Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-22
GRACELUSK
TO TELL HER
STORY TODAY
Woman's Letter, Frankly Re-
Iating Her Relations With
Dr.. Roberts Completes
Evidence for State.

Waukesha, Wis, May 2l.-Grace
Lusk, will take the witness stand to-
morrow to reveal every detail of her
relations with DR.. David Roberts at
her trial for staying his wife.
This was announced by attorneys
for the defense late today, after the
prosecution had completed the pre-
sentation of its evidence against Miss
Lusk. Her story is expected to be a
fiat denial of DR.. Roberts statement
that she pursued him with the object
of wrecking his home.
Before the prosecution rested, it in
troduced a letter written by Miss Lusk
and found in her desk, after the trag-
edy. 1t was addressed to Mrs. Rob-
erts and was only presented as evil
dence after the attorneys tor the de-
fense had registered an emphatic pro-
test, in which they declared that Miss
Lusk could not be used as witness
against herself.
Letter by Miss Lusk.
"When your husband first came to
me, it was for business" the letter
read vat least, that was his excuse.
He did all of the pursuing. thought
it was all quite a good joke, and, in
fact, it would never have occurred to
me to take the situation seriously if
one night at the Baptist church at
fair you had not come up to us when
we were talking in the most innocent
fashion imaginable and rushed him
away. You did not do it in courteous
manner-well, not rather. l vowed
thereupon to get even with your dis
courtesy, and. ] have. Only ! have
hurt myself in doing So"
The letter then frankly related her
relations with the veterinarian, how he
spent his evenings with her while his
wife was i'll, his Jealousy and his state
ment to her that he felt that he chad
been cheated in the marriage game"
Eternal Triangle Repeated.
1T seems to me-" the letter said,
that if you loved your husband un-
selhshly you would want him to be
happy honorably, even if it were sac
rihce to you in some respects. 1t is
not an unheard of thing for husband
or a 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 solution
of the problem is the elimination Of
one character, the two who should re-
main are those whose affections are
mutual"
Sorry for What Happened.
Several othE letters found in the
little desk, some of them covered
with brownish stains, indicating that
Miss Lusk had handled them after
she had killed Mrs. Roberts and shot
herself, also we're read. One headed,
Explanation" declared:
ooh, | am so sorry that all this has
happened. Yet l had rather have had
this experience, painful as it has been,
than to have gone through life without
knowing what love can mean. / can't
honestly believe | have been sinful.
The only treason has been in not tell
ing Mrs. R. | always wanted to, but
he was afraid. Oh, we'll, it soon will
be over"
Wrote Directions for Her Funeral.
Another letter, which was marked,
"Open in case of accident only" gave
directions for her funeral, which she
desired to be without "much fuss"
She also directed that she be dressed
"in the little new gray frock," which
she wrote would "be ready for>my last
party"
DR.. Roberts was recalled to the
witness stand for examination
by the defense early in the morning
session to answer a series of questions
regarding the defendants mental con-
dition. He testified that she ap-
peared normal except when she was
angry, when she occasionally lost con-
troll of herself.