The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-07-25
.TELEGRAPHIC.
Specials to The AstOrian.
Flight and Arrest of a Murderer.
Betrayed by His Clothes and Speech.


PORTLAND, July 24.-Lattine. the
murderer of c. c. Grant at Tacoma.
last Friday,was captured by conductor
Granger and train hands. Last night
at 10 o'clock as the Northern Pacific
passenger train pulled out of Media. a
small station short distance this side
OF Tacoma, strange young man got
aboard and very quietly took a seat.
His manner Of dress was so peculiar
that the brakemen, J. P. Hagin and
Geo. Hallowell, who had been notified
to keep look out for suspicious char
acters, suspected that something was
wrong. When the train reached Ten
mo the brakemen turned the strange
mans seat back over so that they
could see him at all times. Then
they watched him. Mr.. Hallowell
sat down beside him and struck up q
conversation.
Instinctively the stranger turned
the talk to the Tacoma murder; said
it was very sad thing, yet he could
not help but think there was some
show for the murderer IF they don't
find any money on him when he IS
caught they can't prove anything on
him." said he.
Conductor Granger OF the train was
then notified concerning the strange
action and talk of the man. While
the train men were considering what
they should do the train pulled up at
Winlock, and the conductor found the
following dispatch from The chief of
police of Tacoma.
"A. NJ. Chesney, search your train
for young man, twenty-five or
twenty-three years old. His face is
smooth, he wears a linen coat, and
vest of like material, his pants are
brown, and he has on slippers. If he
is on the train arrest him, and wire
me-"
The strange passenger answered the
description exactly, he had given his
age to the brakeman as twenty-three.
He wore slippers and clothes such
as the chief had described in his dis
patch.
The sheriff at Kalama was notified
by wire to be on hand to take the man,
and then the train proceeded,
All this while, Lattine as he proved
TO be, kept talking about the murder.
At Kalama the sheriff came aboard
and arrested him. The prisoner said,
Il am willing to 60, sir, wish you
would take me up at once" He
offered no resistance at all, and was
taken off the train and held to await
the arrival of an officer from Tacoma.
Conductor Granger says there is
not the slightest doubt but that they
have caught the right man. He had
in his pockets some money, and also a
Tacoma evening paper of yesterday s
issue, which shows that he has been
in hiding there ever since the crime
was committed.
a STAGE ROUTE.
1t is understood on good authority
that it will not be very long until
there is a comfortable stage route es-
tablished between this city and the
foot of Mt. Hood A Portland gentle
man has a contract for building a road
from that point TO POwelrs valley
road where it crosses the Sandy to
the terminus. Coaches for the route
are now in the city, having been ship
ped up from California some months
ago. There are two of them and they
are of the regular old frontier style
The stages were brought up by Mr.
VIM. NJ. Ladd. A large hotel will be
built there, and the place is destined
to become a favored locality for recre
alton.
GOOD SIZED TIMBERS.