111 YEARS AGO IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

Editor’s note: Every day, The Denver Gazette reprints some of the best front pages of the Rocky Mountain News as pulled from its 100-plus-year archives.

It was a weird crime day on the front page of Sept. 27, 1911. The lead story tells us that Denverite Getrude Gibson Patterson is suspected of killing her husband after he allegedly sold her to a Chicago millionaire for $1,500. The millionaire was said to be on his way to Denver to back her story up.

In Mexico, a man was crucified by rebellious Chamula Indians after they sacked the town of Acala. The report also said the Indians threw babies up in the air and speared them.

In other local news, trains were rushing thousands of “notables” to Denver for a grand meeting of the public lands convention, which was gathering at the Auditorium to decide whether to abolish a 100-million-acre forest preserve.