Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
PROSECUTION EMBARRASSED
SEVERAL OF PRINCIPAL WITNEs-
sEs HAVE DISAPPEARED AND
CANNOT BE FOUND
The COURT ROOM IS JAMMED
MEN AND WOMEN FIGHT FOR
CHANCE TO HEAR TRIAL OF
ACCUSED MURDEREss

Denver, Colo, Nov. 2S.-A decided
reversal of attitude on the part OF
one witness and the absence of two
others seriously hampered the prose
cution today in the Patterson murder
case.
Louis Schram, a gardener employ
ed at the Hendrie home before which
the shooting occurred, and whom the
state expected to show conversa-
tion between Mrs. Patterson and her
husband just before the shots were
fired, is in Chicago, out OF tho juris-
diction of the court. it was anuounc-
ed. and Norah Brown, maid in the
Hendrie home at the time of the
shooting and who, the state expect
ed, would tell of Mrs. Patterson's
statements after she had shot Pat
terson, has not yet been found by the
sheriff's deputies. The absence of
these two witnesses, it was appar-
ent, seriously disarranged the plans
of Special Prosecutor Benson, who
asked for recess when these witness
ses failed to respond to their rames
shortly before the usual time for the
noon recess.
DR.. w. G.. Mudd. called today as |
state witness in the trial Of Mrs. Ger
trude Patterson of, the alleged nur-
der of her husband, Charles A. Pat
terson, proved to have testimony of
value to the defense. Attorney Ben
son, Of the prosecution, declared that
the physicians testimony came as a
surprise to him.
DR.. Mudd rode in the ambulance
with Mrs. Patterson when she was
taken to the jail, after the shooting.
He bore out the claim of defendant
that Patterson struck her by stating
that there was blush looking spot
on Mrs. Patterson's cheek which the
prisoner indicate.i TO him in the
course of their ride TO the lookup as
the spot where her husband had
struck her. Witness testified further
as to the conversation between him
self and Mrs. Patterson that the lat
Ter at first had told him she lid not
know who had fired the shot which
killed her husband but later she said
that. after her husband had knocked
her down, he handed her The pistol
saying Nov, damu you, kill your
SELF"
The crowd which flocked to the
court house today was the largest oi
trial, and the fight for seats resulted
in much disorder, in the midst o.
which one woman was injured, bu
not seriously. Women wed with mer
in fighting to gain entrance to thu
court room before the seats were fill
ed. the stampede being attended b.
much pulling and jostling about ant
the striking of so many blows tina
the bailiffs had to use strenuou
measures to prevent free-for-al
fight. DR.. Stephen D. Parsons, wa
placed on the stand as the next Wi
ness. His testimony concerned il
self with newspaper clipping whic
he said he found near Patterson
body after the shooting and which
stated he turned over to Police Sc
eeant Mcintyre. The latter. who TO
lowed DIR. Parsons in the witnes
chair, confirmed the doctors stat
ment, but he was turned over to tn
defense for cross-examination wit
out tn clipping being read to tt
jury The item is said to relate
the alienation suit which it is sa
sj Patterson purposed filing against
Chicago millionaire. The police Sc
geant testified that when he fir
asked Mrs. Patterson who did Il
declared that Patterson did it hil
self. Later he asked her how maj
shots she fired, she replied that 81
did not know.