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Show M SENSATIONAL SHOOTING H AROUSES TWO CITIES Hj Mrs. Gertrude Patterson Shoots H Man After He Fires Several H Shots at Her. H DENVER, Sept. 25. Resenting a H i blow from her husband, Charles, E. fl ' Patterson, .who, sho allcgeB, had ac- M 1 ensed her of misconduct, Mrs. Ger- M trudc Patterson today shot and Wiled flj ' him. The shooting occurred in front H of the E. P. Hondrle home at Onolda H and East Twelfth avenue, Aurora., B Spectators claim Mrs. Pattorson shot H .ifter her husband had fired several H times at her without effect. B Mrs. Patterson was named in an H alienation suit for $25,000, filed two H years ago against Emil Strouss, mil- M lionairc clothing manufacturer of Chi- H cago. In a divorce suit filed at the M same timo and later withdrawn, Pat- B tcrson charged that Strouss induced H Mrs. Patterson to leave him four H months after they -were married. Ho H further alleged that his wifo and H Strouss spent a summer together trav- H cling In Europe. B Patterson was formerly a stock bro- ker in Chicago and came to Denver seven months ago for his hoalth. CHICAGO, Sept. 25. Suits charging Emil Strouss with having alienated the affections of Mrs. Patterson and asldng $25,000 damages was filed here last Friday by Charles A. Patterson, who was shot "and killed by his wife in Denver today. According to the bill of complaint, the Pattersons wore marrle. at Cai-mcl-by-the-Sea, California, October 1, 190S Four mci'il s later Patter.-on alleged, his wife wc.it to Em ope with Strouss. They were In Paris some time, he averred Pattorson also alleged al-leged that his wife was with Strouss In SL Louis In May, 1910. Strouss is the president of a wholesale whole-sale clothing company and Is rated a millionaire When told that Mrs. Patterson had killed her husband, ho denied anv knowledge of , the affairs of the couple. |