The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-25
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Denver, Nov. 24.-Gertrude Gibson
Patterson, on trial charged with the
murder Of her husband. was cross-ex-
amined this afternoon. he chief points
of her story were attacked, especial
ly the assertion that her husband beat
her and sold her for $500 to Emil w.
Strouss, the Chicago millionaire, with
whom she made a trip to Europe. Mrs.
Patterson admitted that when fourteen
years old she was dismissed from a
school at Sandovil, Ill.,, but said 1t was
not for immoral conduct, as intimated
The prosecutor was unsuccessful in his
attempt to get the witness to admit
she had lived at a resort in St. Louis.
She acknowledged her husband tried
to get her not to go to Europe with
Strouss, but she said this was after
he had received money from Strouss.
Portions of Mrs. Patterson's testimony
led the court to instruct the bailiffs to
exclude minors.
Much of the testimony of Mrs. Pat
terSon, who today resumed the witness
stand in her trial on the charge of
numbering her husband, was unfit for
publication.
Taking up the subject of Patterson's
illness--it is said he was nearly dead
from tuberculosis of the lungs when
he was killed-Mrs. Patterson said
ordered her to take rest.
She continued to visit him, however
and one day, she testified, he eXclaim-
ed:
IF sou don't come back and nurse
me, I'm going to sue that -"
He patted his pillow" continued the
witness and said. I have the thing
herr that VIII fix YOU
He drew razor and said III kill
you as sure as l live
On July 10 witness said she filed
suit in Chicago for divorce and went
to live with her parents in Sandoval,
Ill.
My husband kept after me for
money, saying he wanted to go west
for his health narrated Mrs. Patter-
son. When l told him had none, he
said Get it,"
This was a reference to the Chicago
millionaire whose name has been
brought into the case Mrs. Patter-
son said she refused this request and
her husband beat her. Later, she said,
she wrote to Emil Strouss, of Chicago.
and he sent her $500 with which she
and her husband came to Denver.
While they were still living in Chi
cago. witness declared, Patterson by
threats compelled her to sell an cleo
trio runabout for which she secured
$500, which she declared she turned
over to Patterson. She said she sold
the car rather than apply to Strouss
for the money, which her husband at
first desired her to do.
1t was while they We're in Chicago
that Patterson insisted that she Sc
cure money.
Mrs. Patterson declared she would
apply for no more, whereupon, she tes-
I'll sue that for taking you to
Europe and get the money"
1t was then that Mrs. Patterson says
she confessed to her husband that she
had $1,000 given to her by Strouss
her husband S1,750 of it to buy prop
erty.
At this time the testimony took on
by a dead, shocked silence in the court
husband and wife.
After reaching Denver, witness said,
her husband pursued her with de-
mands that she secure money from
Strouss. Once, she declared, the Chi
$3.50 without comment. Again Patter-
son demanded fifty dollars which he
asserted he had lost playing poker.
She said she filed suit for divorce,
charging extreme and repeated cruelty.
When her husband was notified of the
suit she said he remarked:
I'm going to have $4,000 out of this
or I'm going to have blood"