St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-28

terribly i'll. About 80 we heard a
rafting of dishes up stairs, and gave
Latimer my keys and told him
to 20 up and see what Was the matter
with Haight. Latimer did so, and TAX
ing cane pulled the bar which UNI
locked the gate and went into the guard
room. Latimer returned in q few
moments carrying a Winchester rifle,
and said Haight was lying on the floor
| then got up and tried to 90 upstairs.
but was very weak. and Latimer and
Keeper Rice assisted ne. Rice
asked where Ilaight's keys were, and |
said they were probably i'll his vest
pocket. Latimer and Rice went to look
for them, and then Latimer SAID he
would go and whistle for the doctor, and
started away. He was gone several
minutes when the outside gate was
found open, and then we realized that
he had escaped"
LATIN er's Crime.
r. Irving Latiner murdered his
mother at Jackson, soon after l o'clock,
on the morning of Jan. %, 1889. He
evidently shot her while in bed. asleep.
The wound was not fatal, and she sprang
from hes bed and attempted to make her
way TO the window, with the inten-
ton Of crying for help. Latlmer then
shot his mother again and beat her over
the head with the butt of his revolver
until she sank to the floor dead. Latl-
mer 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 morning
Of the murder, Latimer completed his
preparations for the terrible crime. lie
took the cellar door key from his
mothers house and locked the door
OH the outside. so that entrance
to the house at any time
was certain. He then told his
clerk he was going 10 Detroit to
funeral, and in the afternoon went TO
Detroit as announced. lie arrived at
the Grswold Louise early in the evening,
and engaging room. he retired TO it.
He instantly made some changes in his
personal appearance, and caught the
l0:45 train for Jackson. arriving there
at 1:l5 the next morning. He immedi-
ately went to his mothers house and
Murdered Her.
then caught the 6:35 train back to De-
trolt, arriving at 9:3S. He tried TO make
it appear that he had been III bed all
night, but the chambermaid was ahead
OF him. He was arrested here on his re-
turn, and although he made hard fight,
could not explain his whereabouts dur
Ing the night Of the murder, and was
convicted and sentenced to jackson for
life.
Latimer is twenty-siX years old, and
has mustache and short side whisker;
weighs 165 pounds; has blue eyes and
light complexion.
At 10 O'Clock tonight tele-
phone message was received by the
sheriff from farmer at Horton, six
miles south of here, that at O'Clock
this morning man answering the de-
scription of Latimer called at his house
and asked for something to eat. He
said he had been robbed of his own
clothes by an escaping convict and
that he had made him don the
prison pants he had on and gave
MIN an old coat. taking his own coat,
vest and hat The sheriff believes the
clue authentic, and officers and some
newspaper men have driven ov er to see
what there is in the story.
Warden Davis has issued a circular
offering reward of $500 for Latimer,
dead or alive