Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-28

said Mr.. DAVIS Il seems the night
s4teh knew Il. but they were careful
not u tell ne u a." The warden seems
u have besn hoodwinked by Gill. and
did not know What vas going on. Both
Warden DAVIS and the nes wardea.
HsnFy Chamberlain. have been Ia con
suitation all day They beth claim that
GO pains have been spared fo apprehend
the escaped man. Warden Davis has
sent a large force II men IN every direc-
tion and descriptions have been >ent all
over the country aud the grisf IA still
going forward William Henricke. a
Detroit convict. who sells trinkets in
The prison and distributes papers IN the
evenings. ls generally left in the CORR.
dor until he gets ready % retire himself
Last night Captain Gill ordered him
into his cell very early. and The convict
believes this was done "a get him out IL
the way Hsnriekc SAYS the little sup
pers lniulged in by I.atimer and Gin
have been going on for several weeks
past
Giii's Version or IL.
Capt NJ. p. Gill WAS seen at the jail.
and made the following statement:
About two weeks ago Latimer said 70
me that he wanted to make bargain
with me To 20 TO Rhode leland and col
leet claim II s1>o due him. Satur-
day night i.atimer again approached me
on the subject. and an Interview was
fixed for last night About . o'clock
Lafimer was unlocked and taken to the
hall office. lie remarked that he had a
box II ssrdines and some lemons. and
we would have lunch.
After entering the hallmastcrs office
LatiEner made some lemonade aud
We ate the lunch. was taken
sick Immediately afterwards and
was terribly III. About li3o
xe heard a rattling of dishes up stairs.
and gave fsatlmer my KEYS and told
him fo 60 up aud see what was the mat
ter with ilaighf. I.atirser did SO. and
taking a cane pulled the bar which IN
locked the gate and went into the guard
room.
.latlmer returned IN few moments
carrying Winchester rifle. aud said
Haight was lying on tie floor. | then
got up and tried la 80 up stairs. hut was
very weak. and Latimer and Keeper
Rice assisted me. Rice asked where
Haight's keys were and said they were
probably m his vest pocket. Latimer
and Rice went % look for them. and
then Latimer said he would go and
whistle for the doctor and started
away. lie was gone several minutes
when the outside gate was found open
and then We realized be had escaped.
The Dynamite Plot
Only few months after I.atimer was
sent 10 prison a letter was intercepted
by Warden Hatch. written by Latimer
10 his uncle. who was then at Toledo
asking that the uncle get some dynamite
and giving instructions that it was To he
LET down over the wall at certain place
at the end Of string. at certain hour
II the night. A watch was placed The
dynamiters evidently found they were
watched and did not make the attempt
Three months later Donovan and How.
ard placed stick II dynamite on the
window sill of the south wing as the men
were going 10 lecture in the chapel
and portion of the wall was blown out
hut no one escaped. From the fact that
Latimer had written for dynamite il was
/ understood that be Was in the scheme
The investigation made by Hatch led
him Ia say that L.atimer was not in il,
hut the older officials believe he was.
The only clew. II clew il Is. thus far of
Latimer is that man residing at ttheex-
treme limits of the city reports that
shortly after midnight he awolxc by his
dog barking He got up and saw a man
go rapidly by window He believes i,
was Lafimer from his size and his cloth.
ing.
Iatimer's Wonderful Nerve.
L.atimer is endowed with either phe
nofnenal immobility Of features or a con
troll over the expression II his face far
beyond the ordinary. Charged with the
murder Of his mother. he walked with 8
relative through the streets IL jackson
pending the arrangements for testing the
memories Of the sleeping car porter anC
the conductor OK the train wich bore hin
Ia Detroit after the murder was com
mittcd.
Without betraying the least sign o
emotion upon his handsome face. h.
stood in the semi.circle of the young
men of about his own age. fronting ths
window IL the Office in jackson Jail
and calmly awaited the entrance oI
T the railway men. The sleeping cal
the semi circle psered into the
aces 81 the young men. and. cor
Tossing that he could not identify the
man who WAS on the train that night
left tho room. Neither " hile the examina
tion was going on nor when the failure
In identify was eonfe sed did Latimer
betray the least m ,iion. Then the
conductor was ainnied. That keen
eyed official pasrrd about the semi -circls
from left 10 RI b while Latimer stooe
calmly indiffec and unwinking. q.
though IL we're . parlor game of forfeits
Turning abruptly when he reached II,
end ~ the semi.circle. the conductor r.
turned fo Iatlmer pointed bis finger Al
him ani said That's the man Ever
at that supreme moment Latimer
features underwent no change: IL wa
the same mild. indifferent. motionlcs'
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