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Harry Patterson, a waiter well known in…

📅 1890newspaper📜 public-domainid: s_harry-patterson-a-waiter-well-known-in_dbb849📄 TEI

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Harry Pattersonperson

3 claims cited from this source

a.k.a. Harry

Joperson

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a.k.a. a Chinese cook, the cook, The Chinaman

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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

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