Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 10, 18 November 1911 — Page 1

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MRS, PATTERSON TO TELL TO THE JURY HER PITIFUL LIFE

Beautiful Woman Who Murdered Her Husband Alleges He Sold Her to Emil Strouss, a Millionaire. A SORDID ROMANCE RELATED BY WOMAN Strouss Educated Her, Then She Left Him for Patterson, Who, in Turn, Returned her to Strouss. (National News Association) DENVER. Col.. Nov. 18. A beautiful 'woman, her wealthy admirer who bestowed gifts and the young athlete whom she married for love and later shot, from the dramatic personae in the story that will culminate when Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson goes on trial for her life, Monday, charged ,"wlth murdering her husband, Charles A. Patterson, son of a well known Chicago family. Emil W. Strouss, millionaire Chicago clothier and clubman, who, Mrs. Patterson says, "bought me for 91,500" from the husband, may or may not come here to testify. Speculation on this topic provided the sole subject of conversation in Denver today. Both the attorneys for Mrs. Patter- ; son and Special Prosecutor Horace G. Benton made statements today declaring themselves confident Mrs. Patteri son reiterated her opinion that, when jthe whole truth is told, the Jury will acquit her. She spoke in calm, subdued tones, but it was plain to see that . she was agitated by mental strain. i She looked several years older as the result of her two months' imprisonmnt In the county jail. Her Story an Old One. The old, old story of the young girl (who Is taken up by the millionaire to I be educated abroad is told again in 'this remarkable case. Strouss played the part of the millionaire, and Mrs. Patterson was the little country girl. He was traveling on business when he first saw her In a little Missouri town. Gertrude Gibson-r-Mrs. Patterson was then a mere slip of a child, with great brown eyes and a pretty oval face. Strouss was attracted by her beauty. He told of wealth and what it would mean to her if she accepted him as her protector. He promised to educate her abroad to give her all the fine things of life to which he said she , was entitled. And the unsuspecting I child said yes. Years changed the girl Into a beautiful women, and when the millionaire left Chicago 'and Anally called for her at her school In Paris she was no longer a child. There was a debt to pay and she says she paid it. Became Her Protector. The wife's story, fully substantiated, says that Strouss became her protector. They traveled together and the millionaire lavished gifts upon her. He frequently registered her at hotels as his wife, and when she was alone and away from him, she received her remittances and letters under the name of Mrs. Strouss. But three years ago Gertrude Gibson had reached the fullness of beautiful womanhood. She was then twentyseven years of age and her life of luxury and her studies at Paris had given her grace and charm. She was visiting relatives In Chicago and went with a party to a skating rink when she met young Patterson, four years her junior. He had been a football player, was handsome and popular among young people in the Englewood suburb of the big middle west city. She was attracted by him and he in turn became interested. They were introduced. The young woman forgot about Strouss. She went to Los Angeles and then wired Patterson to join her there. They were in love. She asked young Patterson to marry her. so the friends of the dead man declare. They went to Mount Carmel by the Sea and were married. They returned to their hotel In Los Angeles. The bridegroom. In the hotel, overheard his wife asking for the mail of a Mrs. Strouss. He was puzzled and. when he asked her on the bridal night, she broke down and told all the truth. At she sobbed out the confession of her past the husband forgave her and they started with fair play on both sides to share life as man and wife. They Became Very Poor. Illness overtook the young husband and It developed into pneumonia and ! then Into consumption. The man and j the wife became poor. Times were j when they did not know where the 1 next meal was coming from. They ! struggled along, and ever in the mind ! of the wife was the memory of the I wide and deep and well-filled purse of the man to whom she had sold herself as a girl. Now, as a wife, she might sell herself to him once more. And. if her story Is true, she did, or rather her husband sold her to him. "Mr. Patterson forced me to sell my electric and the 1600 I got for it went to him," she declared. "The club he held over my head was my disgrace, (Continued on Pace Eight)

Where the National Horse Show is Being Held

At the top is Lieut. Guy V. Henry, of the United States Artillery, in the act of taking the jumps on one of the horses that will compete with the European officer's teams at the New York horse show. Lieut. Henry is in charge of the six officers making up the American team. The insert is Lord Deoies, who married Vivien Gould last spring and who will be one of the Judges in the military events at the Garden. At the bottom is an interior of Madison Square Garden showing the profuse decorations that have been made for the coming show, which will be the last ever held within its walls, as the building is to bo razed next spring. O ' 15 IMPA I ItNT TO ! ENTER TESTIMONY! Kansas Girl Who Was Tarred and Feathered Frets Over the Delays. 'National News Association) LINCOLN CENTER. Kan., Nov. IS. Barring of Miss Mary Chamberlain from the witness stand was the aim of oounsel for the three men on trial here for tarring the school-teacher. When : the iurv was rnmniat .k a - . . . v v. i u mricuuilius w (Uey ere not pres-; a i utr party, i ney were ready , to swear that Miss Chamberlain testi-' ed at a justice court hearing of the ' case that she and E. D. RIcord, the : barber, who lured her to the scene of the tarring, met the three men now on : trial coming up the road after the tarr-1 ing was over, and that one of the men ' said: "It's all over; we're too late." The defendants declared this makes being an accessory the only charge that can be placed against them. If the court made such a ruling it was probable .Miss Chamberlain would not teatify. I The delay in the getting of a jury ! annoyed Miss Chamberlain Every few minutes she stepped into the court-: room, anxious to go on the witness stand and "get it over with." Immediately after the trials are finished and the guilty ones sentenced she will institute civil suits to recover damages from all those who had a hand in the affair. "I do not care to state at this time the amount T ...Ml t , , v . I "111 HSK. SaiQ .MISS I Chamberlain, "having been busy wait- j ing on the disposal of the criminal proceedings against my assailants I have not taken up that part of the matter with my attorneys. I was treated in a shameful manner and the guilty ones aside from serving jail sentences will be given the opportunity of defending a suit for damages. SUIT ON ACCOUNT Henry Lowrey of Henry county has tied suit in the Wayne circuit court on change of venue from Henry county against Henry J. Adams, demanding payment of $300 on account. Lowrey alleges that in March 1910. he agreed

wi n Adams to work on his farm at a jnet, has been taken captive by the rev- j 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon and were dollar a day and receive a house and olutionary forces and that there is' n(.Ha tn mo,. be provided with a horse and cow and i danger of being executed in retaliation ! t0 make Q attempt t0 arrest other general necessities. In December for the Nanking slaughter by the ini- j men' Pohce in Dayton and Cinof that year, before the expiration of , pertalists. i cinnati were, notified immediately aft-

the contract. Lowrey claims Adams refused to pay him any longer for his sen-ices and otherwise violated the contract. THE WEATHER STATE Fair tonight and Sunday; slowly rising temperature in the north and central portions, Sunday. LOCAL Fair tonight and Sunday; lightly rising temperature. Sun-day.

REBEL ARMY LOSES IN BLOODY BUTTLE Imperialists at Nanking Made a Sudden and Unexpected Attack. (National Xews Association) PEKIX, Nov. The r volutionary army at Hankow suffered a ci usnir.g defeat with heavy loss of life in unePted attack by t!io imperial forces todayFrior to fhe attack Rebel guns were poured into the imperial redoubts on rurpis Hill. The cannon of the loyalist artillery men thundered back a reply but ,he shells caused little loss of life iuouku several reDei cannon were silenced. Owing to heavy rains which made the roads almost impassable, the movement of troops has been slow. Troops trains bearing soldiers on th Nan king railroad were held up by the heavy congestion and made as little progress as the soldiers on foot. ; One long troup train was stalled " ll'itliin 1 1 I 1 T X' 1 ... v " " "IUCS Ul ;n& Ior nine , " . ; ar 1 "ank!l f hf rebeI been d?PIo'ed and th rear IT't TJ0"i, 1!!!. I .-v luijjuss!-, ble. It was the intention of Gen. Hsu ; Ko Ching to annihilate the government forces. Gen. Chang, the Manchu com-j mander, expected no quarter. j u ninese snipping along the lausisriuiius hi lue vicinity or xsan king has been stopped by two gun boats which covered the rebel ad AMERICANS WARNED. PEKIX, Nov. -IS. In consequence of the rapid spread of anti-foreign feeling throughout China, United States Minister Calhoun sent peremptory warnings today to all Americans in the in terior to proceed at once to the nearest j treaty port. Lawlessness is increasing and neither imperialists nor rebels can maintain order. Rebel bands are pillaging the country. ADMIRAL ARRESTED. SHANGHAI, Nov. 18 Dispatches from Chin-kiane. the set hasp of rhI ODerations against Nankine. ivnort ! that Admiral Sah Chen in Yuan s cabi-! A brother of Dr. Sun Tat Sen, the , revolutionary statesman, has been ap- j pointea aavisor to uen. Hsu Ko Ching. commanding the attacking force at Nanking. RECOVERING FROM AN OPERATION Friends of Mr. B. D. Game, president and general manager of the Railroad store, will be glad to learn that he is recovering from an operation which was performed at the Held Memorial hospital Thursday.

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ADMITS MURDERING TRAIN MESSENGER W. P. Bishie Arrested Short- . p , i r l jy a ue i iviuraer ana rOD bery of the Car. (National News Association) SCRAXTOX, Pa., Nov. 18. Charged with holding up and murdering Express Messenger I. G. Banker in his car on a local train on the Bloonsburg division of the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western railway last night, William P. Bishie. aged 21, and a lischarged employe of the company, was arrested early today in Scotts hotel, this city. Bishie confessed to County Detective M. A. Rafter that he did commit the murder for robbery. Bishie's confession follows: "I got oa tne tram at Taylor Station, five miles south of Scranton. Karl Barger ' iet me on the train to ride as far as ! Scranton for he , knew t min. i utes after the train left Taylor I drew a revolver and shot Barger down. I "red two shots. The first went into his bead and the second Vent wild. I sarched. the car and took some money, nen the train slowed up at Lucerne street in Scranton I jumped off. I threw my revolver and some papers away and then went to Scotts hotel." The arrest of Bishie, whose home is in Kingston, Pa., was made by a squad i of state police and detective Rafter. ! The state police were called from the ! Peckville and Old Forge barracks as j "uuu tts lue ciiuie was aiscoverea. , AUTO THIEVES HERE Stop Short Time, Police Not Notified. About 11 o'clock yesterday morning two man driving a stolen automobile from Indianapolis passed through kis cli' ttowever, tne ponce were not noUfied of the theft until about er ort was received here and it is believed that the thieves will be "PPrenenaea. ice car. wmcn was a! four passenger National with a green body, stopped at Fourth and Main j streets and one of the men traded a J new inner tube for some gasoline, at ' the auto station. The two then drove the car to a Main street restaurant j where they, stopped for lunch and then went east. This was told the police by employes of the garage where the gasoline was obtained, and by a proprietor of another garage who noticed the machine and in fact inspected it.

PRINCIPAL SPEECH ON WESTERN TOUR TO BE MADE HERE

Progressive Organization Regards Richmond as Garden Spot of Progressivism in Hoosier State. NIGHT MEETING IS ASSURED THE-CITY Organization of the Hoosier State Progressive League Is Pleasing News to National Organization. (Palladium Special.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Senator La Follette will make his principal speech of the western trip, so far as his Indiana itinerary is concerned, at Richmond, which is considered the garden spot of the progressive movement in that state. There is still doubt as to just when the senator will leave on his western trip. He will probably get away before the end of next week or early the week following. He has been delayed by important literary work, plans for which were made before the western trip was planned. The tentative plans for Indiana being discussed here contemplate a noon day meeting at Indianapolis. The meeting at Richmond will be at night. The senator will probably enter the state from the north, coming either from Detroit or Chicago, and will make three speeches at important cities along the route before Indianapolis is reached. The concluding speech of the Indiana tour will be made at Richmond. " Gratifying Information. Gratifying information has come to the national progressive Republican campaign headquarters in Washington of the remarkable progress of the new I political organization, the Hoosier State Progressive league, which was formed at Richmond by the shop workers. Senator La Follette, who has been apprised of the movement, has sent his congratulations. The organization .was formed primarily to advance progressive Dolicies. reearriless of nlrl narity lines- Apparently the first choice tor president of the Hoosier Leaguers j is La Follette. If the Republican party j renominates Taft or some other reaci tionary the influence of the league will probably be thrown to a progressive ! Democrat, like Wood row Wilson, if the Democrats should nominate him. If both political parties make reactionary nominations many of the industrial workers now enrolled in the Hoosier Progressive League, will, it is presumed, support the socialist candidate for president. Members of the organiza tion claim no special allegiance to any political party. They want results in the way of progressive legislation and will choose the shortest route to get them. WEALTHY INDIANA PARMERJVAS SLAIN Body, with Valuables on It, Found by Searchers Crime Deep Mystery. National News Association) PETERSBURG, Ind., Nov. 18. George Stibbins, one of Knox county's wealthiest farmers, was killed last night. The death is surrounded in the deepest mystery. The body was found some distance from his residence with a fullet hole through the center of the forphpad and another hoi at tho halr if the head, indicating that the ball had gone entirely through. His lantern lay near the body. Stibbins was an eccentric stock raiser and owned a big farm. He lived about two miles north of here. He went out to feed his stock shortly after dark. The family waited for his return until after eight o'clock, when a search was instituted. "My God," said one of the searchers as he stumbled upon the body, and saw the blood-stained forehead. Life was extinct, it was learned by a rapid examination. The body was - still warm, though the exposed parts were cold. His clothing was searched and his watch and purse, containing about $40, were found. This is regarded as certain that robbery was not the motive. Stibbins had no bown enemy. The fact that it was after dark almost certainly precludes the possibility that he might have been killed by a stray baU from a bunter's rifle. SOUGHT SOFT FLOOR Awakening residents on South Eighth street last night and asking permission to sleep on the floor for the night resulted in the arrest of Robert Smith. Smith was intoxicated and disturbed the slumbers of several residents on the street. Patrolman little made the arrest. Smith was fined $1 and costs in police court this mprvVG

WEST END OPPOSES SOUTH END'S PLAN REGARDING BRIDGE

West Richmond Association Favors Location of the New Structure at the South E Street Site. A SECTIONAL FEUD IS A POSSIBILITY Organization at Its Meeting Also Takes Vigorous Action Regarding Railroad Crossings Here. Following a report given strong endorsement to South E street as the site for the new south end bridge, the committee of the West Richmond Improvement association explained its attitude upon the proposition at the meeting of the organization Friday evening at the Baxter school- house. In the first place, it is contended by the committee, it would be cheaper, because of the less distance between the banks, to construct a bridge at South E street than either at South L street, the site recommended by the South Side Improvement association, or at South II street, which has been a sort of a compromise offering between E and L streets. Even a njore important advantage according to the report of the committee, is that a bridge at South E street would for the present and for nany years in the future, be the greater benefit to the greatest number of people than if it should be constructed at one of the other two proposed locations. The bridge question likely will resolve itself into a very troublesome one, with a sectional feud in prospect. It will be put up to the county commissioners within the next year. Want Safe Crossings. The urgent need of having railroad crossings in this city made safer was pointed out at the meeting. The association condemns the North Twelfth street Pennsylvania crossing as unsafe, citing its records. It recommends that either an overhead crossing be constructed or a viaduct built, either of which would remove the danger now attendant to travel at this crossing. The West Fifth street crossing likewise, is condemned as a dangerous one. The association believes that either a viaduct or an overhead crossing should be constructed without delay. The committee appointed to assume charge of the work will confer with the city officials relative to the two propositions. . So that the beauty of the trees on the National Road from West Fifth street to the west corporate limits, and particularly in front of Earlham campus, will not be marred by the wire companies, either now or in the future, the association considered two propositions at the meeting. One was that the wires be placed under ground. The other was that they be run either on an alley or a street parallel to the National road on the north. The city officials will be asked to approve one of these propositions. Is a Timely Topic. The matter is particularly timely just now, because of the intent of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company. It has had to re-locate its tracks and its pole lines, and, according to reports which the association members have received, the corporation has evolved upon the scheme to erect the pole line so close to the trees that they may either have to be topped or trimmed and their beauty greatly marred. The Earlham college authorities are protesting most strongly against the high tension wires being strung in close proximity to the trees on the south of the road, and the association has authorized the civic beauty committee to act in conjunction with the college officials. The city will be asked to acquire the west river bank of the Whitewater river, located to the south of the Main street bridge, in order that this may be made a part of the city park system. Routine business matters, including a demand that the city eliminate the mudhole at First and Main streets, under the C. & O. railroad bridge, were considered. WAS FOUND GUILTY Julius Youngblood, who was arraigned yesterday morning in police court and whose case was postponed until this morning, was found guilty of the charge of public intoxication and fined $5 and costs. Youngblood declared that he was not drunk and was only tired. He said he was crippled. Patrolmen Bundy and Hebble testified that they arrested the man and that they found him lying in the gutter at Tenth and North D streets. SIMMONS ESTATE In the matter of the estate of the late Harry I. Simmons, the merchant tailor, Henry T. Burns, the administrator of the estate, has filed Inal settlement report with Judge Fox showing that the total assets were $3950.28 and after debts were paid $2884.07 was distributed among the netra.

QUASH WRITS TIE PACKERS

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Judge Kohlsaat Today Fires Bomb into Camp of Beef Barons, and Brings Joy to U. S. Attorneys. GOVERNMENT IS TO. DEMAND TRIAL NOW This Action Will Be Strenuously Fought, and an Appeal Will Be Taken to U.S. Supreme Court. (National News Association CHICAGO. Nov. 18 Judge Kohlsaat today quashed writs of habeas corpus, issued earlier in the week in favor of the nine millionaire beef packers under indictment for alleged criminal violations of the Sherman anti-trust law. They must now stand trail. The decision of Judge Kohlsaat is a greater victory for the government. The writs of the court were the last hope of the packers to escape trial In the United States district court on the indictment. District Attorney Wilkerson will demand, in view of the decision of Judge Kohlsaat, that the trial of I the packers go on. This will be fought strenuously by attorneys for the pack-i ers, who will appeal from Judge Kohl-! saat's decision to the supreme court. Hold Act Is Invalid. The contention of the packers attorneys is that the statute of the Sher-' man act relative to criminal prosecution is unconstitutional. The decision of Judge Kohlsaat came as a great surprise to the Indicted packers and their attorneys. All of the packers, with the exception of J. Ogden Armour, who returned from Europe today, and who is not involved in the habeas corpus proceedings, were in court. The joy in the camp of the government's attorneys was great They had been caught unawares by a shrewd legal move of the packers' attorneys, made almost on the day set for a trial that will be historic District Attorney Wilkerson was jubilant, "It means that the proceedings are a nullity and that the indicted packers must go to trial on Monday, the day originally set for the trial." A BLASTED ROMANCE Told by Boy Who Papa Had! Disowned. (National News Association) CHICAGO. Nov. IS. How a college1' romance was blasted after the juvenile hero of an elopement had been given $10,000 and sent west by his irate father, was told to the Chicago police today by Walter Thompson, Jr., 17 years old, former student at Cornell univercity and the Bon of a Pittsburg, Pa, business man. Thompson is wanted at Spokane, Wash., on a charge of forgery and passing worthless checks. j "My father disowned me wnen I married against bis wishes two years ago ! while attending Cornell university." j said Thompson. "He gave me $10,000 j to leave the east and with my wife I j went to the west where I made a small payment, on a farm and purchased a 54,000 automobile. We quickly spent the rest of the money." LOCAL POSTAL BANK IS SLOWLY GROWING "Our business isn't startling, but we are doing fully as much as we hoped to do before the bank opened," was the statement made by Assistant Postmaster Henry Deuker, when questioned regarding the success of the local postal savings bank. The bank has increased its business quite a little since the opening a little over a month ago, and the prospects now seem to show that it will continue to expand. Nearly fifty depositors have established . accounts already, bat as expected, the foreign immigrants are slow to realize the advantages offered by the government-owned institution. Orders have just been received from the postmaster general, instructing the local authorities to place the bank's funds in Richmond banks. This order was expected at the opening of the bank, but was delayed at headquarters. After this the money taken in at the post office will be put into circulation again by being deposited in the national banks. RATOFF REPORTS Walter Ratliff, administrator of th estate of the , late Katie Kelley with the will annexed, has filed final report of settlement, showing that though, the assets of the estate were $1394, the liabilities were In excess in. the sum of $286.69, which deficit was mads up by the heirs.