Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-27
\, SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9th, 1913
LIEUT.. LATTE a DEsEIsTER.
Information that Will Prove of Inter-
est to Many In Carolina.

The following item. taken from the
New Orleans Picayune of November
10Th, will be of interest to many in
the upper section OF South Carolina,
where Lieut." Latte played an i'm
portant role as lecturer and general
entertainer during several months of
active war work. lie claimed to be
Il wounded British soldier in this
country to recucprate from wounds
received In active service with the
british forces. We puote the article
in full:
After enjoying tho hospitality Of
prominent citizens OF New Orleans
ana other large communities, and mar
rying one Of the popular actresses or
the Loew Circuit, Harry Whitfield,
Latte will leave for New York Friday
in the custody Of Special Agent Whea-
ton G. Stillson, OF the Department of
Justice, to be turned over to the
british military authorities for trial
by court-martial OH the charge OF de-
sertion from the Canadian army.
since his sensational marriage to
MISS Isabel Violet Lilly. on October
81 and his subsequent arrest through
tho local British consulate, the young
soldier has been kept in solitary con-
finement in the parish prison. 1t is
alleged that he has made a full con-
fession to Special Agent Stillson, ad-
mitting his desertion from the Six
tieth Battalion, Sixth Middlesex Reg
iment Of the Canadian army.
Latte said he was born in Trinity.
Now Foundland, % years ago, and
the.t his father and mother lived at 80
Hancock street, Everett, Mass Ac-
cord1ng to Department Of Justice Off
cials he said he enlisted from Canada
in June, 1915, and after having serv-
ed as private III the Middlesex Regi-
ment, deserted at Bramshett, Eng
land, In February OF the following
year. After working his way to Lon
don and Liverpool he slowed on
BOARD the merchant ship Quenimore
and landed in Baltimore, where he
managed to erade the vigilance Of
immigration authorities. He said he
tnen obtained the uniform Of Cana
dian lieutenant and enlisted his SER
vices in the cause OF the Fourth Iib-
erty loan and solicited funds during
the Red Cross drives. His credentials
lie said, we're given through the office
Of the British-Canadiancu recruiting
commission.
'Garbed in the uniform of r. lien
tenant, he was received by prominent
citizens Of Denver. INDIANAPOLIS and
Chicago, and arrived in New Orleans
IN the early part Of September. Hc
SAID he had borrowed in the neigh
borhood Of $1,000, and while he
spent his money freely, he said his
stay IN New Orleans has cost him lit
tie or nothing. lie met Miss Lilly in
one OF the leading hotels, and that
night they were married in Gretna in
the presence of Lieuts. Briggs and
Taylor. Of the Medical Corps of the
United States Navy.
Latte said he had deserted the
British army on account of the Door
treatment received in a hospital. ac-
cording to Special Agent Stillson."
Lieut." Latte became quite promi-
nent In various activities connected
with Liberty Loans and other war
WORK and in the field of Red Cross ac-
tivities In this section. At the time
ne was In such demand in this terri
tory he was making Anderson his
headQuarters. The Courier never
mad any faith in or respect for the
man after he failed to keep an en-
gagement to speak In Walhalla, for
we were Informed. though not off,
clally or In such manner as to be able
TO make public any statement with
reference to our information, that the
man was so miserably drunk at the
time he was to have left Anderson to
come to Walhalla that he could not
make the trip. 1t was our private
Il
mates here in Walhalla, that Lieut."
Latte was fake OF some kind, or
that there was something crooked
about him. Wo had, however, taken
no further notice of him until thn
New orleans publication recalled him
most unpleasantly to our mind,