The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23

Health Broke Down.
At the end of this period. she said,
her health broke down. neuritis de-
priving her of the use of both hands.
| and she came to Waukesha to re-
cuperate. During 1918 she OCCASION
| ally acted as substitute teacher in the
| Milwaukee grade schools and in the
| fall of 1914, her health improving,
she was given a regular appointments
as an Instructor in the normal train,
ing school
| Miss Lusk said she first met Doctor
Roberts at a dinner party which he
attended with his wife. late in Janu-
airy or early in February, 1913. Later
| they met at church sociables. which
Doctor Roberts attended with his
wife. The witness described her
health during this period as poor, due
largely to overwork. and declared that
she was frequently unable to attend
to her duties because of severe head
| aches.
During the early part of the day
character witnesses. who testified to
| the high reputation borne by the de-
fendant. Evidence also was intro
duced to show that her grandmother
had been an inmate of an insane asy-
| UNI at one time.
Testimony Wednesday.
Grace Lusk Wednesday took the
! stand an her own defense.
| Contrary to general expectation of
those who have followed the trial
since its inception and who believed
the defendant would, because of nery-
Gus collapse. be unable to testify,
Miss Lusk was composed and quiet
| when she took the witness chair. The
defendant barely began the recital of
her relations with Doctor Roberts.
/ Chiefly the testimony, hers and that
| of six other witnesses, dealt with the
early history of the school teacher
and the history of her family to the
| third generation back. Indications
pointed that defense's counsel were
| laying ground for a plea of temporary
| and emotional insa nifty.
| Her first meeting of DIR, Roberts at
the home of mutual friend the sub
Isequent borrowing by her of a book
on cattle breeding from him-these
were the only points at which the for
mer state veterinarian entered tday's
4 testimony.
When She Met pr. Roberts.
The unpicturesque life of the de-
PENDANT had been reviewed from he
student days until the time when she
went to Waukesha to teach, when Miss
Lusk was asked:
Q-Whiles teaching school here did
tyou meet one DIR. Roberts?
Al did.
! Q-where did you meet him?
Al met him in the home of Mrs.
! B. Mills
Q-what was the occasion of your
Injecting?
AIRS Mills gave dinner party
landH was invited over.
| Q1were you introduced to DIR Rob-
erts on that occasion?
| Al was; by the hostess
| Odd you talk with Doctor Rob
erts that night, and if you did what
| was the subject Of your conservation
s-Yes, talked to him and as was
assisting at the high school where I
| had to teach agriculture, a subject of
which 1 was ignorant. asked Doctor
| Roberts If he could give me some in
formation about the breeding of cat
| tie. He promised to lend me a book
| on the subject.
Odd you receive the book from
| him? ?"
| Al did.
| Q-When.
Met ut Church Social.
| A-Some time later 1 was passing
his office. He stopped me at the door
was going to lend you a book ," 1
stepped into his office. he handed me
the volume in which his name was in
scribed. AS he gave me the book he
laughed and said. 1T looks like 1 was
awfully anxious to lend you my book,
| doesn't it?''
! Q=How soon after this meeting did
| you see DIR. Roberts again?
Al believe our next meeting was
| at Baptist church social
Q-And the next meeting?
A-The first meeting after that of
which 1 have any distinct recollection
was during the sumner of 1914 just
after I had arrived in Waukesha
| from a trip to St. Paul.
| M