, 1889-10-31
THE TRIAL OF LATIN.
Appearance of Grants Murderer
as He Sat in the Court
Room.
A Review of the Crime, the Flight
and Capture, and Other
Incidents.

A slight young man, with peculiarly
wicked appearing face, sat on the anx-
ious bench in the district court late yes
tcrdoy afternoon, says the Tacoma
Ledger of Wednesday.
Hchad vicious, leering eye, a smooth,
pale, weazen, boyish face, sharp noso
with a sort of half hook at the end, a
sharp chin and a piquant upper lip-one
that seems TO have grown fast to the
nose-which, out OF sympathy it would
seem, had gone out of its way in down
ward trend to meet the first named
member.
THIS young man, who struck the spec
tators as being dwarfed and withored In
mis- physical development, will stand up
promptly at o o'clock this morning be-
fore Judge Allyn and plead to a charge
OF murder in the first degree when case
No. 1853 on the criminal calendar, terri
tory Of Washington vs.. David Il. Latin,
Is called.
HE KILLED G. c. GRANT.
Latin boldly and brazenly admits that
he killed G. c. Grant, formerly of Spo-
kane Falls, and that he robbed his bleed
ing and PROSTATE form of over $1,000.
But he also claims that the murder
was done in self-defense, Grant having
guarreled with him when he U.atin) re.
fused to accompany him to house of
questionable reputation. 1t was then,
SO he says, that he fired several shots
| from a revolver ut Grant, killing him.
He further held that he did not rob
Grants body until he thought of escap.
ing, and the trouble he would experience
IN attempting to escape without money.
THEY WERE ALONE.
The shooting occurred at the Frank
fort lodging on st. Helen's avenue.
Grant and Latin had room together,
and Latin knew that Grant had money
about his person. "1f had intended to
rob him" Latin has said in explaining
the killing 81 could have chioroformed
him, as have had experience In hospi-
tails and know how to administer it.n
Well, after the shooting, Latin escaped,
and ran across st. Helen's avenue and
secluded himself under tho plank side
walk near the little shoe shop south of
the Congregational church. The muir
der was committed about half hour
before dawn, and young Latin remained
in hiding under the plank walk during
the day following.
MS FLIGHT AND CAPTURE.
He escaped from his hiding place dur
ing the night and secured q room at the
Railroad lodging house, nearly opposite
his hiding place on Railroad street.
After his remaining there a few days,
feigning sickness, he left for Portland
one night, taking the evening train at
the steamboat wharf,
He having acted in mysterious man.
ner ut the lodging-house, his sudden de-
parture was reported To the police, and
hat and a pair of boots, which he left,
led Chief Chesney to behevc that he was
the murderer.
Conductor Granger, who had descrp-
ton of the murderer, and who was in
charge of the train, was notified by
wire, and the brazen young murderer
was arrested at Kalama by deputy
sheriff and brought back to this city,
where it was feared he would be lynched,
but no attempt to that end was made.
TWO WIDOWS.
Two Mrs. G. G. Grants-one coming
from Spokane Falls and the other from
San Francisco--turned up and each
claimed to be the true and only widow
of the deceased.
The San Francisco wife-designated
for convenience sake as wife No. /
claimed to have been married to Grant
several years ago, while the Spokane
Falls widow-called wife No. 2-cxhib-
tied certificate showing that she had
been welded to the murdered man only
a few months.
Wife No. had the body of the mur-
dered man exhumed, employed counsel
and had photographs of the dead man
taken as he lay in his coffin.
Both widows, so-called, claim Grants
property, which amounts TO several
thousand dollars.
Young Latin is wanted in the East for
forgery.