Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-18
DOCTOR TEMPTED
BY W|FE'S SLAYER
"Lurcd Me Away From Home
He Testifies on Stand, at Trial
of Grace Lusk.

Waukesha, Wis, May Is, DIR. David
Roberts took the witness stand yesterday,
MS the asssiscr of Grace lIusk, on trial
charged with the murder of hIs wife.
''She tempted me, was the burden ct
all his testimony
ooh that it not true" the defendant
cr,,sd as she struggled from her seat
despite hands that tried TO restrain her.
lie barred the story of their relations
from the time they first met ut the home
OF a mutual friend in July, 1914, until he
found his wife dying with two bullets IN
her body
81 want YOU 10 tell me that YOU love
me more than anyone else IN the wofid,
and want Won to tell Mrs. Roberts SO,
be testified she said to him nj one ot thclr
meetings which had been sought ly hcr
Il SAID absolutely no. and she $ rlck
me IN the face as hard rs she could, he
added
Later hc told of'mcctng her in Chicago
and Milwaukee hotels. and produced
letters she had written to hlm and one
written hv her to Mrs Roberts which
hc had intercepted before IT'S delivery.
II have begged him 10 90 10 Nou and
tell vou the situation frankly, for ! have
felt that YOU were h,g enough woman
10 dcsirc his happiness the letter to
Mrs Roberts read " II he docs not care
enough for me 10 do that, Y Is ! Who
have hccn made tho pla1thlng then | am
afraid ! shall call him tn account
w ouldn't # have been much smplcr
Il instead of intlmldatlng Your husband
vnu had faced matters frankly and
sQuarcly and gwen hIm has freedom when
YOU lost his confidence and at
1t Is he who has been made not
truthful. and Who have lost my ono and
only reputation that you might keep vnur
throne Il really Isnt quite talr. Is y
In .Iunc. Iol7. hc testified, Nlss lU7k
demanded that he meet her IN a Nlwau-
Loc hotel. anil hc d,d 81 only after She
had threatened "a tell his wife nt thor
relations and "a make . case for "
torucv IockcN
" this meeting. lac sslI, she produced
revolver which af,crvard wa~ identified
rs the same enc With uhlch she later shot
hle vifc anil hcr-clt nj pointing Z q
his hcad sad
u will shoot vou dcfd Il you do not
rut yo,r hand on thH NrIo and swear
that Won loyo mo ani vii ton >n,r Wltr
~ Roberts SAID tla.t ~ complied
tftcr his hret ure nug with Mss u+k,
DR. Robrrt~ SAID ltr n,e, hor ~cv. 81 tunes
~ church suppcrs III March ial1. he
eaid. hc called hcr ea lhr trlcuhou" ~
AK her assist enco With book ho wa>
writing On aniual diseases
The eu,r dav ho ~lld ~ hrr request
he went to hcr office fu hr J n 6 y
t. discuss tho ~uhjcc;
She then @slci u, i lowed her he
testified " hru -uj Mis-. lu-k
horror ,ou vi ro>po.t you. she s'd
/ don't csfo ~ ~ hono-cd " respected
There fr oth, rhlrg- that Wsnt
seld W hst ~ >on want and she -ald
want vou ~ take me ~ Chicago tcr q
good tlme | sod. \ on would havC q
ldt of respect for married man Who
would take You f. Chicago fer = eaod
timc She said Other propto do those
things. and don't see uhy We can
II Was At this point that Nil~s iusk
1eapcsi to her fcot with the frartic lie
nal After staring straight the wi
ncSS for moment with fc. f'llcd "ycs.
She turned and sank sohtruE into hcc
father arms
Tho onl4 emotion exhibited b, Dr Rob
crt~ throughout the dav was 2 constant
moistonlne of his lip~ 1Ht hard srlp On
the arm of thc Witrt char