The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-20
THE fatal BULLET,
Shooting ARRAY at the planners
House Yesterday Morning,
Mr.. Dan Smith Receives . Bullet
in the Abdomen frcm O. B.
Lattin's OerrirQeP.
The Facts in The Case as Near as
They Could be Ascertaired.
In ervieW With Mr.. lattin-Mr.
Smiths Cond ton at a. m.
A FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.

A fatal shooting atffay occurred yesterday
morning about ten O'Clock, or shortly be-
fore, between Mr. Dan smith, brother Of
Hon. Len L. smith, President of the k.insss S
Central Roilwsy Company and Mr.. %. Il.
Lat an, proprietor OF the Planters House sta
bies, III the Office of the Planters, during
which Srnlth Was shot and fatally wounded
by the later There were very few wit
Besses TO The occurrence, and one of them,
MIR. LstLiI.'s sou, Refused To say any thing
Ab u. 1t. After being shot Mr.. Sm In Wa ked
luto he room next 10 the office aud laid
dJwn, and ply sician sent ipr, but I was
some lime fore tie arrived Dr. ID. " /.
Thomas WAS the INST to ar i've and soon after
cam= DI- NanDuyI4 a.IQ S.uhs. UIher ply
= claus were pfezent during the day.
Dir. smith was evId, ntly IN great pain anu
nis sIotus Gould be heard through the build
in. Upiaies were Administered and toward
the afternoon he Rested ler, ali the while
retaining his faculties.
THE PREVIOUS TROUBLE.
Some days ago little diff Guilty occurred
betW evn the part Is in the Planters House
Siaoi, 5, In resar,i 10 M. Smiths mare, which
Mr. Latin was keeping, GGrIng which the
laL,eT st4uck The former the head with IA
board, >PiiIIlng his Ieft ear. From al that
could b. learned, and whicu was published
The time M. smith struck Mr- l. tim
ii Tst, anu h SO struck II him witb a board be-
fore the latJrT hit him. Yesterday Was the
ii > time the parties had net since the p
yiOus trouble, II dos not seem that there
tween tie Iao, prior To the meeting ia the
stab.c.
MR.. LATIN INTERVIEWER.
A TIMES representative visited Mr.. Latin
yrsttrGa. about nOOn at the city jan and
Iuunu him S.;ung in the corridor Dy The
stove. lie seemeI willing 10 talk and Said
that white h- regretted Exceedingly the uI-
oriunat- affair he n-d nothing 10 conceal rr-
ga ding IL. Has shirt front and collar were
O,Red with blood, " hrch had Iun down his
lace from tue wound in his head, although
tire Oir,uIug at that time hsd com pisieiy
stJpper. re was as cJmp,Is' as "A IN III
could D- ey pected TO be uruer sGch trS ing
circumstances, ali huugh Ice said he ielt weak
rom tue Ell cts of the blow upon the head
aud the flow of blo' d theTefrum When ask
Ell L. give his version %! the shooting lie said
that - hen he welt into the office OF the
anteTs House lac Jaw Sir. Smith standing
behind tre counter anu his tLaItin'r) S. n,
VINO l. day cleI K In the nDte., AT the desk MIR.
Pec- WAS Also sta u ID at Tie couut-r, about
where The Register lie-. lie Said nothing
whatever 10 smith, but spoke 10 his s IL.
Smi n said, I" " hat 90 want in here YOU
Cd tnIeviHg s-ofa D. ana then sto, p
Ing behind the counter picK. d up "A hstchet
and sire OK Mr.. Lat III u .on the ient side of
the cad, stunning him and causing him 10
almost SINK upon his knees; Latin then
drew hi rev dyer anu fir Il, the bullet stri =
ing in ne top of the counter snd lmbed ing
it-.lf there smith then threw the haIch-t
at l. attn, but mi sed him; he then pick
ed up smother hstcbet ffoIn behind the coun-
ter and struck at Latin, II grazing md
S.lzhlIN culAlDS lDc shin Oi iilc ltil
and ripping II large oil in The Sc We of his
coat, shirt and undeishirt; Latin then fired
again, "a then went down stairs; lie walked
up shawnee street toward the pOic" station
10 sive himself up, and wheI al the corner uf
third, feeling L.Iut, Nj. Peck got MIN c.r.
risge and he WAS driven 10 the station,
" here liz gave himself up. He says he saw
Smith draw his p stoL.
WHAT MR.. PECK SAYS.
MIR. Frank Peck, who was in the office
h.n p.a Lsn
seen He said he Was st=nding Ieanius K
over the register wnen Latin entered the
door Smith was standing oehind The coun-
ter, and when Latin e tme In lie said What
do you want here. you C. d. thiei?" and
then made a motion Ms il ID draw his revol-
YER, putting his hand behind him upon his
hip pocket. He WAS directly in line be-
tween the two men aud not Wishing to oe
shot he got down behind the counter 80 that
# there was any shooting he wouldn't get
Int; he then went out OF the door into the
ha:l "A d was there when the shoo ing O. cur
red didn't see the shooting nor any part Of
the afiray. Didn't hear Latin make any Ie-
ply To smith
COL. VAN NoAsT'S STATEMENT
Lieut. Col. ,meS an Noas'. of the 10th In
fantry, U > A Was the Office 1.-THE time
the fray occurred, seated at tne desk busiiy
engaged IN whiting; Ont hear wnaL Wac
saId anu didn't pay any particular attention
To WI Wa < Hng on, ~lthOugh TIE heard tue
noise OF the G.stuI IbtHce; saw III. man on
the GU side ui the counter dTa~ his pistol
and thinking the man on the OIi.er side
would draw his 50, anu be too far aw Y
to doa y good he state Tor the window IL
90 cut, 81 as l" be oui of the way; he couldn't
SAY ue saw the shooting z done although lie
heard the reports of the revolver.
NK LAITIS's SON,
Eiram, VII 0 l. the dsy clerk at the hotel. was
stan lag at the desk, almost at Smiths elbow
when ue Wa shot ,and law the whole procee,!-
ing buI wHen asked To We n statem-nt. saIa
he Vould prefer not to Say any thing about II,
not that there Was any thing about II tnat e
wanted TO hide "r conceal, but under the cir
cum>iances he would prefer Lot 10 say any
thius.
employed at the hotel, ssIt he was in the
dining 100 " when he heard the suots fired,
ami running at once uD STA rs ne saw Mr..
smith standing at the Office door holding IA =
hands upon his stomach and crying out that
Lat in Lad shot hI'u.
There weIe but five persons in the Office at
the time the shooting occurred, Mr. smith,
NJ Latin, The latt..I's son Hiram, Frank
reck and Lieut. Co. Van Noh-t. II WAS
very d Iflicult. owing To the great excitement,
the case bat what l. given above is about as
correct an account OF the affair as could be
obtained.
THE WOUND.
The bullet entered Mr.. smiths left side, or
rather at the lett II de III the abdomen, under
the b.. psssin' III "a slightly dow wand d.
rt elton thro gh the stoms II, lodging some
where near the liver, its exact location not,
hos-vrr, being ascertain.d. Tn. physicians
ssy IL l. buts QUESTION of "A very short time as
To whei, h. viii die and that IN. re l. no pos
sibility o his recovery He had eaten his
breakfast but a short tune before being shot
and his stomach at that time was full.
MR.. LATIN GIVES BOND.
Mr.. Latin gave bonds yesterday evening
in the sum $1,000 for his appearance be oie
the plIIc- couri this morning and to await
the results OF the wound Mr. Fenlon ap-
p-ared for Mr. Latin, and +. b Allen and
W. ID. Kelly are the suretles on his bond