The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-09
NO HOUNDS TO RUN
TRAIL or LATTIMoRE's NURDERER
COULD NOT BE FOLLOWED.
NEGRO is STILL AT LARGE.
DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE FAIL
URE TO APPREHEND HIM.

Bioodhounds Could Not ne secured.
Efforts Wade by the Morning New.
Correspondent sheriff Lyon. OF
wayne County Arrived Win Dogs,
hut the scent Had Then Grown
Coid-tsISnn Gounty's Hounds Were
Twents-two Miles Away.
Brunswick. Ca. oct s-up TO a late
hour no definite news Of tho capture Of
conductor Laiiimorc's murderer had BEEN
received. although arrests had been made
of suspected parties
Much disappointment has been expressed
here to-day over tho failure OF tho county
officers 10 place bloodhounds on the trail
Inst night. and &c IS conceded chat had
This been done and persistent search
made tho murderer would ia an proba-
hility have bcen captured The Morning
News correspondent went 20 Six Mile
Crossing iast night. and from agen.
Rooney. who came down from Everett.
with "a posse. secured description OF tho
murderer a. follows: short. heavily act,
very dark small musiach dressed ia blue
jumpers"
The posse 90 Everett Inns the murderar-
pal IN custody. Ho says Lattimore's
SLAYER f. named PRIV thns he bought a
pistol at Everett Saturday. and stated
that he was going 20 steal ride 20
Hrunswick sunday night 70 get two bup-
dies ~ CLOTHES gnd that he would KIN
tho man th8t tried 70 put MIN or the
train. lie carried ont his murderoua pans
10 she letter, ns subsequent event proved.
from Six Aiie Crossing the correspond
ont went 90 -Four Milo Crossing. anst there
found large posae of citizens anxlous 10
go on tho trail but they had no dogs
The trail was frerh and plainly visible
10 Oh" brightness 81 fnIl moon. but
'h" absence or any official To- lead the par
} with dogs prevented their going
Ihe corr spondent dispatched his team
ON sixtcen-miie drive for bloodhound..
but the owner. Mr.. Teddy Llslo. stated
that his hounds had not been on a ,ran
in two years. ana ne ala not think they
would follow one This proved the last
resource fof the crowd unless the conn-
'y's dogs were brought. and they never
showed up
ln explaining why no EFFORT was made
20 follow the fraii from where the nouro
Jumped from the train. the Officers stats
mot the county's dogs we're twenty-five
mlies away and could not b. secured in
Time. The posse. however returned home
ntout daylight thoroughly disappoinied
~ its failure to follow an almost certain
trail 10 thc murderer
To-day Shcrin LyenH and pepufv sheriff
Price of Wayne came down with bload-
hounds but the trail WaF too cold and
they could do nothing Trainmaster Keith
"f the southern also arrived. ana is do
ing nil hc can Tor the family 81 Conductor
Iiitimore. Tonight Delegates A. y Ken
dfiek ana W W Ellis of the order Or
Halfway Conductors arrived 20 attend the
funeral tomorrow. Mrs baltimore. moth
~ OF Marion Will arrive to- morrow morn
ing from Washington
IN discussing the failure 70 secure n
trial Of the murderer last night friends
or the deceased expressed the greatest
disappointment aud tho general senti-
mem De- that Glyun's county officers should
spare 30 expense 90 bring the criminal
10 Justice. The railroad people feel that
they are large Taxpayers and that their
mon are entitled t0 fun protection Pub
NC sentiment Is in favor 0f fhe county or
hchis sparing no palms or expense in cap
turing I.attimore's murderer. a. 10 IS een-
orally felt that a was one Of the most
cold hloodod ana brutal crimes ever re-
corded here.