The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-30
LATlMER'S SLAYER JAILED?
NAV StiINGs mrs THE MR.
DERER GIVES HIMSELF iP.
He's william q. johnson OF philadelphia
Police Relieve Ills >tor, lie says
tie Went tn La,imcr's Uousr to Rob II,
Zen asleep and Wade a NoIsc Then
Was Forced 10 Nili the Owner Has
Never Hal a Pearciui Hour since.


Tn. Greenpoint police have a man who
says h" il the burglar who killed Albert
&. latirner at hi home. 3lS Hancock street.
Brooklyn, IN the early morning Of July :.
This sclf-a"Cusing murderer calls himself
street, Philadelphia. The police believe
that he j. telling the truth
S'rgt. Bow "~ was sitting al the desk
of tn" Grralpoiut station at midnight
when neatly dressed man who looked
lika "a sloY walk II in and leaned over
the rail in front of the desk
Sergeant, he said, Il am he man who
killed Abort &. Latirner at 3ls Hancock
street. Brooklyn. on July ? I've come TO
give myself no"
The sergeant asked him if n" meant II
y look like a sane man, don't T." said
the man.
You certainly do, replied The sergeant,
We'll. | did il, II right. said johnson,
Il am a seafariag mana mate But
haven't been able TO stay aboard any ship
since | did il. Now, don't be silly I'm
the man and This i, The best nights work
I've done since July ?"
He was taken into tie back room aud
Capt Hayes was called. He talked with
johnson for nearly an hour. When the
captain came out to see the reporters he
said
He is the man. all right. He told me
that there was no Use in giving any Of the
details of the case except that he went to
the Latimer house to rob it, got in early
in the evening, concealed himself and fell
asleep. lie says Inc woke up with such
start that he aroused Latmer and then was
forced to shoot hi n.
He declares positively that be knew
absolutely no one in the house. and never
heard Of Latimcr or Of his wife before
! asked him if he was alone and he replied:
That's for you to find out. That'-
police business
4 asked him how he got to Brooklyn
Tonight He told mo that he came from
Derby, Conn, to meet young woman
at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn
Bridge He said that hc met her and took
her 10 Greenpoint on a Grand avenue car
He refused to tell me who She wa He
said that she had nothing to do with the
case and thar he would never tell hcr
nal1r
Iarner was shot in the head and breast
by 4 man whom he discovered in a closet
in hi room. Al the time of the murder
the police began to work on the theory
that burglar had committed it. That
was tho story told by Latimer'S vile who
wi'nc, scd the crime and was hali-craaad
with grief by il Later several persons
Hcr" suspected
one Of those whose uame- were brought
into the case was W II. TWhilk an aC-
uuairtancr Of Mrs. La,imers, whom II
was admitted IA,imcr. at an earlier date
had ordered from tho house rmhill was
called before the Ccronor- jury and closely
questioned ahou, his movements on the
night of the shooting, hut proved per-
feet abb. though he was near al hand and
was the first person sent for by Mrs Latimer
in her grief.
Among others who IL has been though
since might have had some CONNECTION
with the killing was Micha"h Rose, who was
arrested a. Norfolk. Va the other day
by the Queens police for burglary.
In the Iatimcr house ar,cr the murder
was committed were found pair of felt
-olCd bicycle shoes, black cap and a III
cycle lamp. The burglar took nothing
away Mrs. LatimCr ~ d he wore a hlaci
mask
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