The evening world. Newspaper, July 22, 1902, Page 2

Bt! BL) @ Were you at any time alone with Mrs. Laltmer? A. Not that 1 1 Milt ict se cllahascculll is ees © en ‘the corner. Q. You saw some person in the closet? A. Yes Q. You then went to the bathroom and got a match and lit the gaa. A. ‘Yes. Q. Did you think it was a burglar? A. I don't know. J knew it was « ‘Mrs. Latimer began to ery. Byron Lattmer, whose arm was about the ‘witnea’s chair, ambraced her and she continued: .Q. Then what? A. I knew there was a man there and I told Bert so, and then I opened the door and he stepped out. Q. What did you say? A. “There he ts.” Q. When did your husband first speak? A. As T opened the closet door and the man came out, '@ ‘That was when your husband picked up the clothes and sprang the bed. A. Yes. @ Do you know why your husband took up the bed clothes in that A. Ido not Q@. Was your husband as tall a man as William Latimer? A. Yes, quite ry fare mean and muscular. *@ Do-you know where the first shot struck your husband? A. I think ‘the ghot was in the face, and as he fell the second shot was fired. “Did you attempt to draw back the burglar's mask? A. No, sir? Burglar Left-Handed. -Q, Yeu are entirely unable to give a better description than you have done? A. 1 can tell no more than I have done. Q. Now in which hand did the burglar hold the revolver, hand. °Q.. Did you scream then? A.I certainly did scream both before and af- ter the shooting. Q. What was it that made you pull down the window shade? A. Force of habit merely. Q. Iam requested to ask you why you did not scream out of the front window when you first went there? (A. I did scream, and from front and back windows. Husband Was Awake. Q. Was Mr. Latimer awake when you got out of bed? A. He was. Q. So he knew just what you were doing and what you had said? A He did. Q. Did you see the color of the man’s hair? I did not. ‘The sixth juror asked: “When you got up and went to the bathroom was your husband awake? A. Yes, alr. Q. Was he awake when you got out of bed? A. Yes, fully. Q. He could observe your actions? A. Yes, he appeared to when I got up, and asked, What is the matter? A. In bis left ' Mrs. Latimer was then excused and the inquest was adjourned until 10 A. M. to-morrow. HEARD LOUD TALK SEVEN MINUTE SBEFORE SHOOTING. Bilis Kasindorf, a cloakmaker, of No. 428 Tompkins avenue on the day of the shooting, said he frequently saw the Latimers in their yard | «¢ Q, On the morning of July 2 did you hear eries? A. I was asleep. My | wite' woke me. I lay still a moment, then jumped to a window and heard voices, I leaned out of the window and tried to hear what was going on Najisea seemed to come from three houses from where I lived. Q. What were those noises? A. 1 could not really tell. Q. Were they shouts or only talk? A. First some loud talk, then | der and louder. Q. Was it like the sound of people quarreling? exactly tell. | Q. A woman's voice? A. Just voloes. | + @. Well, A. And then as they got louder J heard two shots, and then there were screams of “Murder! Murder!" We stood for a long time In the window, and I noticed the yard and saw nothing. A few moments later | Saw the policemen climbing over the fence. I saw none leaving the Lat!- mer house. My window enabled me to see everything In the rear of tie Latimer house, Q. Could you sce Latimer’s house on Hancock street? rear. “Mr, Latimer's house Js the third house from the corner of Hancock,” | PMr. Clarke. ‘Was it from that direction that you heard the screams? “It was." Q. How long did you hear the conversation before the shots? Seven minutes. Q. And thon the talk got louder and louder? Q. Until the shots? A. Yes, Q. And then cme the screams? Q. Could you iook over the fences from the windows? could see clear to Throop avenue Q. And no one escaped over the fences? the TUTHILL TELLS OF HIS A. That [ could not A, From the A. About A. Yes, A. Yes, | A. Oh, yes, I A. No, sir, nobody. SEEING MRS. LATIMER. | "There was a ripple of excitement when William H. Tuthill was called, Tuthill was extremely pervous. He clutched the arms of the chair tightly. District-Attorney Clarke treated him very gently, almost apologetically, in his opening questions. Mr. Clarke alsked Q. You are aware your name was brought into this case through cer- tain circumstances, and you learned that Mr. Latimer in the hospital said that he knew the man who shot him? A. Yes. 1 read that Knew of Latimer’s Questions. Q. Have you heard that Latimer at the hospital asked if you had been watched? A. Yes, Q. And that he knew who shot him? A. Yes, Q. You went away on your vacation to White Lake and returned yolun- tewily? A. Yes. Q. And you are here to tell all you know? @ How Jong have you known Mr. Latimer? A. Yes, A. Bix or seven ye HILL TELLS LATIMERS IMPLICITLY TRUST BROTHER’S WIDOW Strategy woe resorted to by the vart ous members of the Latimer family to. Jay to attend the inquest without being rey photographed, ugh Hall was sur- rounded by of photographers ail anxious to seeure a pteture of the principal Ngures In the mystery Miss Fannie Latimer was the first member of the family to arrive. she ame In by the front door and skipped nimbly up the steps and went direetly © the room where the Inquest is by held. G Byron Latimer, aceompanioa by Roundsman Agnew, of the Gates station, a personal friend, came ulton strect, and befo Q. Belonged to the same council? A, Yes, Q. An intimacy sprung up between you and him through the council? A Yes. Q. When did you meet Mrs Mr. Latimer. Q. You know tbat Mrs. Latimer has toetified here that you took her to dinner? A. Yes. } was waiting for a friend at Twenty-third street and avenue, | met Mrs, Latimer Q. Was that by previous appointment? A. No, I asked her what he was doing there, and she said the store she was going to was told her to come and take lunch with me. We went to the Bt lunch and then went home. Q. What was done then? A, Well, ! suggested a bleycle ride Park, and I went with Mrs, Latimer to her house and wher tered [ remained downstairs on the stoop and wal’ed for her Explained to Latimer. ) Q. What was the outcome of this trip? A. I received a letter from Mr er and went to see him and explained matters to bis satintetion Wea no interruption to our friendship, Q, How frequently did you visit the house. A, Q Were you in the habit of wheeling with Mra, Latimer? Latimer? A. Ob, about a year after 1 met losed and | Denis n P, he et Once in three weeks, A, No, ali | @ Were your relations with Mrs. Latimer quite cordial? ‘We never had a cross word or argument A. Quite cor and black-and-white trousers ‘What kind of # bicycle suit have you? A, A light blue coat, a blouse ani Albert anuweyod “When I got to the house 1 shook ‘This is a terrible affair.” ‘Yes, Will,’ she answered er happened.’ 1 went upstairs and Dr There were friends around whom I knew “Dr. Parker was there, 100, Lert told me and was giving Mr, hands with Mra. 1. Latin __QORONER WOATAMS. __ knew it had entered by a side door. William C, Latimer and his wife entered by the same door, Mrs, Sadie Latimer, the widow of the murdered man, accompanied by Harry Latimer, entered from the Court street side through a basement door which is seldom used. She went to the mom of the Court of Spectal Sessions, where the inquest is belng held, W. H. Tuthill, who is to be the star witness, went in the front door and was shown to Coroazer Williams's office. From there he was directed to the wit- ness room. . Reynolds was much averse to photographed, and kept his hands his face as he entered the building, William ©, Lathner sald to an Eyen- ing World reporter; ‘ sincerely hope it will be preven con- clusively that “a burglar shot my. Brother, 1 wish this for the children’s uke, I have never said whether I be- lieve it was or was not an inside Job. My brothers and myself are following j every possible clue, All sorts of stories have been told us, many palpable un- truths, but you can say posittvely that the family belieyes implicity that Mra. Latimer has told everything she knows about the shooting. It is false that we helleve she knows more than she has told, We are convinced that she knows noting more than she has already told. “We all hope that the mystery will be cleared up and that it will be shown that it, was @ burglar who shot my ‘brother.’ o Latimer or any of his brothers, except Albert, was on March 28 last, and Q. That suit you had in July two years ago? A. Yes, sir. Q. How long have you been riding a wheel? Three or four years.|then Byron Latimer und 1 had a most friendly conversation. ye ae sre Vie At no time did Byron Latimer or any of his brothers show any signs Saw Mrs. Latimer in Store. of being displeased at my visits to Albert Latimer’s house. Q. Did Mrs. Latimer ever visit your place of business in Brooklyn? A, 1 Q. Do you remember a yisit to Asbury Park with Mr. and Mrs, Lati- had no place in Brooklyn, |mer? A. No, sir. Q, Did you not see Mrs. Latimer in Ver re . A Q. How often? A. dwice. She came nit: sme a her partor| Seayed at Latimer Home. furniture. | Q. Did you remain at the Latimer house on the night after the shoot- Q. For a cozy corner? A, 1 guess it was ing? A. I did. I went back at 6, William Latimer was in the dining- Q, Now to come down to the night of the shooting of Mr. Latimer, Will|!20m- He sald the Regents of the counct! had appointed him acting col- you Kindly explain your movements? A.‘ night 1 went to the Claren-| lector. Z don Hotel for dinner. I then ealled on a young Acai! yon lie: He said he had to go home and fix up the books and asked me ff I name if you insist, but 1 prefer to leave her out of this. would stay, I said 1 would, and I stayed, “Gertainiy, Jedve ber outs: sald) Mn | Q. Did you again stay Saturday night? A, Yes, I will explain. Mra, 7 " . ; latimer asked me to wait, as she did not want to stay in the house alone. His Story of the Shooting. [While 1 was waiting a messenger boy came with a message from Willlam “L then went to my home, ving at 10 o'clock, My servant heard ‘4!timer saying Mr. Latimer’s temperature was high, and he would stay at me and called out, ‘Is that you, Mr. W 1 car ou like; the hospital all pight, so I stayed at the Latimer house that night, ‘here she ts here in court. I then retired and the thing | heard was the Were others there. ringing of my bell, and when i went to the nidow ere wa patrol Q. What was the last thme before that when you visited the Latimer wagon in front of the house house? A. It was fully two weeks before. “The officer said there had been an aceldent on Hancock street, near Q. And not after that until the night of the shooting? A. No, Tompkins avenue. and y wanted me, ed und went Mr, Tuthill left the stand ithout telling all that was expected of him by down and went to the Latimer house In the wagon. ‘1 was dA. M., or | the police and the Coroncr a tew minutes from that time, o+e. _ CRIES OF “WALTER, WALTER!” HEARD AFT. TER THE SHOOTING.|; ro Tompkins avenue. I saw a policeman running and also a trolley inspéctor, The policeman said ‘‘He’s in a vacant house (meaning the burglar), a vacant house on Halsey street.” The inspector ran around to call fo reserves, Tran to my house, lighted the gas so as to illuminate the yard to prevent escape. Then brother and I ran to a vacant lot and searched in the buehes, Then we went to the roof and saw no stranger. Then I went to the street and Mrs. Latimer's house, there to learn for the first time that a burglar had shot Mr. Latimer. Q. Did you see anybody % th» vack yard? A. Only policemen. Q. You say there was considerable screaming before the shooting. How long long was this screaming? A. Well, I was awakened and lay in bed some moments before the first shot was fired. It may have been five minutes. Then I jumped up. A Neighbor’s Revelations. Mrs. Belle Treadwell, of No. 809 Hancock street, was called next. testimony was as follows: “We were sitting on our stoop in our house, a block from the Latimer house, on the night of July 2, when Mrs, Latimer came over and sat with us for a few minutes,” said the witness, who was dressed in black lawn, and who is a pretty young matron. “Mrs. Latimer stayed at our house only a few minutes. Mrs. Latimer said her husband had been shot twice and she had seen the man. Q. Was your attention called to the Latimer house? A. Yes. awakened at the time, I believe. voices exclaiming “Oh, mamma!” and then cres of murder, , Q. Did you hear any screams or cries prior to the shooting? A. I aia not. Q. Did you go downstairs? A. No. Q. Did you see any one on the roof of the veranda? A. Yes, but I aid not look right eway. When I did I saw her knocking on the window of the next house and crying that her husband had been shot and that she had seen the man. She Loved Another ? Q. Now, Mrs. Treadwell, did you ever hear Mrs. Latimer eay that tt was hard to live with a man she did not love? A. Well, not exactly that, said the witness, looking away from the table. Q. What was sald? A. Well, a long time ago we were talking ana MRS. LATIMER SAID IT WAS HARD TO BE TIED TO A MAN AND 80 SOME ONE ELSE YOU REALLY LOVED. Q. Anything else? A. Well, I don’t remember. Q. How did Mrs. Latimer approach that subject? A. Oh, {ust talking about diferent things. Q. Did she say it referred to herself? A. No. Q. Was it in the abstract? A. Yes. It was not referring to herself-at all. Saw Latimer Late at Night. ‘ John Arkwright, of No. 125 Howard street, was next called. He ts.@ tinsmith, whose shop is a halt-block from the Latimer house. Q. Dia you see Mr. Latimer on the night of July 1f A. Between 11 and « quarter to 11 P. M, he went into Dougherty’s drug store end bought two one-cent stamps and left. Q. What direction did he come from? A. I saw him only when he en- tered the door. Q. Did you speak to him? A, I did not. Q. What did Mr. Latimer say? A. He wanted two two-cent stamps, but Mr. Dougherty could only give him two one-cent stamps. That was all he said. After saying good-night he walked out of the store. Q. How did you fix time? A. I left my lady friend at 10.80. Then I'went for a soda, rode home and was in bed at 11 o'clock. Q. Did you hear the next morning of the shooting of Mr, Latimer? A. IT did, and that is how J placed the time of seeing him. Q. Did you speak to any one of the meeting? A. Yes. When I was told of the shooting next day I said, “I can hardly believe that, as I saw him about 11 o'clock last night in the drug store." Q. And there is no mistake in your mind that it was 10.80-or 11 o'clock. when you saw Mr. Latimer? A. None. ‘ Q. Was he fully dressed? A. Yea. Q. Did you refer to this fact the .oxt morning in Mr. Dougherty’s drug store? A. Yes, LATIMER WAS RATIONAL, SWEARS BARBER ENGEL. Me. Latimer? A. Yes. br. Mark, house urgeon, was in Mr. Latimer’s room, Her Conrad Engel, a barber in the Kennett Building, testified as follows: furgeon, was in Mr. Latimer's room Q. Did you see Mr. Latimer at 8t.| doctor. Mri Latimer eekeavit it was Mr °Agnew, an officer whose, beat’ ta Mary's Hospital? A. Yes. On the Fourth of July. Q. Did you see Dr. Morrison there? A. No, sir. Q, Do you know htm? A. Yes. Q. Who was there? A. No one. Q. What did you do? A. I saw him in bed, He turned his head, saying: “How are you?" I shook his hand. He said he was doing well and expected to get better. Q. Did he have a beard? A. Yes, short beard. Sure He Was Rational. Q. What else was sald? A The nurse forbid further talking. @. Was he rational in your opine font A. He was, I thought he was fully aware of what wae said. Anton C. Rupprecht, of No. 879 Han- cock street, the next witness, testified as follows: “I knew Mr. Latimer, I met Mrs, Latimer when T went to pay my assess- ments." Q. Were you at the Latimer house on July 2? A. Yes, I went, but did not in- tend to go there when I started out. I was In the neighborhood of the house and stepped In. No Evidence of Quarrel. Q. What transpired? A. I left and got home about 9.80, Q. What tme did you Jeave the Lati- mér house? A. About 9.26. Q. Were you there when the tce cream purchased? A. No; it may have Been before or after. Q. 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I arose, went to the back window and heard some |that there had been = quarreit| ive, and beyond question the Hat she could tell us that Willlam Latimer lived at No, 1 \ treet, Shots fired, Then I heard some one cry, ‘Walter, Walter!’ " 4; .Wathine: of Flas tne| Purest, sweetest, most suo- Some one went for him and 1 remained in the } 1 William Q. Did you hear her screaming? Were there any distingt erles? A. | cidulemaker, was called “te aid noe cessful and economical blood Latimer and others came. Mrs. Latimer was very excited « could get Only “Walter, Walter!” Fal Tene dittimer house "on the Hod rs ery Hittle information from ber | Q_ From what direction did the cries come? A. From the direction of | o£ hooting, and skin purifiers, humour Saw Latimer in Hospital, sme are noiiee moe Ae ni ae viet ules pact surts An onegraties * iow far Is your house from e Latimer’ . Across the street, r com) }, Bubseque a “ ol is: “at Y t » i sual Subseauent to that did you visit Mr. Taitimer at the hospital? A,| Mow far distant? A. One hundred yards, three hundred feet. ue sustner Cane soma i abitt Wr ss eit Q. What did you do? A. I got up, met a watchman and @ policoman 12" woe a a} Complete Treatment $i Dain oc ine A. 1 went with Dr. ron in kind of alinnd told them, hank T wanted 10 see the } doctor way, We went to the room. Mr. Latimer said, “Hello, how ts th Q. How long after y: “ ” ane TOOT COMP DES A868 ve ‘ ¢ jon you heard the screams, ‘Walter, Walter!”? A, Com, external ptornal treatment nistrens Sle is getting along all right i ratte Piva ay What was the doctor'a namet A, 1 plete and t fener | to eight minutes, if for every humour, consisting of Ovricuns 2 O Wak present with you’, A Morrison Q When you got there did you see anybody come over the fence, A, No,| ,' ay “you see Dr, Morrison theret oss: Epa te es. ot game Tuthill's Statement. Saw No Strangers. saat?” 4! mere you there allo-| tole; Curicuna Onrmmenr, B00, to te q. Now, Mr. Tuthill, is there any statement you w . 4 pai Q doctor would not allow you tantly allay itching, inflammation, and route i : u int Charles L. Taylor, brother of the preceding witness, was next called to] to see Mure Latimer? A, No alr irritation, and soothe and heal j and Cure 30 water 9 whe yoUP name hae heen used at this inquest? ihelatand ‘APs aid ‘aot nee the deceased at wl?! ouma Rasouvmrr Pri, M8 to e00) aad 5 Att Bae SMa ie Mh ; boris: Ht Was testified by Got Q. How far did you reside from the Latimer home? A. One hundred] , Patrolman Martin J, Downe next tenti-| Sean ne oad. 4 Aipes cate eens yer that noer Albort asked Dim at the hospital “ds Tucuil yards. i) Were ocaly akin, f ¢ i . 4 ye you detailed to relieve some figuring, itebing, burping, and And he anawered And GB. Latimer tostifed laser that hehe Q Did you hear anything on the night of July 2? A, T heard con-| QMSv, #} {he bedelde of Me. battinert | soap, and Hamar, camaias eh bald “eo” cnevoly to sithity Die brother, Purther, Byron Latimer tov | siderable screaming, and for a time I was sure It was & woman's voice. I a When aid you ao eaaint A, ‘The toa frritations, with loss of alr, trom titted thar hy a brother “Wil T order Puthill out of the house? | heard the words “Walter” und “murder,” and they might have been cho Healy iio eat Pp, Ree plecile de inter -anvary y " i ‘ “ lla auaiearnd x sca ' same, Then I heard ‘wo shots, and the woman who had been scream 2 Could Not Describe Him, Brith Depot Serer be i aye Only to may Chal Lhe last Uwe 1 #aW | came out in the open and yelled “murder,” My brother and I ran out to} @ Did you hear aay conversetion mith pws ‘Gears tte and ‘ ’ Hi ia eB 2 ian iia is Re ict ageless Bae ea Ps)