Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-23
MISS LUSk' s
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| DR.. David Roberts of Waukesha, who
| painted Grace Lusk slayer of his
wife, as a vampire and cave woman,
faces arrest under the laws of Illinois
on the charge of adultery, growing out
! of his sensational love tangle with the
school teacher.
Judge Martin Lueck, presiding at
! the trial of Miss Lusk, has formally
notified States Attorney Maclay
, Hoyne of Chicago Of DR.. Roberts ad-
missions on the witness stand, and Mr.
Hoyne has informed the court that he
is prepared to proceed with the prose
I cution should written statement of
! the facts justify it.
Judge Lueck Monday night mailed
a letter to Mr.. Hoyne, covering DR..
Roberts confession, as brought out in
the cross examination by Attorney
Henry Lockney, Of his affair with
Miss Lusk.
NO MANN ACT ANGLE
| The proposed prosecution in Illinois
! has no relation to the Mann act, an
angle Of the Lusk trial which has been
watched by the department of justice.
| Dr. Roberts testified to unconven-
tional meetings with Miss Lusk in
Chicago, Peoria, Milwaukee and Wau-
watosa. The one year statute of linn
itation prevents prosecution in this
state.
| Judge Lueck, late Monday after
noon, halted Dr. Roberts story and
excused the jury. Addressing his re-
marks to Morris Tullar, representing
the district attorney Of Waukesha
county, he said:
Have you any information whether
this man can be prosecuted in Chicago
for violation of the adultery statute?"
t "This is the first time we knew
these facts" replied Mr.. Tullar.
HIT HIM IN THE EYE
During Monday it was recOunted
! how 'fthe woman who tempted him.
.
story-actually him right in the eye
one time when they sat on stump
| together and he had refused to tell his
wife that he loved Miss Lusk better
than any other woman in the world.
The gray, old veterinarian, how
ever, admitted being of a forgiving
| spirit, for after receiving that upper
cut on his optic, a blow so sturdy that
he asserted he had been unable to see
the amiable teacher of psychology any
! more that day, mot with that eye,"
he went to a farmhouse several min
utes distant and got a drink of water
for her. His feelings were very much
hurt, he testified, as we'll as his organ
of vision
He told, too, of generosity in the
way of supplying her with money be-
fore their excursions were taken but
he denied paying her railroad fare out
Of the state.
Grace Lusk will next take the wit
ness stand to reveal every detail of
her relations with Dr. Roberts, if her
physical COQulClOn permits.
Before the prosecution rested, it in
troduced letter written by Miss Lusk.
1t was addressed to Mrs. Roberts and
was only presented as evidence after
the attorneys for the defense had pro-
tested, declaring that Miss Lusk could
not be used as a witness against her
self.
when your husband first came to
me, it was for business, at least that
| was his excuse. He did all of the pur-
suing. I thought it was quite a joke,
and in fact, it would never have oc-
Cured to me to take the situation so
seriously if, one night at the Babtist
! church affair, you had not come UP to
us when we were talking in the most
| innocent fashion and rushed him away.
You did not do it in a courteous man
ner-well, not rather | vowed there
upon to get even with you for your
dfscOurtesy, and I have. Only, l have
hurt myself in doing So
The letter then frankly related her
! reltions with the veterinarian, of how
I
his wife was i'll at home, of his jeal-
| ousy and his statement to her that he
| felt that he 'had been cheated in the
marriage game.
ut seems to me-" the letter added,
that if you loved your husband un-
| selfshly you would want him to be
| happy honorably, even if it were a
| sacrifice to you in some respect. It is
not an unheard of thing for a husband
| or wife to give up voluntarily the
mate whose love has been lost. Did
you ever hear the story of Ruskin or
more recently of James K. Barrie?
in the eternal triangle the only soIu-
ton of the problem is the elimination
of one character, the two who should
remain are those whose affections are