The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-05-24
The WOMAN TEMPTED
NE And | Yielded
Age-Old Story Told BY
Man In Murder Trial
OF Woman.

MS WIG.
"She tempted me-" was the burdei
of all his testimony.
"Oh, that is not true" the defend
ant cried as she struggled from hel
, seat despite hands that tried to re-
strain her.
"She asked me if loved her and
| answered that | honored and re-
spected her." he swore. as he barred
the story of their relations from the
time they first met at the home of
mutual friend in July. 1914, until
he found his wife dying with two bull
lets in her body three years later.
Il want you to tell me that you
love me more than anyone else in
the world and l want you to tell Mrs
Roberts So" he testified she said to
him at one of their meetings which
had been sought by her.
Il said absolutely no and she
struck me in the face as hard as she
could" he added.
Met Her In Hotels.
Later he told of meeting her in
Chicago and Milwaukee hotels and
produced letters she had written to
him and one written by her to Mrs.
Roberts, which he had intercepted
before its delivery.
Il have begged him to go to you
and tell you the situation frankly, for
1 have felt that you were a big
enough woman to desire his happi-
ness" the letter to Mrs. Roberts |
read. IF he does not care enough |
for me to do that, it is l who have |
been made the plaything. then | am
afraid l shall call him to account.
Wouldn't it have been much |
simpler if instead of intimidating
your husband you had faced matters
frankly and squarely and given him
his freedom when you lose his conf
dence and all?
1T is he who has been made not
and | who have lost my one
and only reputation that you might
keep your throne. 1t really isn't
quite fair, is it,"
In June, 1917, he testified, she de-
manded that he meet her in a Mil
waukee hotel and he did so only
after she had threatened to tell his
wife of their relations and to make
a case for Attorney Lockney."
At this meeting he said she pro-
luced a revolver, which afterward
was identified as the same one with :
which she later shot his wife and
herself, and pointing it at his head -,
aid:
Il will shoot you dead if you do
lot put your hand on that Bible and
wear that you love me and will tell ;,
our wife.
DR.. Roberts said that he complied.
After his first meeting with Miss
.usk, DR.. Roberts said he met her ,
everal times at church suppers. In
Iarch, 1915, he said he called her
n the telephone to ask her assist
nee with a book he was writing on
nimal diseases.
The same day, he said, at her re- t
uest he went to her Office in the Y.
|. c. A. to discuss the subject AS
e was leaving he declares that she
Did him that she had been expect :
lg letter from a sweetheart in Mil
aukee and it made her mad"
"She then asked me if | loved :
err" he testified, when ! said, Miss
usk, honor you and | respect you
he said, 4 dont't care to be honored !
r respected. There are other things
hat | want | said, What do you
ante" And she said, L want you to
axe me to Chicago for a good time. n
he said, other people do those
Kings and don't see why we can't"
1t was at this point that Miss Lusk
capped to her feet with the frantic
email which electrified the court
DOM. After staring straight at the q
illness with tearflled eyes, she Il
lrned and sank sobbing into her H
lther's arms. ii
Later on crOss-eXamination DIR. IL
,oberts, in again describing the Incl II
ent, said that he had also told her: II
7 am a stranger to you and you are II
stranger to me. If you wait year ii
on won't want to go to Chicago with /
le."
In telling of the events immedi-
tely preceding the tragedy DR. Rob n
rts told of visit made to his house L
n the eve of the shooting. He said p
hat Miss Lusk asked if he had o.
Did his wife as he had sworn to do, v
nd he said that he had not, but that
e would at once. "
After walking back through the p
ark with her when he succeeded in +,
her to return to her home g
oa N-itnagc cail that IN ,-.,t l. ! IL