Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-03-30

Latimer, the Michigan Murderer Es,
from Prison

Latimer, the Michigan Murderer Es,
capes from Prison.
JACKSON, Mich, March 27.-R. Irving
Latimer, the Jackson matricide, is lib
erty and is armed with rifle. He es.
capped soon after l o'clock this morning.
after crugging George w. Haight, who
had charge of the gate upstairs. Haight
died at ) A. NJ. as a result of the poison.
Capt. Gill, night keeper, is under arrest
charged with being Latimer's accom-
pllce. Latimer tried to release the pris-
oners near his own cell but failing,
made bis own escape by way of the
front gates.
Latimer secured fife and quantity
OF ammunition before going, and will
surely make a desperate resistance.
Those who know him say there is not
one chance in thousand of ever taking
him alive. There is the most intense
excitement and hundreds of men are
searching the city and surrounding
country. kilograms have been sent
all over the state and it seems impos.
slble he can escape.
Latimer has for some time occupied
the cell nearest the door to the guard
room, and it is stated that lately he has
been permitted to take luncheon with
Capt. Sill in the lower corridor. Last
night ABOUT 8 o'clock Latimer and Gill
had their lunch, and it is not shown that
the prisoner was ever in his cell after
that time. About y o'clock, after
having drank several glasses OF lemon
taken sick. Keeper C. E. Rice and
Latimer took care Of him. Soon after.
ward the noise of heavy fall and the
rafting of dishes was heard in the guard
room and it is supposed he took the
captains keys and rushed up to see
what was the matter. Rice claims to
have gone to the guard room with Lati-
mer, but 1t is thought to be impossible
under the circumstances. George w.
Haight was keeper of the guard room
and he had just sat down to his mid
night lunch when he fell to the floor in
tit and died ten minutes later.
r. Irving Latimer murdered his
mother at Jackson soon after l o'clock
on the morning of January 25, 1889.
He evidently shot her while in bed
asleep. The wound was not fatal
and she sprang from her bed
and attempted to make her way to the
window with the intention of crying for
help. Latimer then shot his mother
again and beat her over the head with
the butt of his revolver until she
sank to the floor dead. Latimer
owned drug store in jackson
at the time and was one of the
society youths Of the city. His father
had died some years before the murder
under very suspicious circumstances,
and there is but little doubt that Irving
poisoned his father.
On the afternoon before the murder
Latimer completed his preparations for
the terrible crime. He took the cellar
door key from his mothers house and
entrance to the house at any time was
certain. He then told his clerk he
was going to Detroit to a funeral,
and in the afternoon went to Detroit as
announced. He arrived at the Girls
void House early in the evening and
retired to a room. He instantly made
some changes in his personal appear
ance and caught the l0:45 train for jack
son, arriving there at Ills the next
morning He Immediately went
to his mothers house and murdered
her, then caught the $3.50 train back to
Detroit, arriving at 9:3S. He tried to
make it appear that he had been in bed
all NIGHT, but the chambermald was
ahead of him. He was arrested here
on his return and although he made
hard fight he could not explain his
whereabouts during the night of
the murder and was convicted and
sentenced to Jackson prison for life.
Latimer is rs years old, and has
moustache and short side whisXers, and
weighs 16o pounds. He has blue eyes
and light complexion.