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a ae seem cu & ago—three or four years.” tad a ie + Child Bonteadicts Mother's Biory About Pull- ing Down the Shades—Not Down, She Says, Till the Police Came. ia Boe oe with them, I did not then know whether he was in or out of bed when he was shot. I give what Mr. Latimer said state any ‘The witness said that he wa prepared to at time Mr. Latimer was in his full senses, bit there were times when the witness was impressed that Mr. Latimer was quite rational. Doctors might disagree ‘on that point, he said, but he felt sure’at times Mr. Lotimer was in a rational state of mind. This testimony was regarded of great importance, Dr. Downing, another physician, declared that Latimer said “] NEVER HAD A CHANCE, THE COWARD SHOT ME IN RED." This was on the second day after his arrival at the hospital, the Doc- tor testified. Q. Was Mr. Latimer then in a rational state of mind? A. [think so. Q. In your opinion could Mr. Latimer have identified his assailant were he rationally able to do so? The witness hesitated. “I would not‘like to pass opinion on that point, I would place myself in conflict with associates at the hospital were I to answer.” Q. Who had charge of Mr. Latimer, who had the authority to say he should or should not make a statement? A. Dr. Morrison had the author- ity, he took full charge of Mr. Latimer. MRS. LATIMER’S DRAMATIC ‘STORY OF THE SHOOTING., Mrs. Latimer's testimony, stem ographically reported, was as fol- lows; “Directly after supper I went out, but returned very soon, and we all gat down on the stoop. We were Joined there by Mr. Ayer, a nelghbor, whom we asked to sit with us. I said to my husband, ‘Aren't you going to gleep?’ He sald, ‘Yes. Certainly.’ He bought ice cream, and the children, g8 well as all of us, enjoyed it. We went upstairs later and retired about 9:30 o'clock. I turned out the gas. “IT was disturbed by some one moving in the room. ‘What is the matter, Sadie?’ asked my husband. ‘Some one is in the room,’ I said, With that I saw the object move across the room and disappear in my clothes press.” The witness began to weep. Her voice was almost inaudible. “T arose,” she continued, “and entering the bathroom, secured matches, lighted the gas quietly and I addressed my husband, saying, ‘Get up, there ie a burglar.’ My husband arose. The burglar came out of the closet. I tried to grapple with the burglar. He attempted to shoot me. I screamed. Then my husband went toward him.” Mrs. Latimer faltered, Tells of the Shooting. " “What then happened?" asked the District-Attorney. “The burglar fired," half-hysterically answered the witness, ‘There was a deathlike pause. “Go on,” salc Mr. Clarke mildly. “My husband staggered and fell. The struggle had taken place be- tween the cloxot and the chiffonler, I RUSHED TOWARD THE BURGLAR AND PUSHED DOWN HIS HAND AS HE AGAIN FIRED AT MY HUS- BAND, WHO FEI. PROSTRATE TO THE FLOOR. (Then the burglar jumped over my huaband’s body and rushed fownstai I followed, half-gow ned, crying " “HE HAS KILLED BERT! HE HAS SHOT MY HUSBAND!" After the burglar ran downstairs, Mrs. Latimer said, she returned to the sleeping room. Her husband was bleeding and unconscious, “I then rushed to the window, climbed out on the porch and screamea, ‘Bert {s murdered! Send for police!’ When the police arrived they found the rear basement door opened.” At this point Mr. Clarke gave thie explanation: “I wish to say now that this is a general investigation, and not in the nature of a trial. Were it such, I should fee) justified in bringing out facts other than can be adduced here. Much stated here may be irrelevant on trial, I am here simply to lay before the Coroner such facts as are now in posseasion of the police.” Mrs. Latimer regained her composure quickly. Asked About Tuthill and Others. “T am requested to ask,” said Mr. Clarke, “were you ever in the com- pany of Mr. W. H. Tuthill outside of your house?” 5 “Yes,” said Mrs, Latimer, Q. Did your husband at any time ever have any trouble with a@ Mr, Tathill? A. Yes. I was shopping in New York one day. It was Saturday anda half holiday. I got the car at Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue, | intending to go to Stern's. As I got off the car Mr. Tuthill approached and @rabbed me by the arm and said: “What are you doing here?” [ told him that I was going to Stern's, but it was closed, and then asked him what he twas Going there. He caid he was going home. I was about to &O east to take the Twenty-third street ferry home. He sald he was tired waiting for bis car, and we took a car downtown and over the bridge. I went home, Q. What did your hueband have to say about Mr, ‘Tuthill meeting you and coming home with you? A. He thought it very strange, and asked me to explain. I told him it was a mere accident that I had met Mr. ‘Lut- hill, Mr. Tuthill explained to my busband and wrote a letter explaining. My husband was perfectly satisfied Wrote Notes to Elwell. Q. Did you ever carry on a communteation with a Mr, lwell; did you y write him notes? A. Yes, 1 did. I wrote him a few notes, It was in a dest. That was three years ago. Mr, Klwell thought it funny that 1 was married. “I want you to recall, if you can, an incident that occurred in your house some time ag@ when a Mr. Weil, it is eald, drank too mucb and was Put to bed to sleep it off, “Yes, 1 do. I don’t remember the date, though, It was a long time “Did your husband know of this incident?” “No, I don't think he did. I know it was an indiscreet thing to do, but I did not think much of it at the time.” ~ Q Did you ever tell Mr, Elwell your husband was going to Chicago? A. No, sir; there never was any correspondence or communication between m8 unknown to my husband, Q. Do you know Mr, Whitney—Mr, B, Whitney? Q. Did your husband ever ask you about him? “Do you know Mr, Welr, who be put to bed?” “Yes,” answered che witness quickly, “I told Mr. Latimer about it,” Q When vas it? A. Really, I don't reca!! ‘This iucident was not further touched or mpted by Capt. Reynolds. witsiess looked straight into the eyes of the District-Attorney. Questions concerning these men were prompted by Chief of Detoo- polds, who sat near Mr. Clarke. It was evident that Mr. He: ynolds “a fabere the witeens asks any obbar Questions along the same 2 eS head, Reynolds frequent) Be fate Sunes a f eq) tly referred to @ Mat Bald to a friend near by; “I HAV! SOMETHING UP MY SLREV E er had become fully composed and was prepared for the A. Yes, A, Never ame intoxicated in your house, and enlarged ae ‘notice thg blood on your husband's body when you returned by asking the questions as to Tuthill, | was addured to lead to the detection of the man who murdered Al- nothing bert C. Latimer in bis home on the THE WORLD: ‘THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1 BYRON LATIMER. MRS. LATIMER LE (Photographed to-day by SAVING THE COURT-ROOM an Evening World photographer.) | IRS. LATIMER’S DRAMATIC STORY OF THE SHOOTING; COLORED MAID SAW TUTHILL’S PICTURE IN WIDOW’S ROOM. te me Day of Sensational Developments, in Which Dying Man Is Quoted:as Saying No Burglar Shot Him—Members of the Family Tell About Trouble Over Visits of Tuthill. He wan not an inmate of the and nobody Thad ever seen yefore, Continuing 1 whiness said up and dre io Dr, Chest was in New to the house Coroner Williams then asked the girl several questions as to when the mem- bers of the household retired on the night of the shooting What SchepiiSaw. Policeman Adolph Schepp, of the Gates avenue police stution, who was the first officer to arrive at the Latimer house on the night of the shooting, was cal'ed. er that sed narrative, 48 soon the young as she got telephoned om she found then returned York. Shi He hear the eri aid first thought they were uttered by some person 1g a nightmare. He rushed to the Hancovk street house. Mrs Latimer was over the porch shouting: “Murder! My hus: ind is shot! Schepp climbed to th poreh room through a neighboring win rould not He it first get Into the limbed through th Mrs, Latimer stood tow, He Latimer house. ming, Burglars have been here," she ex- | DR. MORRISON, ell, Weil and Whitney absolutely rning of July -ete BYRON LATIMER BRINGS IN NAME OF TUTHILL. G. Byron Latimer’s testimony) @. Ever make that suscestion? A. No. brought the name of W. H. Tuthill| 12) Whit uscasionet’ the dismissal of prominently into the case. stood he met Mrs. Latimer on the street vAt the hospital,” he sald, “Efand chat Mr tatimer vt Tuthit in asked my brother if he suspected ub House, Then he tered him oun anybody. He sald ‘No.’ 1 asked iff {2 "len ie i Aer Hee he knew where he was when he was] ;,,, TES nmee shot. He said ‘No.’ he would 1 Mes. Latimer “That was my first talk with him, PM" 1 fvgod.Tut- and 1 saw him next day, but the lo Ha racion hat Tut. subject of the shooting wa A not re- nll i hog A ood id fered to in my presence, We after. Codieh to Hin Wil ward spoke of a man by the name of| sega Nip Tuthill, He asked me: ‘IS TUT-|) : von s HILL BEING WATCHED?’ 1 sald] 4 had and A "Yes!" Ty Q, Was Tuthill watched? A. No, Q. Why did you answer him that way? A.I wanted to relieve his|to ao mind. knew he was brooding over it, He knew that hil had vis-} a 1 spout ited his house and did not like it. | {osted . MEO Q. Didn't this have any signifi | '9ked fore peu Haiy Bn cance to you? A, Not to me. He Ni are) said Tuthill was visiting his house " ( and he did not like him there whea } he (Latimer) was not there. “ Q. What onneetion did that have } with the shooting of Mr, Latimer? rola , A, None whatever, aa! oad rie Q. Did you ask him why he im with asked you if thill was being | Tatimenrentinge waitchedt A. Q. Why did he not want Tucnin | 1 at the honaet A, Because, | he- Iden ‘Tathin ut you 1 ko he wus who Q c " just what 1 Mr. Latimer pp ) the house? A 4. At any time did you hear the Q Did you t bo or" HU mentioned tn the Tuthill te the you He owas wo matter of brother? A. No. nlon. ne H 4,’ promptly frail’ the witness, ee surprise of erself and the spectators she was then excused, had shed no light on the identity of the murderer of rs ald he was satished, Beyond the Insinuation, created LATIMER TOLD DR. MORRISON E DIDN’T RECALL BURGLAR, ich interest was taken in the afterward? A. Yes, On the m testimony of Dr. Robert Morrison, |i of the shooting ty brother-in-law of the murdered man m the shot and and his physician, He told about mntaed x0 having been aroused from bed on the “Keon quiet” MMe anid, Aight of the shooting OWhg et? Tosatd, “Burgiars wort I hastened to the Latimer house,” |" a ahes Bene Bien the said Dr, Morrison, “Mrs, Latin es hoor was on the stoop. I hurried up t ery donalians stairs. Mr, Latimer was lying on one ; F te 4 no NOY HAVE SNY RECOLLECTION OF side, his legs drawn up and one arm) S BURGEAR That pile under him. A sheet was wound | ” | around him in a tang ‘ | Cae ae ae Re pround him ins tangled condition mu ww to tho Royal Ar asked Mr, Latir if he recognized yum, when apprised that a burglar me, | got. answer, Mr. Latimer) had ene for the perpose of war lying in sich a position that bis wetting the momes. head was in ue clothes-press, Mr Can 1 wee Sadie? he then said Latimer's heart beat slowly, Some ,{its (9 ts wife ‘Yes 1 maid, Sue one sugge removal to a Rowpital,|“4, 0 4" Ye wel Mireng and some ono eleo suggested that|duy. Then cunt soe h Nee Femoval would be injurious to the |! Jil MUNK up sou ner ow do you ae patient, His pulse got better, ‘Then | ar jzin x wald hee Ula nod omens: we decided to remove him,” DiatrioteAtorney Chakkenear ake @- Did you talk with Mr, Latimer Welly he was atill aumering trom the shock,” answered the witacss, be cee ne ait ie Lee amammnieaatl rnerrt BABY MARION AND MAID ON WITNESS STAND. | Tessie Mili the second She said screams of Mrs, her own bedroom door and ran {nto Mrs. Latimer, room and very much excited. identified the ‘antern, shoes and cap | found In the house. They had never been seen in the house before, she said. The windows were thoroughly secured and doors locked when she the colored maid, was | Witness at the inquest. aroused by the | Latimer and opened | | she was who was in her own Tessie went to bed. Q. Did Capt. Reynolds call your at- tention to a splintered door near the cellar? A. Yes, sir. Q. Dia you tell him it was an old splinter mark? A. Y | Q. Tam requested to ask Sf there is a picture of Mr. Wil n Tuthill in the house? A, Yes, Mr. Tuthill’s picture is where it can be seen from) the bed | A. Where is Mr, Latimer’s picture? A. In the closet, hidden away. The other picture 1s on the stand. It ts a small picture, ‘That completed Tessie Miles's tes- | timony, | Raby Marton Latimer Tentifien, | Little Marion Latimer, her bright eyes filled with tears, was caved. She sald she was aroused by her mother's cries of murder. Q, Did you hear what your mother sald to the poli A. Yes, she said papa was shot by a burglar. | Q. Were you in bed when you were ar vsed? A, Yes. When I heard mamma's cry I got up and ran into| mamma's room and saw papa lying on the floor, Mamma was walking, around screaming. A light was} burning in her room. Q. Did you notice the shades? A. Yes; they were up. I remember, | until the policeman came, Q. Whaj did mamma tell the po-| lice? A, She said: My husband ts| shot, send for my doctor, Dr, Mor- |‘ rison, around the corner.” The child delivered her testimony in a straightforward manner. Story Mire Venning. Miss Margaret Venning, the next wit- is niece of Mrs. Latuner, | a guest in the Latimer house When nth kit of the shooting yy Mr. Clarke she teatitled at East Orange, N. J. 1 was a guest of my uncle on the ight he was shot," she ald, “We all etired to our rooms a little after 9 wek. 1 went to bed shortly after: | ward, Nothing occurred in the house to| disiurb me ‘There were two shots fred, 1 think 1} was awakened, and upon going Into vunt's room Laaw my uncle tying on] the for wounded.” | @ Did you wee any one Im the houset A. Ye When I woke ap It saw the few past my bedroom door, describe the ma! ace his face, He was ruan from the r of my aunt’s room to the tales jt im bed, Q, Way thie person whom you Wronning toward the stairs = firanwert A, Me cortafaly was |matcs of the | mer claimed. Schey nd the excited in- house except Mrs, Latl- in the room where the wounded n lay. Send for an ambulance at once,” he said. “No, exclaimed Mrs. Latimer, “I want my own ph; n, Will no one pring Dr. Morrison?" “Previous to sending for the ambu- lance,” sald Schepp, “I was bending t. Latimer. Ms, Latimer sald to ‘Do you think he will die, officer? ‘I hear the death rattle,” I. sald to her in reply. When I searched the house Mrs, Latimer followed me downstairs, There on a step I picked up a silver butter knife. I looked at It closely. “Why, I never saw that before,’ Mes Latimer eaid, as she looked over my shoulder from a siep on the stairway. Two mysterious men entered the Latl- mer house shortly after the shooting ‘They walked straight Into the parlor, ““‘How js he?’ one of the men asked in low tones of Mra. Latimer, who was calm. She sald something inaudible in reply. Q. Was the shorter of the two men a young man, and did he wear glasses? A, Yes It was not brought out who the two men were, The police, it !s known, make mud) of thelr visit Schepp hat found the shoes and lagp and He did not see the shoes and cap ii they were handed to him by Tes+ sie Miles. | HEARD WOMAN SAY DON’T WALTER, OH, DON’T, ALBERT! Louis rper, a neighbor, gave startling testimony. He was awak- ened when he heard @ woman ex- claim: “DON'T WALTER! OH, DON’T, ALBERT!” before the shoot- ing. Then there were two shota and the woman screamed hysteri- (cally, Q. Was it Albert or Walter that was sald? A. Iam not sure, 1 think it was Walter, es | WITNESSES TELL OF SHOUTS AFTER THE SHOOTING. ©. R. Rich, one of the first citizens arou by cries after the shooting, said that when he arrived Mra, Latimer was on the stoop shouting: “Get a doc- tor!’ While running toward the house be saw Mrs, Latimer at the window. “What doctor do you want?’ the wit- ness asked her. ‘I want Dr. Morri- son,’ she answered, ‘and right away.’ Rich summoned Dr, Morrison, who | soon arrived, but not before the witness returned to the Latimer house and en- tered with a Mr, Lawson. Mrs, Latimer coolly took a hand in directing affairs,” Rich testified, “She made many suggestions as to the best plan for pursuing the burglar, She sug- gested going across the fences. At this lime Dr. Morrison arrived at the house. “'Doctor, doctor, doctor, pleas shouted Mrs. Latimer from the doorway as he entered the house, He soon called for hot water, ‘I must have the as- sistance of another phyalclan,’ sald Dr. rison after examining Mr. Latimer.’ vidence bordering on the sensational developed in the testimony of the witness, District-Attorney Clarke and Capt. Reynolds had been in con- versation, Roundsman Thomas Agnew, the Highth avenue station, was called He sald he was well acquainted with He was a member of | next Mr. Laumer. DeWitt Counell of the Royal Arcanum, of which Latimer was collector, er house to pay my ai man Agne’ taken to the hospital 1 visited he! al dale poaside, tw or th tien went there by direction of Capt: ueha ‘br the purpose of wetting ae ‘| ra ft Mr i Patimer was able to Latimer was delirious was Unable to talk, al- sognized me when 1 T called at the Lath r the time and though he had fF, entered the room. Dia he speak to yout A. He a (ried to speak, It sounded some- thing Hike “Did you pet the parties!” He wae very weak and unable to make a ntatement up to the time he died, ontague Lawson testified that he wasnt the company. of Agnew. and « he had said with Policeman Behe nm “holding the | candle as When near the Dottom of the airway Mra. iatimer anked if we had searched the vack farior, ‘The policeman aid no, We i; inte the back parior, lit the was }and ‘made an examination of the room, | After that we went to the basement and explcred the back yard, lawns asics As had infal len in front of the oar vas "ote ae said_he known tho man for six night of the I heard a acream, Meldrum, @ pistol shot. I heard one ink. and it came almost. simultan dusts the shout for help. [la mn then got up, and on ont winlow saw Mrs, roof of the porch, I her by the arm was the matter Bert!’ she replied, again for the polirs er T went into. the and found Mr on his face. From thot Miga not see him again until after e house with the doctor Latimer Iving tint he of Witness Forning, No treet. in the rear ob th. ta rem utes, then and Hzht was comin ght yard, lice when they came left the the sho If any one f er Nr nne over t he would have seed him: fe was son dent that nobody had left. He heard Something said about burglary. but pald fie parehGlar uttention to it. “The fences e rear are fee and vinse-covered, suieh one Latimer house by t vn xX or seven HEARD WOMAN SHOUT “HE IS ABUSING ME!” Latimer, sister of the murdered man, was a prominent figure of both morning and afternoon sessions. She took a seat directly at the foot of the witness stand and was indus- trious in taking motes of the testimony. She ts a stenographer, and none of the testimony escaped her ready pencil Beside Miss Latimer sat Distric torney Clark, who frequently chatted with her. She would not state to Mr. Clark or reporters her pupose in taking down the testimony, “It is good practice, The afternoon session began with call- ing of Coroner Flaherty. eats told about visiting the hospital and his efforts to see the dying man and obtain an ante- mortem statement "T went to the hospital,” he said, ‘and saw one of the sisters.’ I was told. to walt until Dr. Morrison was sent for. Dr. Morrison Mr. Latimer was de- Hrious and dying. a. D! you know antil that day that Mr, Latimer wan rational? A. No, @! All the information I A recelved was what I have just relnted. Thomas Gannon, of the Coroner's of- fice, corroborated Coroner Flaherty. Jerome B. Shore, of No. 220 Hancock screams which came from the Latimer house he heard some pereon across the street ask what was the matter. The reply came from the Latimer house and from the name person who had been making the onter: “HE 18 ABUSING WE—HE IS ABU’ ING MEY? Then the witness heard shots fired. The night was warm and the windows were open, she witness ald. so he could distinctly ‘hear what was ‘said by the person who, screamed. That person, said, was M Latim ‘Mr. ‘Shore's wife, a gray-halred woi an, corroborated her ushand in ever ting he said a that she di tnetly heard the eries and the ment, "He is abusing me.’ repeated d; person who made ty inqulry, ‘What ts the matter?” Towad answered the question, Q. What wan the character of the she said smiling, he screamnt A, They were the cries of a woman in great distress. ‘There was also the ery of fire, which seemed to come from the Latimer houne. ® —— FANNY LATIMER TOLD BROTHER ABOUT TUTHILL. M ©. Margaret Miller, of No. 125 Cor- lin street, the mother of Mrs. Willlam Latimer, was called to the stand Q. Do you know something about this cap? A. No. Q. Didn't you tell some one on the fe Island boat that you did? A only what I read in the newspapers. Mrs. William C. Latimer looked as {¢ about to faint. Her husband, who stood er side, could throw no light on the Latimer went on the stané ‘My brother William wld me "War shot in bed. 1 think he ron told him," Fanny Latimeris Story. Fannie Latimer, sister of the deceased, fs a handsome an and looks Hke Byron. She took the stand and testified: Q. Was Mr. Tuthin’s name mentioned while you Were at the hospital? A. on. He sald Albert seems TuiEht on about b him Mr hig, mind sald my Tuthiit had cor Why, him, 1 ra told fessed to him brother a that whatt A. kitled Confeaned he did—w suppose. “He seemed rational on July rth Page.) (Continued o Women's Neckwear Dept. 50 dozen Fancy Lace & Pigue “Sailor” & “Gibson” * Collars, 25C. each. formerly 50c. to $1.0 —Also— 100 dozen Summer Neckwear, 25C. each, formerly soc, & 75¢. 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