Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-27

July.
Mrs G. A. Jones, who lived near the
Patterson bungalow, testified to over
hearing portions of quarrel between
Patterson and the defendant last Sep.
tember, nine days before the homicide.
Patterson's last words on this occa-
sion were g. you, I'll kill
you
Fred Farnum( who married Mrs
Patterson's sister, and Mrs. Leonora
Neff, who was neighbor of the Pat
terson's in 1910, testified that Patter.
son was in the habit of carrying a re-
| volver.
Victims Mother Present.
A slight, black-clad figure crept in
to the West Side court during the re-
cess and sank into chair opposite
that occupied by Mrs. Gertrude Pat
terson, slayer of her husband, Charles
A. Patterson.
The small, veiled figure in heavy
morning sat quite still, while the
whisper went about the reporters ta-
BILE: 1T is the mother of the dead
man."
! Then into the courtroom came the
wife who sent this woman's son into
the land from which no man returns.
and her eyes fell for the first time
upon the mother.
| 1t was moment when one would
expect even this e,notionless woman
of the delicate beauty and the remark
able nerve to show just faint sign
OF feeling, whether it was surprise or
shock or interest.
But Gertrude Gibson Patterson, who
had returned to the courtroom after a
brief recess taken for the purpose of
giving her nerves a rest, gave the
mother of the man she had murdered
4 a cold, calm look. Then she turned
away, then again she looked at the
little black-clad figure sitting opposite
her, silent protest and reminder OF
the one whose soul had been sent into
eternity on the morning of September
..l25. Several times Gertrude Patterson
looked calmly, coldly, but with nc
Iemotion whatever upon that figure
clad in black.
mrs. Patterson, Beside Mourning Par
ent, Laughs.
Then, while that other woman sa.
|. a figure of grief beside the table, sht
laughed in sheer amusement at ths
testimony of Mrs. Mary A. Campbell
the beligerent lady in the cleaning
; and dyeing business in Chicago.
It was picture of dramatic signifi
: canoe to those who could look heyon,
the mere surface of things, for it wa
: a study Of a mother come unexpected
= ly to vlndicate the name of her son
: sitting opposite the woman who ha
5 not only murdered him but who ha
besmirched his name with the fou
est slime that has ever stained th
annals Of the West Side court.
Il have not come to avenge m
son, said Mrs. Mary Patterson, he
II blle eyes, that have shed tears
y grief and deepest sorrow over To
death of her youngest son., lookin
:" straight before her. 81 had no intel
ton Of coming to Denver to atten
st the trial until learned how cruel
the memory of my, boy was bein
; stained with unspeakable accusation
nj 81 loved my boy when he was ally
and I never deserted him when I
NEEDED me. Now that he is lying
his tomb, sent there BY the woms
4 who is blackenihg his memory, l fe
that my love fdf him should extel
M what power it has even into Il
grave"
The mothers &ory will be used
rebuttal. Mrs. latterson came In
the courtroom d ring the afterno
and recess while Gertrude Gibson Patt,
=. son was In the lhatron's Quarte
'oh When the defendht returned to t
l.4v courtroom the md Ter, in court 1
90 the first time in Nr life, did not
ack Ia. +ho+ .o,,,. .,.v., :,
= sitting opposite he1
Had Not Bd Expelled.
acc Charles H. Pugf principal at |
mes school at sandova ILL.,, from VII
age Prosecutor Benson aked Mrs. Patt
was son II she had not ZEN expelled, '
placed on the stand I'D declared t
80 in the sixteen veal he had been
- 4- A IL
ord' the head OF the 50 nl attended
n Gertrude Gibson WI she was alb
art thirteen years Of he had ne
expelled anybody.