New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
SAYS HE WAS SHOT IN RPn
A. c. LATIMER CONTRADICTs WIFE,,
STORY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
SHE is UNABLE TO IDENTIFY MAN A,
RESTED AT CoNEY IsLANp-FAIyrs
THREE TIMES AT HEADQUARTERS

Resolutions offering reward Of $1,000 for -.
capture of the person who shot Albert c. Ia,t-
nler at his home No. 31s Hancock-st. Bro,.
lyn. at o'clock last Wednesday morning Wa,
voted down last night az meeting OF the n.
Witt Council. Royal Arcanum- The vvounaas
man, who is dying in ST Mary's Hospital W..
a collector for the council and the meeting wa.
called to take some action on the shooting A,
first there was some disposition 10 criticise IN.
police. but last night the idea prevailed thai q.
would be best not to cast a slur upon the da
partment by offering any outside reward fo
the solution Of the mystery.
1t was decided that the council should bss-
all the medical expenses of Mr. Latimer and nj.
wife, who was Frustrated for several DAYS afta-
the shooting. Resolutions Of sympathy wera
also passed.
Mr.. Latimer's condition last night was seriou.
and the gravest doubts OF his recovery are sx.
pressed. Septic pneumonia has followed tba
bullet wound in the left lung and the patienr.
strength has been about exhausted. Last night
he made brief statement 10 his brother @
Byron Latimer, one Of four brothers who have
taken turns watching him.
Mrs Latimer has told tive police that hsr
husband got UP, taking a quilt to shield hir,
and had struggle with the burglar He d.
clares that there was no struggle. and that he
fhat
the burglar trapped himself in a closet. and shot
after Mr.. Latimer had opened the door Mr.
Latimer declares that the man was not in a
closet at all. and was tall and slender Pub
lished statements from the wife have her say
ing that the burglar was short and thick set
AS the patient was so weak, it difficult 20
get anything from him, but enough was learned
TO add materially to the maze of contradictions
in which the police have been working The
brothers of the wounded man have kept a close
watch on Mr. Latirner and his wife since the
shooting and have kept them from making any
statement to the police, Husband and wife
have not been able to talk alone
One arrest made in the case yesterday
morning on the chance that it might prove to
be of some importance; but the prospects did
not materialize Apparently there no
reason for making the arrest except that the
man an ex-convict and was known to have
had straw hat which had disappeared A
strange straw hat was found in the Latimer
hall the morning after the shooting. 1t
identified yesterday. however. by a neighbor
who had left it there while he was searching
for the supposed burglar.
The suspect" who is held a charge Of
vagrancy. is Samuel Jones. who has recently
returned to Brooklyn after serving two terms
in prison for a burglary in Lynn, Mass 1t was
learned few days ago that this man had sud-
denly lost straw hat and that he was trying
TO borrow some money in order that he mlgne
leave town at once. a saloonkeeper alSo IN,
formed the police that a pal OF Jones had tried
10 sell some slverware 20 him SO Jones was
hunted up and arrested while selling popcorn
at Coney Island yesterday morning
Yesterday Mrs. Latimer was taken to Police
Headquarters, in Smth-st., but could not idea-
tify the prisoner,
She tainted three times while at headquarters
and was sent home in the care of her phys-
clan.
Residents Of the Bedford section are much
worked up over the epidemic of burglaTies and
have been holding meetings about it, The lax
methods of the police were severely criticised
at a meeting OF the residents of Quincy-st,, be-
tween Bedford and NOstrand aveS-. last uighL
II was held at the home OF Mr.. Morrell, No. III
Quiney-st Among the speakers were Senator
Henry Marshall, DIR. Joseph H Hunt and Will
lam Mumford. IL decided 10 employ two
special watchnen for the block Other districts
will organize for self protection.