The new North-west., 1897-03-19
6. D. MOODY WAS SHOT
MORTALITY WOUNDED by GAIL
LATIN NEAR VALLEY.
Measre Particulars of the Tragedy
Victim of the Shooting We1i
Known i'm This City.
Spokane. Wash. March 1s.-

Spokane, WASH, March 16.- Special
A telegram reached this city shortl.
after noon yesterday stating that o. .
Moody, one of Stevens county's wealth
lest citizens, and cashier of the CONNER
cial State Savings bank, had been sho
and probably mortally wounded by Gal
Latin, a young farmer, near Valley, 6;
miles from here, yesterday morning.
1 Inc shooting grew out of a quarre
| over piece of land leased by H. e. Lat
tin, the father of Gail Latin, from
| Moody, year ago, the lease being word.
ed in such a manner that there has beer
| almost continuous quarrel from the
day Latin took possession of the prem
| ises He openly accuses O. D. Moody
| ana his brother, H. l.. Moody of this
| city, who are in partnership, Of conspir-
| ing to defraud and cheat him out OF his
rights. On the other hand, Moody has
| claimed that Latin had not fulfilled his
| part of the contract, that he had done
| only sufficient work to further his own
interests. Already the trouble has gone
through three law suits in this city and
stevens county, the last suit having only
| been decided in Moody's favor by Judge
Richardson last Friday. AT that time
Latin, Sr., was in this city consulting
his attorneys and looking after his in
terests.
H. L. Moody the brother of o. d.
Moody, residing here, received tele-
gram from ChcWelah the nearest tele-
graph station to Valley, at / o'clock D.
m. yesterday, which said:
Your brother was shot this morning
by Gail Latin. Not expected to live
''s. III. CHAMP" :"
Mr.. Moody at once left overland for VAL
ley. expecting to make the distance of
65 miles last night.
Later in the afternoon Captain W. w
Saunders of the firm of Saunders & Con-
nors attorneys for the Lattins, recev-
ed telegram stating that serious trou-
ble had occurred between his client and
Moody and to come at once Captain
Saunders will leave this morning for the
scene of the shooting.
The telegram received by Mr.. Moody
was placed in the hands of his attor-
neys Rothrock & Leigh, and Mr.. Roth
rock at once telegraphed to DR.. Peck of
colvllle, the nearest physician, to pro-
ceed to Valley and ascertain what, if
anything, could be done for the injured
man.
Another telegram received from Chewe-
lah said:
IS. H. Champ arrived here about noon
today with the news that Gail Latin had
shot and probably fatally wounded o.
D. Moody, near Valley station, this morn
ing.
S. II. Champs Story.
Mr. Champ came to summon a physi-
clan and telegraph for Mr.. Moody's broth
er in Spokane. He hurried to town as
soon as he heard of the shooting, and
could not give the particulars of the af-
fair but said he saw Mr.. Moody pass
his house early this morning, going to-
ward the ranch where Latin lives, pre-
sumably to get load of hay. In about
an hour Orvil Richie came back in a
sled, taking Moody to hi home a few
miles distant. Mr.. Moody was lying on
his back viii blood running from his
mouth, and was not able to speak, Mr.
Champ asked if he was badly wounded,
to which Mr.. Ritchie replied Yes; he's
shot through and through, and drove
on.
Gail Latin is a young man about 10
years old, the son of Fl. E. Latin, who,
1t will be remembered had Moody ar
rested about a month ago for assaulting
him with an ak. He was subsequently,
examined by a justice of the peace and
bound over to the superior court. The
shooting is thought to be a renewal of
the old difficulty which occurred over
the ownership of some hay. Mr.. Latin
is living upon n ranch leased from Moody
brothers, and as near as can be learned
the Moodys are trying to get possession
of last years crop, because, as they
claim, Latin has not fulfilled the cond-
History of the Trouble
In speaking of the shooting and what
caused it, Attorney Rothroch said
I'VE were attorneys for Mr.. Moody in
a suit over a piece of farm land leased
a year ago by Latin, Sr., the father of
the young man who did the shooting, from
Moody. This lease stipulated that the
lessee should do a certain amount of
and clearing for the use of Ehe
laVCr0D n
serve as security for the accomplishment
of the amount of work stipulated. The
grubbing was not done and a quarrel re-
suited which eliminated in a lawsuit
which was tried by Judge Richardson in
Colville and decision was rendered in
Moody's favor, the hay crop going to
Moody.
st am getting ahead of my story, how
ever. Trouble had occurred before this
over some notes turned over to Saunders
& Conners and others by Latin. This
case was tried in a justice court and
Moody also won this suit.
"a few days ago hostilities We're re-
newed between landlord and tenant
Moody and a hired man, Con Connell,
went to the farm to get some hay which
to Moody and over which there
had been no trouble. When they reached
the premises they We're met by the Lat
tins, who were armed with clubs to pre-
vent them getting the hay. A fight en-
sued, during Which Gail Latin hit Con-
nell, who was helping Moody, with a
club. At the same time Mr. Moody grab
bed an AK out of the sled and struck II. |
F. Latin across the shoulders with the
flat of 1t. Moody was later arrested on
the charge of assault and the case was
heard by a Justice of the peace, who
bound the defendant over to the April
term of the superior court in $500 bonds |
.In my opinion, Moody went back to
get his hay, when Latin shot him.
Other Side of the Story.
w. w. Saunders repeated about the
same story that Mr.. Rothrock had told,
with the exception that he thought the
Lattins had been imposed upon by Moody
quiet, peaceable old man and likely to
be imposed upon rather than otherwise.
He declined to go into the subject thor
oughly, however, preferring to be more
familiar with the facts before he express
ed himself. He has a copy of the lease, |
but did not care to show it to the report
er, stating that he would go to Valley
tomorrow and make a statement when he
returned.
Captain Saunders told a different story
from that told by Mr. Rothrock i'll re-
Mr.. Latin was badly bruised about the |
arm and shoulder and that the edge of
the ak cut a cash some two three
inches long under the arm. The cut
showed for itself, Mr.. Saunders said, that
Latin was trying to ward off the blow
when it was struck. 1t was not until he
was convinced that Moody made the as
sault that he advised his client to bring
suit.
1t is reported that after Judge Rich
ardson had tried the case for the pos
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