Harry Patterson, a waiter well known in…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

Harry Patterson, a waiter well known in this city, was shot dead in Las Cruces Tuesday morning last by a Chinese cook with whom he had had some trouble. Harry had slapped the cook, who left the house, borrowed a pistol, bought cartridges for it, loaded it, then visited the kitchen of the hotel. Harry saw him coming and remarked: “Well, Jo, have you returned to