Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 24, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LI —NO. BEATTIE TAKES LEAVE OF FAMILY| Cabled Paragraohs |Asked tg Bive Father, Brother, Sister and Two Aunts Visit| Doomed Man A PATHETIC PARTI Prisoner Weeps Bitterly on Father’s Breast—Execution in Death Cell NG WITH FATHER Set For This Morring Shortly After 7 o’clock— Beattie’s Pastor Hopes For a Confession, if He is Guilty—Murderer Faces Hereafter With Confidence. Richmond, Va., Nov. 23.—After tak- ing a pathetic leave of his immedi- ate family, Henry Clay Beattie, made ready tonight for eternity. To morrow before the sun is an hour high he will have paid the penalty demand- ed by the law for the murder of his voung wife last July. There is ab- solutely nothing to indicate that Gov- ernor Mann will act to stay the hand of justice and the chief executive is the only one who can lengthen the &pan of life of the condemned man. A Pathetic Parting. For a few brief moments today Be- attie broke down and it was feared his remarkable nerve and stoicism were about to desert him. This was when he took leave of his father and broth- er Douglas. When the time for part- | fng came, the son laid his head on his father’s breast and sobbed convul- sively. One arm was ‘flung across his father’s shoulders and the other hand zripped that of his brother. Father Displays Fortitude. But he recovered quickly. The fort- itude of the elder Beattie had more to do with this recovery than the sooth- ing offices of Rev. Benjamin Dennis, who has labored with the doomed pris- oner. With Spartan self-control, the father kept his emotions in check, al- though the tears raced down his cheeks and his lips twitched. No words were spoken, but the young wife murderer must have felt the stern repression of his father, for he strangled his sobs and straightened up. ~N The Final “Good-Bye” Said. “Good-bye,” he said, and turned away. Neither father mnor brother trusted himself to reply, but made | their way from the pdinitentiary. ‘When they enter it again it will be to claim the body of the young man. Visted by Sister and Aunts. Hazel, the 18 years old sister of the prisoner, and his two aunts drove to the state prison in a closed carriage in the middle of the afternoon. They were in tine death chamber a trifle | more than an hour, When they emerg- | ed Hazel was on the verge of col- Japse and all three were violently agi- tated and the eves of each were red | and puffed from weeping. Crowd Expected Beulah Binford. Their entrance and departure were obgerved by a morhid crowd of sev- eral hundred persons who had math- ered to witness the rumored visit of Reulah Binford to the prison. The report proved to be untrue, for the | girl whose power over young Beattie is sald to have driven him to kill his wife, was found to be in New York. Pastor Hopes for a Confession. Only one minister labored with Be- | God. he Rev. Mr. Dennis. “Rev. the young man’s former pastor, w o worn out by his labors and the emotional strain he has under- gone that he did not put in an appear- attie today, John J. {ance. He is saving all energies for tomdrrow’s dawn, when he fully ex- pects the condemned man will con- fess, provided he is guilty. Beattie Declares He Is Innocent. The day was spent by the young | man in prayer, save for the time spent !in the farewells of his family. Beattie is said to have declared his entire conversion and that he has no doubt that his peace has been made with He told his spiritual advisers that he faced the hereafter with su- preme confidence, Shows Remarkable Nerve. The sustained nerve of the condemn- ed man is the wonderment and admi ration of his guards. After the thetic partings with members of his family, in which he broke down com- pletely, he manifested such a quick and Complete return to his ordinary placid demeanor that it occasioned the utmost astonishment. The death watch had looked forward to a harrowing night. When, under the rules of the prison, lights were ordered out at § o'clock Beattie showed evidence of preparation to spend a quiet and reat- ful time before he is summoned to the | death chair. Body Must Be Promptly Moved. The prison authorities will insist up- on the family removing the body with- in a few hours after it is laid out in the mortuary room, which adjoins the | death chamber. It was at first be- lieved that the body might be embalm- in the penitentiary until could be completed for this belief soon was ed and kept arrangements the funeral, but dispelled. May Be Buried Next His Wife. While the funeral plans if any have been actually made, have not yet been announced, it is generally understood that Beattie will rest in the €amily lot in Maury cemete South Richmond, only a pace or two from the grave of his wife. The burial probably will be early In the morning or by the waver- ing light of lanterns to escape the morbid crowd that Is certain to gather at the grave. Execution Shortly After 7. Beattie will be taken from the death watch shortly after seven o'clock to- morrow morning. The warden of the penitentiary, according to the law, will read to him the warrant ordering his death. Within a few moments aft- er that solemn observance Beattie will have paid with his life for the murder of his wife. \ e e eeeei— GIRLS SHOT LOW BY ADVICE OF CLERK HUSBAND FELL IN LOVE WITH CASHIER Is What Saved Stokes’ Life, Declares the Prosecutor. This New York, Nov. 23.—HEthel Conrad and Lillian Graham would probably have killed W. E. D. Stokes, if they had not aimed low to allow for their revolver’s “jumping” when they shot the sportsman in the legs last June, it was alleged today by State Attorney Buckner when two show girls were placed on trial on indictments charg- ing them with baving attempted to take Stokes’ life. In opening for the prosecution Mr. Buckner told the jury that the clerk from whom the girls bought their re- volvers advised them to point the muzzles two feet below the object that they wanted to shoot, “as being amateurs, their revolvers were sure to jump up.” “The fact that Stokes is alive today is due wholly to the advice of this clerk,” declared the attorney. Counsel for the defense in the ques- tions put to talesmen while the jury was being picked indicated that the girls’ plea would be self defense, The motive for the shooting, as al- leged by the prosecution, was revenge for refusal by Stokes to sign a check for $25,000 which the Conrad girl is alleged to have demanded after she #ad Xnduced him to come to her apart- ment to zet eighteen leiters Stokes wrote to the Graham girl, These let- ters, Buckner sald, the Graham girl had threatened to send to Mrs. Stokes i unless she got $500. Court adjourned until tomorrow on the conclusion of the prosecutor's ad- dress. The jury was obtained with comparatively little difficulty. | NO VIOLATION OF THE SUNDAY LAW. Jury Finds Steeplechase Isiand Pro- prietor Not Guilty. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 23.—Not guilty was the verdict returned late tcday by a jury in the common pleas court before which the appealed case of Captain Paul Boynton of Steegle- chase Island, who was convicted and fined $5 in a lower court for violating the Sunday law. The jury was out four hours and twice came in to say that they could not reach a verdict, but each time was sent back by the court. The last time they came in the judge cuoted from a superior court judge's statement that the minority of a jury ought to have some consideration for the majority, and in ten minutes the verdlct was rendered. The finding is expected to have a marked effect on Sunday sports in this city. SERTIONS CREASES ONE-HALF. Last Year Made the Second Best Ree- ord in LQ“ 90 Years. ‘Washington, N'IM‘. H.—The extraor- dinary decrease of sertions from the army two years is attributed C. Ain-'nfl-h. army, in lic w. to which m the desertion There were 2,439 desertions the fiscal year, or 2.28 per cent. of the cn.. Tisted ltl'm.(h of the army during the This is the l.'e.t rlte for 90 —awt of NUMBER OF Mrs. O'Shaughnessy Tells Story of Her Trials on Vzitness Stand. New York, —Mrs. Frances O’Shaughness on trial on the charge of murde; her husband, testified in George, “to save his soul,” She harked her own behalf today, back to her girlhood and then related her courtship. Aft- er her marriage to O'Shaughnessy in April, 1910, she said he worked in a department store and she as a domes- tic to help save money to enable them to go to housekeeping. Her husband, she continued, soon became infatuated with the girl cashier at the department store. A bundie of notes which Mrs. O’Shaughnessy saiG she found under her husband’s pillow was handed to the ju The notes were from Tes- sle Hayes, the other woman, she said, and in them the writer called George ‘ndearing names and signed herself, “Yours until death.” Mrs. O’Shaugh- nessy read them all, she said, before she prayed for guidance. Some of them she burned; the others were be- fore the jury. Mrs. O’Shaughnessy was still felling her story when time for adjournment came. She will re- sume tomorrow. Dr. E_ S. Bishop of Bellevue hospital, O’Saughnessy soon testified attended Jrs. re she became a mother, befc to conversations he had with her while | she as under his care. he said that for a short time be- Dr. Bishop | fore killing her husband,” | testified, “she debated whether she ought to commit suicide and leave him free to go on his way. Then she | she thought that to kill her- self would be double murder on ac- count of her expected baby. Then she decided that by killing her husband &he would keep him from vielating the Seventh commandment and thereby save him from everlasting purgatory.” vould vou regard her actions as rational or irrational?” asked her Jaw- ver. “Rational,” was the apparently um- expected response. explaine MAINE SHERIFF AND | he mistook her | was soon released by | TO DIE IN THE ELECTRIC Rome, Nov. 23. ——-Cfl!dlnlll Designate Farley and Falconio arrived here this morning. Tokio, Nov, 23.—The report ilha. a secret unders ding “has been reach- ed between Russia and Japan for the dismemberment of China is empha’- ically denied here. San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragva, Nov.| 23.—The rate of exchange rose mdny to 20 to 1, making 20 Nicaraguan lars equal to one dollar of l'n!ted States currency Danzig, Germany, Nov. 28.—The arm- ored cruiser Moltke, a sister ship of the Von Der Tann, is said to ha -2 at- tained a speed of 30 knots an over the measured mile here today Berlin, Nov. 23.—A general strike of | the Berlin cloak and suit makers and workers in the children’s clothing trade occurred today. The strikers de- mand from 10 to 15 per cent. increase in wages. o oF 2 el Lisbon, Portugal, via Fronlier, Nov. 23.—It is understood that Holland has offered $5,000,000 for the purchasz of ; the Portuguese part of the isiand of Timor, in the Malay archipelago, now divided btween Holland and Portugal. | | London, Nov. 23.—The belief prevails | in political circles that Sir Edward Grey, secretary for foreign affairs, will retire from the cabinet after his eag- | erly awaited exposition on foreign rela- tions on November 27 in the bouu of commons, and that James Bryce, bassador ‘to the United States, wi!l | succeed him. i Paris, Nov. 23.—Madame Lina Cav- alierri, the grand opera singer, and Robert Winthrop Chanler were sum- moned today before Judge Monier of the civil tribunal of the Seine for the purpose of atempting to bring about a reconciliation. This is a formality in divorce proceedings required by the French legal code before the final hearing. TRAIN PLUNGES THROUGH A BRIDGE. Thirty Passengers Drowned in Rail- road Catastrophe in France. Saumur, France, Nov. 24—A pas- senger train plunged through a bridge on the state railway at Montreuil-Bel- lay today and sank in the Thouet riv- er. ILatest estimates place the num ber of victims at thirty. Owing to the | floods it is impossible to rescue pis- sengers who succeeded in climbiag through the windows before the cars went to the bottom and clung to the roof of the cars throughout the day, while hundreds of people lined the shores, unable to go to their assist- ance. At nightfall however, a tachment of military engineers arriv- | ed with pontoons and they succeeded in taking off eleven persons who had been clinging to the wreckage over which a torrent swept. In addition to these the conductor was saved, and the engineer, whr caught hold of a pig carried along by the flood, was towed ashore by th: animal. The grand Maison local deputy says that he called attention to the weak nesg of the bridge vears ago, but the administration contends that the bridge had been tested recently and found to be quite sound. The break is atributed solely to the floods and the undermining of the pier, it is sald, could not be foreseen. NEW WORLD’S RECORD FOR COAL LOADING. 7,000 Tons of Coal and 600 Tons of Freight Loaded in 4 Hours, 55 Minutes. Baltimore, Nov. 22.—The world’s rec- ord for coal loading was broken here today by the colller Newton, Captain Arthur Abbott, of the New England Coal and Coke company of Massachu- setts. Seven thousand tons of coa: and six hundred tons of extra freight were loaded, the cargo was trimmed and the vessel was made ready for sailing in four hours and 55 minutes. The former record was made by the cellier Melrose of the same company, which loaded a cargo of 7,200 tons in five hours and 30 minutes. The Newton left Boston on her malden trip at 5 p. m. Monday and arrived at Curtis Bay shortly before §a. m. today. At 8.15 the crew startec to Joad the vessel, and at 1.10 p. m. she was ready to start for Everet:, Mass. She will not sail, however, until tonight or tomofrow morning. GOLDEN FOUND NOT GUILTY BY A JURY Shoe Merchant Claimed He Misteok Wife for a Burglar. Pitisburgh, Pa., Nov, 23.—After 30 minutes’ deliberation, the jury in the case of George Golden, the weailthy shoe merchant of Wickboro, Pa., re- turned a verdict tonight of not guilty. Golden shot and killed his wife on the night of July 18, last. He averred for a burglar. The prosecution alleged it was deliberate murder. After being exonerated by the coroner, Golden was arrested on complaint of his brother-in-law, but the court of rmstrong county on a writ of habeas orpus. Finally, to set at rest suspi- cion. Geolden had himself Indicted for murder and securing a change of ve- nue, went to trial hers last Monday. ! i H | | CHAIR IN JANUARY. | Colored Man Who Murdered a Station Agent is Sentenced. White Plains, N. Y., Nov. 23.7-Georgu‘ Williams, the colored man who was| convicted on Tuesday of murdering| Station Agent Charles Conklin at Cro- | HIS DEPUTY MISSING. Left Ellsworth to Go Into Woods in Search of Robbers. Ellsworth, Me., Nov. 23.—High Sher- iff John E. Webster of Hancock coun- ty and Edward Finn, a deputy, are missing. They went into the woods Vvesterday morning to search for men suspected of robbing the cottage of John Thornton of Bangor, at the h of Green lake, and have not returned. Searchers who looked for traces of the men today think that Sheriff Webster and his companion attempted to take their prisoners across the upper end of the lake in a boat and were swamp- ed in the gale that was blowing. Beeks Guilty in Second Degree. Boston, Nov. 23.—James Beeks of Atlanta, Ga., a colored mess ai d- ant on the battleship Nebraska, was found guilty of murder in the second degree tonight for the shooting of an- other colored mess attendant, Alex- ander Allen of Brooklyn, ¥ Smallpox Epidemic in Vermont Burlington, Vt, Nov. 23.—Several hundred cases of smallpox have been diecovered in Caledonia and Washing- ton counties. Up to tmhy no deaths from the disease had here. In the town of Groennbm alone there have been 75 cases. ton Lake last April, when Conklin fought a gang of burglare in an effort, to save the railroad company's cish, was sentenced today by Supreme Court Justice Tompkins to be executed -at Sing Sing prison during the week Lc- ginning January 8, ' ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER +HAS BIG BANK ACCOUNT. Bankbooks of Feeble Old Lady Show Deposits of $10,000. Boston, Nov. 23.—In the possession i of an aged and feeble woman, who wuas | taken to headquarters today on a shoplifting charge, the police were surprised to find nearly and coins, three diamond locke en shirtwaists and eight bankbcol showing deposits in Newport, Pr./i- dence and Fall River banks of 310,000, The woman sald she was Mrs. Cathor- ine McCann of Fall River. Municipal School fer Detectives. ; ’ul! __PRICE__TWO CENTS ] i Week’s Salary TRIBUTE LEVIED ON SALARIED UNION OFFICIALS. FOR THE M NAHAR DEFENCE Action Voted by American Federation | of Labor—Will Incre. Fund by $60,000, Making It Total $300,000. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23.—By a vote of 196 to 7 today the convention of the | American Federation of Labor request- cd all salaried officers of the federation and afiliated unions to give one week's pay to the McNamara defense fund. Will Add $60,000 to Fund. President Gompers estimates that about $60,000 will thus be added to the flénd.“'h)ch is now reported to be $240,- 0co. Endorse Socialist Candidate. Another action aimed to help the McNamaras was the adoption of a resolution framed by President Gom- pvers himself endorsing the candidacy of Job Harriman, the socialist candi- date for mayor of-Los Angeles, and calling upon wage workers all over| the country to give such moral and | financial support to Harriman's cam- paign as les within their power, Gomrers Attacks Justice Wright. News of Justice Wright's decision in Washington today reached the conven- | tion as a resolution characterizing the Gompers-Mitchell-Morrison contempt | proceedings as “‘persecution” were be- ing read. Mr. Gompers thereupon ex- plained the status of the case to the delegales and attacked Justice Wright. | He said Justice Wright would not ren- | der “a just and impartial decision” in any organized labor case. Mitchell Ready to Serve Sentence. Vice President John Mitchel, one of the - defendants, told the convention that he was opposed to the federation spending any more money in defending him in this case. “If the vindictive- ness of Justice Wright cannot be es- caped,” he said, “I want to serve my sentence and get it over with. Voted to Defend Leaders. Despite this declaration, the conven- tien voted to continue the defense of the three leaders. Practically all of Mr. Gompers’ recommendations in his annual report were endorsed. WILL TRY GOMPERS AGAIN. Court . Says Contempt Can’t Ef- faced by Statute of Limitatiens. ‘Washington, Nov. 23.—Samuel Gom- pers, John Mitchell and Frank Morri- son, the labor leaders, must stand trial again in the supreme court of the Dis- trict of Columbia on the charges of contempt rising from the Bucks Stove and Range case. Justice Wright today hended down a decision overruling the n:otion of the labor leaders for a dis- missal. of the proc: under the stainte of limitations. e court held that contempt of gourt is not classed as criminal, and censeqguently not sub- ject to the bar of the statute of limi- tations. BRIDE OF 15 WANTS A DIVORCE FROM BOY GROOM. Met During Easter Seassn and Wers Married in Haste. Elyria, Ohio, Nov. 23.—Having been wedded in April to 17 years old Noyes Rand Dawley, 15 years old Lillian Huntington Dawley, in November wants a divorce. Today her attorney filed a petition in the common pleaas court. In April Miss Huntington was in a fashionable girls’ school at New York and her mother, wife of Commodore W. R. Huntington of the Sandusky Yacht club, took her for the Easter holidays to Asheville, N. C. At Ashe- ville was young Dawley with his mother. They had come to Parkers- burg, W. Va., where the senior Daw- ley is a wealthy banker. The mothers were friends. The young people, too, had known each other. Soon they de- cided on matrimony and found an| Asheville preacher who married thme. | It is said the young couple have been | kept separated as much as possible be- | cause of their youth. What grounds | for divorce were advanced could not| be ascertained, because the attorn was permitted to withdray the papers | the court files. ung Mrs. Dawley is a triple heir- lthreo estates contributing te her th. ——— URY STILL OUT IN THE “TAR PARTY"” CASE. Judge Announced Intention te Keep Jurers Out All Night. Lincoln Center, Mass., 24.—No | verdict had been reached at midnight by the jury which Is considering the | “tar party” case, and the jurors evi- dently intended to work all night Shortly before midnight Judge Grov- er called the jury to the court room | and asked if any progress was being made. “We are making headway, but there is no immediate prospects of the ver- dict,” replied Foreman Dilion, The judge ordered the bailiff to give them a recess of a few hours and then return them to thelr room. “I Intend to keep them out the rest g! the night, If necessary,” sald Judge irover. FORT NEAR NANKING TAKEN BY REBELS. Proclamatien to '. lssued Asking for Recognition of Republic. San Francisco, Nov. 23.—The revo- litionary troops captured one of the ferts on Chung Shan Hill, near Nan- king, after several houre' desperate fighting, according to a cable received oday from S | be issued shortly asking all nations to 1ecognize the republic, according to a Shanghal despatch received today by the Chinese daily paper. Methods of Foed Adulterations. adopted posed. an tr~oa and drugs canal, connecting ver Oder, will be | HL Condensed Telegrams No More Job Selling Among Railway mail clerks is Lo be tolerated, A Revolution is Reported to ‘Have bLroken out in Paraguay. A Chicago Merchant Wants to Buy 5,000,000 three-cent stamps, Wood Alcohol Has Caused the Death of two men and the illness of another in the town of Hudson, Me. Congressman John Hall Stephens of Vernon, Tex., was married to Mrs, Lisette Keenan of Washington The American Federation of Labor will make no dir appropriation for the defense of the McNamaras. Sarah Bernhardt. Indignantly Denies the report that she is about to marry Lou Tellegen, a 26 year old actor. Dr. William G. Erving, surgeom of the Yale Peruvian expedition ,is back after an absence of seven months, The Navy Department Assigned (he name Niagara to the submarine tender authorized by congress at the last ges- sion. A Quarterly idend of $6 | share was declared by the directors of the Calumet & Hecla Mining com- pany, The WestWard Ho Golf Club House at Chicago was desroyed by fire early vesterday morning. It was valued at $15,000. The Calfornia Cangpaign for the nomination of Robert M. LaFollette for president will be launced at San Inancisco Saturdey afternoon, A Steamship Line Between St. John, N. B. and Melbourne, Auckland, > Z., Sydney, Australia, and Pundein, will be established December 5. Beulah Binford Is New York and has no intention of visiting Richmond for the Beattie funeral according to a statement made. by her employers. Mrs. John Pardee of Farmington. Conn., was hit on the head and ren- dered unconscious in her home yester- day and the house ransacked by threo men. The Names of 5945 Women have been placed on the voting list at Low- ell, Mass., during the past week in ccnsequence of the candidacy of a woman for the school board. Fred W. Noyes, 50, one of the most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity in New Hampshire, died at his home in Gorham, N. H., yesterday after a long illness with pleurisy. Crown Prince Gustave Adolph of Sweden, the son-in-law of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, was ‘op- crated- on yesterday for appendicitis, His conlition is quite satisfactory. of the News Has Been Received death at St. Augustine, Fla., of Frank P. Wood, president of the Wood & Ewer company, one of the largest dry goods establishments in Bangor, Me. Eugene Tompkin s of Greenwich Conn., died vesterday as he was lenz taken to a local hospital, from interns injuries received in an automobile ac- cident as he was returning home from work. The Records of the State Dental commission 'show that 200 or more rubber ylates and probably some m>tal I'ates deposited in the stale capi*ol vaults, prior to November, 1906, have been stolen. That the Indian is Favored More Lighly in the United States than the negro is the complaint made by Presl- dent Thirikeld of Howard university ir. his annual report to the secretary of the interior. Robert R. Reed of New York sug- gested to the senate committee on in- terstate commerce that the remedy for the trust evil lies in forcing corpora- ticns to remove objectionable features from their charter: Fellowing a Meeting of Striking boilermakers and helpers of the Am- erican Locomotive company yesterday, hundreds of the men, who have been out for nearly a month, returned to work at Schenectady, N, Y It Was Officially Announced las: night at the herse show that arrange- ments have besn made for the Dropos- ed permanent home for the horse show at New York, in a new exhibltion huilding to be erected farther up- town. it Took the Express Company a Year investigate a repo «fter the non-det age sent to Richmond, Va,, Elmendorff of the Century pany told the interstate vesterday, 80 Robert com- commisslon Homing Pigeens Brought Into the T'nited States from Canada to be re- leased for the purpose of flying back | to the Dominion are officially known in this country as “poultry,” and, unless imported under bond, are MNable to a duty of five cents per pound. Paragon Park, at Nantasket beach an amusement resort, was threatened with destruction by fire yvesterday, but the fire department confined the flames to the corner of the park near the main entrance and to bulldings just outside the park. The loss is about $12,000. Edwin H. Hanceok Was Found Guilty of manslaughter and Charles W. H, Day was acquitted of that | charge by a Jury at Taunton, Mass. Yesterday. Both men were occupants of an automobile which ran down and killed Miss Lottie Thomas and George Hunt in Attleboro on Aprfl 19. Witnesses for the Prosecution in the Lo3 Angeles Times Aynamitirz case have Leen threatened with deanth alrer having withstood rencated efforts of agei:s of the defenss to hrihe them, delared Willlam J. Ifurnse, the detec. tive, in ar. address yesterday before the sinte secretaries” se:tica of the A~ erican Fznkers' associatlon at Now Orieans. Merritt Replies to Rockefeller. ‘Washington, Nov. 23, ritt late tonight answered Rockefeller. He sald that the paper mentioned by Rockefeller was volun- house steel by the Merritt brothers and several months afterwards left thers penni- Pope Enthuses Over America. Rome, Nov. 23.—"Tt is a great sat- isfaction to have to do with such an appreclative country as America,” ex- claimed the pope today, .showing to vatican officials a large package of filalmvslw and messages from Unlta es, expreasing mfl an. the warmest the m Lot Queer Tale of Mrs. Patterson HUSBAND WAS ALWAYS HUNGRY FOR MONEY. HER CARED NOT HOW SHE GOT IT On Divers Occasions Suggested That She Debase Woman on Trial for Murder, Herself—Testimony of 23 —Gerwude ged with the nd, Charles A nd today in her n the story of he objection of the her story | Denver, Col, Nov. | Gibson Patterson, « murder of her hust Patterson, 100k the own defense and her married life. state to the introduction of was overruled, Incessant Demands for Money. Mrs Patterson slipped quietly into » witness seat and in a low, distinct : began her story. She told of her arriage to Patterson at Carmel-by Sea, Cal, mber, 1908, after months' acquaintance, and of 'n to Chicago soon afterwards, mber, she said, Patterson be make incessant demands for which she was unable to give by to ey A Vile Proposition. he sald to meX% the ju “‘I know how to "o neither us_will have to work. You (g.. down to George's place (a Chicago resort). An attractive girl like you can get lots of money. I don’t care what You do, so long as I am in on i’ Her First Beating. “Some time terwards,” Mrs. Pat- terson went on, “Mr, Patterson came me and asked me to make & Propo ion to Emil W. Strouss, of whose friendship for me he knew. IHe said “You tell Strouss to rent an ap nt and live with you as his wife and kave me live under the same roof and enjoy the same privileges. 1 ordered him from the flat and he gave me my first beating, from which T was im bed for two d 7 Strouss Asked Her to Go to Eurepe. she told fix | “One day it Then Mrs, Patterson told the jury how she met Strouss casually In a street and told him of her domestic unhappiness. “He said he pitied me," Patterson continued, “and that he % koing to Iurope and wished he me with him. 1 told Mr and he sald: ‘“Tell Strouss take you to Europe with him if . gives me $1,500 And when I re- fused he flew at me and called me a vile name.” Strouss Willing to Pay $1,500. In this encounter with her husband Mrs, Patterson said, he tried to throw her into a grate fire and beat her. Af ter this experienc Mrs. Patterson sald, she again saw Strouss and told him what had happened and he agreed to give Patterson the $1,500 and take her to Europe with him, provided Pat- terson would give him a written state | ment freeing him of blame Refused to Give Strouss Statement. ‘I telephoned my husband,” Mrs tterson continued, “and agreed (o meet h imat the bank, where I gave Fim the $1,600, which he deposited 1o kis credit.” When she asked Pattoerson for the statement that Strouss wanted. she sald, he called Strouss & name &nd refused to give it to her. Wanted Her te Come Back. Mrs, Patterson next described how Patterson took her to the train when she was to leave for her trip abroad with Strduss. She sald she met Strouss on board the steamer in New York. On reaching Paris, she said, she found a letter from her husband. “I have come to the conclusion t intend to come back to me, “and 1t you don't re- the letter read, turn at once I'll follow you and kill you.” Came Back With $5,000. “I showed the letter to Strouss,” said Mrs. Patterson, “and he gave me §5,000 and sent me back on the next steamer, 1 have never seen him since.”” On her return to Chicago, she sald, Patterson met her at the train. He asked her how much money she had brought back. When she told him she had brought none, and asked him what he had done with the $1,500 he flew into a rage, she sald, and beat her. Wanted Her to Sell Aute, Mrs. Patterson went on to tell of ouarrels and beatings which arose from her refusal to sell her electric auto- lnhhlle and give the money to Patter son. 0o two of these, she said, there W witness, & Mrs, Campbell, who lived near the Patterson home. Mrw Campbell, it ix sald, 18 here to testify. Mrs. Pattersor’s narrative was inter- rupted by adjournment of court far the day. Before Mrs, Patterson took the stand her counsel sald that the de fense would show that Mrs. Patterson fired the shots which kiflled her hus band after he had knocked her down and kicked her, and that she shot while she was on her knees, sWwuggling to regaln her feet. Saw Bruises on Woman's Cheek. The state rested its case early this afternoon. One witness called by the state, Police Surgeon Mudd, testified he saw a brulse on Mrs. Patterson's cheek immediately after the shooting, and that she told him it was caused by a blow by her husband. MRS, VERMILYA ABLE TO ATTEND INQUEST. Has Been Confined in Jail Hespital Since Atumptlng Suicide. Chicago, Nov. 23.—Dr. Thomas Ho- gan, county jall physician, announced today that Mrs. Louls Vermilya charged with having murdered Police- man Arthur Bissonetts, will be sble to attend the inquest into Bissonette's death next Monday. After an alleged attempt to kill hg=- self, Mrs. Viermilya was connm the jail hospital, where she has gtven medical treatment. e S iy OBITUARY. Marquis Jutare Kemura, Tokio, v. 24.—Marquis Jutaro Ko- mupra, ex-minister of foreign affairs and privy councillor, died this morning. Judge Richard R. Hepburn. Milford, Cenn., Now., 28.—Richard R. Hepburn, for many years town clerx and judge of probate for the towr of ‘Milford, died at Iis home here tonight, He was 64 years old and .em.ex h's widow and one dwughter. cht. Charles E, Hay. N. Y. Nov. 23.—Captain Clu.rlu B & ‘w_24th in: “barracks, ears .Il. Ho was born in Springfield, 11 “nd wes & of the late Secre- tary of Stale John Hay. He was edu- cated at Yals Law school und was ap- pointed secon taln Hay merved in the wu&boulvu start