The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-30
CAPTURE or LATIMER.
He Was FatIgued and Made No Resistance.
How He Was Detected.

JEROME, MICH. March 29.-At 3
o'clock last night a man entered a country
store here and asked for a pair OF boots.
A young man standing by whispered
in the clerks ear: THAT is Latimer.
The clerk nearly fell down. Run out and
tell father" he said family TO the man
who recognized Latimer. The young man
slipped out OF the store TO inform the
proprietor. by this time Latimer realized
that he was recognized. and left the
store. having purchased cheap pair OF
boots. a pair OF socks and pair OF buck
mittens He passed between the two
stores, struck the railroad track and
followed il q short distance. He then
Travelled the road back the way he had
come. Coming 10 the road leading 10
Hudson he started up that. He did not
run. but walked at "A good gait. After a
few moments OF confusion at the store
the two young men followed down the
road and soon overlook Latimer. They
were walking along by the side OF him,
fearing to lay hands on him. when a
constable. who had Joined I'm the pursuit.
drove up and jumped from his buggy.
He tapped Latimer on the breast. saying:
"You are Latimer; I want you"
"Who is Latmer?" smilingly inquired
the fugitive.
I Ou are. anu want you.
Il never heard Of Latimer that | know
Of" insisted the convict. He made no
resistance whatever, but walked back
mile and a half TO the village with the
captors He was tired out and could not
have made any resistance If he had wish
ed 10.
In paying for the boots and other ar
ticles Latmer handed out one Of the s.
gold pieces taken from the pockets of
George Haight whom he had murdered
twenty-four hours before Latimer was
recognized by the striped shirt, which he
tried TO keep covered up, and by the
prison trousers.
Said one OF his captors, "Latimer did
not get at all excited when he found out
we knew him. He spoke slowly made
the change deliberately and then walked
out slowly.n
Coming over from Jerome Latimer told
the following story TO J. J. Lowery one
of his captors Il intended 90 escape II
I could all the time. | studied up the
medicines which / knew would act the
quickest and do the work effectively, but
I never intended TO kill any one. / read
books on poison and found that by dilut-
ing prussic acid TO a certain degree II
world act safely and suddenly. | wanted
to fix il so | could make the night guards
unconscious for an hour. No man on
guard knew a thing Of what ] intended
to do All the officers about the prison
are absolutely blameless OF anything that
has happened. l am sorry that HaiSht is
dead | only intended TO make him sick
the same as Gill. | must have made the
solution stronger than | thought. The
officers can see that | am telling the truth
by looking at the book in my cell. where
I read how 20 dilute the prussic acid.
THE story OF the buried money In
Rhode Island I invented TO interest and
please GIL. / saw he was ready 10 be-
lieve the story and kept it up"
Mr. Lowery says that the people at
Jerome were greatly excited about Lati-
mer's capture and a number brought out
ropes TO hang him. He induced them TO
use no violence. however.
Latimer arrived at the prison at $40
this morning. The scene at the prison
door when the vehicle dashed up was one
Of the most dramatic episodes that ever
occurred In the history OF the institution.
A large crowd was gathered in front of
the building as the carriage was seen in
the distance. and an expression of general
satisfaction was heard as IL was dis
covered.
The vehicle was headed directly for the
front door. The occupants OF the vehicle
sprang out and in a trice Latimer was
marched through the frort door. He
seemed calm and collected. and when
some one started to urge him on he re-
marked: "Oh. it's all right"
This was said In the tone OF one who
wanted 10 have the whole affair handled
with proper decorum. Latimer decidedly
objected to being showed. The crowd
drew up within the hall. and as Clerk
Taber drew near Latimer he glanced at
the clerk and said significantly: II want
to have a talk with you as soon as you
can"
Taber's face was white with rage. His
hatred for Latimer is something SUI
premely bitter. He said with Indignation.
Eyes. / presume you would Ike 10 tax
with me-"
II looked as though Taber would like to
spring upon Latimer. but he restrained
himself.
The deputy warden and the prisoner
passed quickly through the corridor and