10 her thoughts. The Young wom-
IN has become extremely bitter against
Attorney Perry s. Patterson of Chicago
brother Of her husband. To the older
brother she attributes all her domestic
difficulties.
Perry Patterson Is responsible for
all our troubles. she said. "Hc con.