The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-18
Beautiful Woman Who Muir
dered Her Husband Alleg-
es He Sold Her to Emil
Strouss, a Millionaire.
A SORDID ROMANCE
RELATED BY WOMAN
Strouss Educated Her, Then
She Left Him for Patter-
son, Who, in Turn, Return
ed her to Strouss.
(National News Association

(National News Association)
DENVER. Col. Nov. 1S.-A beautiful
woman. her wealthy admirer who be-
slowed gifts and the young athlete
whom she married for love and later
shot, from the dramatic personae in
the story that will eliminate when
Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson goes
on trial for her life, Monday, charged
with numbering her husband, Charles
A. Patterson. son Of a we'll known Chi
cago family. Emil w. Strouss, million
aire Chicago clothier and clubman,
who. Mrs. Patterson says. bought me
for $1,000" from the husband, may or
may not come here to testify. Specula-
ton on this topic provided the sole
subject Of conversation in Denver to-
day.
Both the attorneys for Mrs. Patter-
son and Special Prosecutor Horace G..
Benton made statements today declar-
ing themselves confident Mrs. Patter-
son reiterated her opinion that, when
the whole truth is told, the jury will
acquit her. She spoke in calm, sub
dued tones. but it was plain to see that
she was agitated by mental strain.
! She looked several years older as the
result Of her two months imprison-
mont In the county JAIL
Her Story an Old One.
Tho old. old story of the young girl
who IL taken up by the millionaire to
be educated abroad is told again in
this remarkable case. Strouss played
the part OF the millionaire and Mrs
Patterson was the little country girl
He was travelling on business when he
first saw her In little Missouri town.
Gertrude Gibson-Mrs. Patterson
was then a mere slip Of a child, with
great brown eyes and a pretty oval
face. Strouss was attracted by her
beauty. He told Of wealth and what it
would mean to her II she accepted him
as her protector. He promised to edu-
cate her abroad-to give her all the
fine things of life to which he said she
was entitled. And the unsuspecting
! child said yes.
Years changed the girl into beauti.
full women. and when the millionaire
left Chicago and finally called for her
at her school in Paris she was no Ion
ger a child. There was a debt to pay
and she says she paid it.
Became Her Protector.
The wife's story, fully substantiated
says that Strouss became her protec-
tor. They travelled together and the
millionaire lavished gifts upon her
He frequently registered her at ho-
tells as his wife. and when she was
alone and away from him, she received
her remittances and letters under the
name Of Mrs. Strouss.
But three years ago Gertrude Glib
son had reached the fullness of beauti-
ful womanhood. She was then twenty
seven years Of age and her life Of lux
ury and her studies at Paris had given
her grace and charm. She was visiting
relatives in Chicago and went with a
party to skating rink when she met
young Patterson. four years her junior
He had been football player. was
handsome and popular among young
people in the Englewood suburb Of the
big middle west city She was attract
ed by him and he in turn became in
terested. They We're introduced
The young woman forgot about
Strouss. She went to Los Angeles and
then wired Patterson to join her there
They were in love. She asked young
Patterson to marry her. so the friends
OF the dead man declare They went
to Mount Carmel by the Sea and were
married, They returned to their ho-
tel in Los Angeles.
The bridegroom. In the hotel, over
heard his wife asking for the mail Of a
Mrs. Strouss. He was puzzled and,
when he asked her on the bridal night. |
she broke down and told all the truth.
As she sobbed out the confession of
her past the husband forgave her and
they started with fair play on both
sides to share life as man and wife.
They Became Very Poor.
Illness overlook the young husband
and 1t developed into pneumonia and
then into consumption. The man and
the wife became poor. Times were
when they did not know where the I
next meal was coming from They !
struggled along. and ever in the mind !
Of the wife was the memory of the |,
wide and deep and welLalled purse of |!
the man to whom she had sold herself |
as girl Now, as a wife, she might sell |
herself to him once more. And. ii her !
story is true, she did, or rather her ,
husband sold her to him.
"Mr Patterson forced me to sell my |
electric. and the $500 got for it went
to him." she declared. THE club he |
held over my head was my disgrace,