Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-24
THE LATlMER INQUEST.
TuthiII Was at Home When the Shoot
ina Occurred.

New York. July 23.-The coroner's in
quest called to investigate the shootiii5
of Albert C. I.atimer at his nome IN
Brooklyn on the morning of July Z, was
resumed Tuesday, deemed died in hos
rital and all he told of the shooting was
that he was shot in bed ana that ne dii
not believe it was done by burglar; ny
first witness. Tuesday. was Conrad Engel,
a barber, who knew L.atimer ana VINO was
called to shave the wounded man he
said Latimer showed his wound and he
said: Look where the 'bugSer Shot
me" Engel thought the talk was en-
tirely rational; that was all that was sad
of the shooting. .
Anton c. Buprecht. who was at the
I.atimer house the night of the shooting,
said he had never known of any trouble
between Mr.. and Mrs. Latimer.
Frank Taylor testified that he had
heard shots on the morning of July and
that some one cried out walter, Wal
ter"
Mrs. Bella Treadwell testified that 4
long time ago Mrs. Latimer said 1t was
hard to be tied to a man and see some
one else you really loved" Mrs. Tread
well thought the remark was made with
out any reference to Mrs. Latimer her
self
William II. Tuthill was called. He said
he read that Latimer when in the hospi
tai asked If he. Tuthill, was being
watched. He denied that meeting be.
tween him and Mrs. Latimer in Esd
street told of by Mrs. LatiIner's sister,
was prearranged. The matter was ex-
planned to Latimer and they continued
friends. On the night of the shooting
he went to the Clarendon hotel, called on
n young woman friend whose name he
would give If required. and then went
home. arriving there at Ills. Later a
patrol wagon was sent for him by Mrs.
Latimcr and he went to her home and
did what he could for her. He said he
could not account for Laumers ques-
ton: 1T Tuthill being watched?" 1t
was true, he said. that he stayed at the
Iatimer home two nights after the shoot
ing. but he did so because none of Lati-
mer's brothers were able to remain.
Hannah Larsen, a servant in the Truth
i'll house, corroborated Tuthills state
ment that he arrived home at 1l.15
Elias Kasindorf, who lives near the
I.atimers. said he heard loud voices in
the Iatimer house five minutes before
the shooting. He could see the back yard
of the house where the shooting occurred
and he was sure no one escaped that way.
Mrs. Albert c. Latimer, the widow, was
recalled and asked to describe the man
she said shot her husband. She said the
Intruder wore n mask; that she could not
see his face. therefore she did not know
the color of his eyes, nor whether he had
a moustache. He was of medium height.
He wore the peaked cap found in the
house after the shooting. The hearing
went over until tomorrow.
I.atimer's will was filed, Tuesday. 1t dis
posed of property worth slS50o. With
the will was filed a codocil written on q
prescription blank while Latimer lay in
his death bed in ST. Marks hospital. The
codicil, which is incoherent, reads as fol-
lows:
II desire all of my among my children
only. A. c. Latimer''
The original will gave the widow one
tenth of the property absolutely and the
income of one-third additional for life.
the remainder of the estate to so to the
children.