Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-08-01
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 work.” A shot was the reply, and Harry fell dead with a bullet through his brain. The China- man walked down to a Chinese house, entered and locked the door. He was soon called for by Sheriff Barela and quietly surrendered. Some thief entered James Metcalf’s pas- ture Monday night last and stole a valuable pony, branded Z-P on left hip. Look out for him.