The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-04-01
AT LARGE WITH 4 Gun.
Latimer, the Michigan Murderer -


capes rom Prison
JACKSON, Mich, March TT. Irving
Latimer, the Jackson matricide, is at lib
erty and Is armed with a rifle. He es-
capped soon after l O'Clock this morning
alter drugglng George w. Haight, who
had charge of the gate upstairs. Haight
died at a. NJ. as 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.
Latlmer secured a rifle 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 pIIard
iOoiIij anu II - Hbdltu sllAt IaltIV ne mas
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 II O'Clock, after
having drank several glasses of lemon
ade prepared by Latimer, Gill was
taken sick. Keeper c. T. Rice and
Laumer took care of him. Soon after
ward the noise of heavy fall and the
rafting OF dishes WAS heard in the guard
room, and 1T 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 I.ati-
mer, but 1t is thought to be impossible
under the circumstances. George w.
Iialght was keeper of the guard room
ami he had Just sat down to his mid
night lunch when he fell to the floor in
fit and died ten minutes later.
X. Irving Latimer murdered his
mother at Jackson soon after O'Clock
on the morning of January ., 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. Laumer then shot his mother
again and beat her over the head with
the butt OF his revolver until she
ownou Grug store % III Jtr:ts1Gi JacKaUn
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
fatimer completed his preparations for
the terrible crime. He took the cellar
door key from his mothers house and
locked the door on the outside, so that
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 Grls-
void House early in the evening and
retired to a room. He instantly made
some changes III his personal appear
ance and caught the 1913 train for jack
son, arriving there at l:l5 the next
morning. He Immediately went
to his mothers house and murdered
her, then caught the 80 train back to
Detroit, arriving at OBS. He tired to
make it appear that he had been in bed
all night, but the Chambcrmald was
ahead of HIM. lie was arrested here
on his return and although lie made a
hard fight lie could not explain his
whereabouts during the night of
the murder and was convicted and
sentenced to Jackson prison for life.
Latimer is 2G years Old, and has a
moustache and short SIDE whskers, and
weighs TO pounds. He has blue eyes
and light com pleXlOn.