D/O Antoine/Mary Adelaide (Bonneau), W/O Albert, M/O John.
Death Notices Jan - Dec 1898 Sault Ste Marie (MI) Evening News
Saturday March 26th 1898 Page 2
The remains of Mrs. Wm. Lathwell who was murdered by her husband at Niagara Falls, arrived here Saturday. The funeral was held at St. Mary's church Sunday afternoon and the remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery
March 19, 1898 Sault Ste. Marie News (Michigan)
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Wm. Lathwell Shoots, Wife, Paramour and Himself
FORMER SOOITE'S CRIME
Mrs. Lathwell Dies From Her Wounds.
A Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. A Piquette, and Had Lived Here Until Two Months Ago
A terrible tragedy was enacted at Niagara Falls last Monday in which people well known here were the participants. Wm. Lathwell, in a moment of insane rage, shot and fatally wounded his wife and a woman named Mrs. Toomey, who was his paramour, and himself. Mrs. Lathwell is dead, and her body will reach the Soo today for burial. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Piquette, old residents of the Soo, and has three sisters and two brothers in the city. The ill-fated woman married Lathwell two years ago this winter, when he was the proprietor of a barbershop at the Canadian Soo. The following summer Lathwell worked in a barber shop under Condlon's shoe store and is remembered by many here.
The shooting occurred in Lathwell's living apartment over his barbershop, just after the inmates of the house had arisen at 9 o'clock, Tuesday morning. Five shots were fired. Two of them struck Mrs. Toomey, one in the neck, severing the gullet, and the other in the left breast. Mrs. Lathwell was shot in the left breast, near the heart and in the back on the left side. Lathwell was wounded in the breast, the ball entering just above the heart, passing through his body and lodging in his back just beneath the skin. The three wounded persons were taken to a hospital. Mrs. Lathwell died about 11 hours afterward. Both Mrs. Toomey and Lathwell will die if death has not already come to them. At her request Mrs. Toomey's mother, Mrs. Alexander McLaughlin, of Oconto Wisc. was sent for. Lathwell's parents reside at Orangeville Ont. Jealousy was the cause of the trouble. When Lathwell and his wife arose they began quarreling about the Toomey women and Lathwell, becoming enraged, drew a revolver and began firing. The women sought safety in flight, but were overtaken by the flying bullets. It appeared that Lathwell left the Soo in December 1896 leaving his wife here and went to Pembine, Wis. where he lived until about Jan 13 1898. About that time Lathwell skipped out with Mrs. Alice Toomey, wife of a Pembine bartender, came to the Soo for a day or so then went to his old home at Orangeville, Ont. which he had not visited since his marriage, and palmed the Toomey woman off as his wife. Mrs. Lathwell followed her recent husband to Orangeville, from the Soo about the middle of January, having heard of her husband's escapade, only to find that he had flown with his paramour to Niagara Falls, where they were living as man and wife, when Mrs. Lathwell arrived on the scene a few days later, strange to say, there was no trouble. The matter was patched up and the two women, Mrs. Toomey and Mrs. Lathwell agreed to live together with Lathwell. All went well under these arrangements for a few days, but when Miss Toomey appeared with a gold watch and chain one day Mrs. Lathwell was angry and demanded an explanation. Her husband could not answer her question to her satisfaction and the two women got together and agreed to leave Lathwell. Without notifying him they left for Buffalo. He entered a complaint and charged Mrs. Toomey with stealing the gold watch. The two women were apprehended and they told a story confirming the above statement. Mrs. Toomey said that Lathwell had given her the watch, but that he denied it. After the trail of their case they returned to Niagara Falls. The breath between Lathwell and the two women was bridged and they lived together again until the deed of blood was enacted by Lathwell, probably in a spirit of revenge.
Death Notices Jan - Dec 1898 Sault Ste Marie (MI) Evening News
Saturday March 26th 1898 Page 2
The remains of Mrs. Wm. Lathwell who was murdered by her husband at Niagara Falls, arrived here Saturday. The funeral was held at St. Mary's church Sunday afternoon and the remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery
March 19, 1898 Sault Ste. Marie News (Michigan)
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Wm. Lathwell Shoots, Wife, Paramour and Himself
FORMER SOOITE'S CRIME
Mrs. Lathwell Dies From Her Wounds.
A Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. A Piquette, and Had Lived Here Until Two Months Ago
A terrible tragedy was enacted at Niagara Falls last Monday in which people well known here were the participants. Wm. Lathwell, in a moment of insane rage, shot and fatally wounded his wife and a woman named Mrs. Toomey, who was his paramour, and himself. Mrs. Lathwell is dead, and her body will reach the Soo today for burial. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Piquette, old residents of the Soo, and has three sisters and two brothers in the city. The ill-fated woman married Lathwell two years ago this winter, when he was the proprietor of a barbershop at the Canadian Soo. The following summer Lathwell worked in a barber shop under Condlon's shoe store and is remembered by many here.
The shooting occurred in Lathwell's living apartment over his barbershop, just after the inmates of the house had arisen at 9 o'clock, Tuesday morning. Five shots were fired. Two of them struck Mrs. Toomey, one in the neck, severing the gullet, and the other in the left breast. Mrs. Lathwell was shot in the left breast, near the heart and in the back on the left side. Lathwell was wounded in the breast, the ball entering just above the heart, passing through his body and lodging in his back just beneath the skin. The three wounded persons were taken to a hospital. Mrs. Lathwell died about 11 hours afterward. Both Mrs. Toomey and Lathwell will die if death has not already come to them. At her request Mrs. Toomey's mother, Mrs. Alexander McLaughlin, of Oconto Wisc. was sent for. Lathwell's parents reside at Orangeville Ont. Jealousy was the cause of the trouble. When Lathwell and his wife arose they began quarreling about the Toomey women and Lathwell, becoming enraged, drew a revolver and began firing. The women sought safety in flight, but were overtaken by the flying bullets. It appeared that Lathwell left the Soo in December 1896 leaving his wife here and went to Pembine, Wis. where he lived until about Jan 13 1898. About that time Lathwell skipped out with Mrs. Alice Toomey, wife of a Pembine bartender, came to the Soo for a day or so then went to his old home at Orangeville, Ont. which he had not visited since his marriage, and palmed the Toomey woman off as his wife. Mrs. Lathwell followed her recent husband to Orangeville, from the Soo about the middle of January, having heard of her husband's escapade, only to find that he had flown with his paramour to Niagara Falls, where they were living as man and wife, when Mrs. Lathwell arrived on the scene a few days later, strange to say, there was no trouble. The matter was patched up and the two women, Mrs. Toomey and Mrs. Lathwell agreed to live together with Lathwell. All went well under these arrangements for a few days, but when Miss Toomey appeared with a gold watch and chain one day Mrs. Lathwell was angry and demanded an explanation. Her husband could not answer her question to her satisfaction and the two women got together and agreed to leave Lathwell. Without notifying him they left for Buffalo. He entered a complaint and charged Mrs. Toomey with stealing the gold watch. The two women were apprehended and they told a story confirming the above statement. Mrs. Toomey said that Lathwell had given her the watch, but that he denied it. After the trail of their case they returned to Niagara Falls. The breath between Lathwell and the two women was bridged and they lived together again until the deed of blood was enacted by Lathwell, probably in a spirit of revenge.
D/O Antoine/Mary Adelaide (Bonneau), W/O Albert, M/O John.
Death Notices Jan - Dec 1898 Sault Ste Marie (MI) Evening News
Saturday March 26th 1898 Page 2
The remains of Mrs. Wm. Lathwell who was murdered by her husband at Niagara Falls, arrived here Saturday. The funeral was held at St. Mary's church Sunday afternoon and the remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery
March 19, 1898 Sault Ste. Marie News (Michigan)
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Wm. Lathwell Shoots, Wife, Paramour and Himself
FORMER SOOITE'S CRIME
Mrs. Lathwell Dies From Her Wounds.
A Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. A Piquette, and Had Lived Here Until Two Months Ago
A terrible tragedy was enacted at Niagara Falls last Monday in which people well known here were the participants. Wm. Lathwell, in a moment of insane rage, shot and fatally wounded his wife and a woman named Mrs. Toomey, who was his paramour, and himself. Mrs. Lathwell is dead, and her body will reach the Soo today for burial. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Piquette, old residents of the Soo, and has three sisters and two brothers in the city. The ill-fated woman married Lathwell two years ago this winter, when he was the proprietor of a barbershop at the Canadian Soo. The following summer Lathwell worked in a barber shop under Condlon's shoe store and is remembered by many here.
The shooting occurred in Lathwell's living apartment over his barbershop, just after the inmates of the house had arisen at 9 o'clock, Tuesday morning. Five shots were fired. Two of them struck Mrs. Toomey, one in the neck, severing the gullet, and the other in the left breast. Mrs. Lathwell was shot in the left breast, near the heart and in the back on the left side. Lathwell was wounded in the breast, the ball entering just above the heart, passing through his body and lodging in his back just beneath the skin. The three wounded persons were taken to a hospital. Mrs. Lathwell died about 11 hours afterward. Both Mrs. Toomey and Lathwell will die if death has not already come to them. At her request Mrs. Toomey's mother, Mrs. Alexander McLaughlin, of Oconto Wisc. was sent for. Lathwell's parents reside at Orangeville Ont. Jealousy was the cause of the trouble. When Lathwell and his wife arose they began quarreling about the Toomey women and Lathwell, becoming enraged, drew a revolver and began firing. The women sought safety in flight, but were overtaken by the flying bullets. It appeared that Lathwell left the Soo in December 1896 leaving his wife here and went to Pembine, Wis. where he lived until about Jan 13 1898. About that time Lathwell skipped out with Mrs. Alice Toomey, wife of a Pembine bartender, came to the Soo for a day or so then went to his old home at Orangeville, Ont. which he had not visited since his marriage, and palmed the Toomey woman off as his wife. Mrs. Lathwell followed her recent husband to Orangeville, from the Soo about the middle of January, having heard of her husband's escapade, only to find that he had flown with his paramour to Niagara Falls, where they were living as man and wife, when Mrs. Lathwell arrived on the scene a few days later, strange to say, there was no trouble. The matter was patched up and the two women, Mrs. Toomey and Mrs. Lathwell agreed to live together with Lathwell. All went well under these arrangements for a few days, but when Miss Toomey appeared with a gold watch and chain one day Mrs. Lathwell was angry and demanded an explanation. Her husband could not answer her question to her satisfaction and the two women got together and agreed to leave Lathwell. Without notifying him they left for Buffalo. He entered a complaint and charged Mrs. Toomey with stealing the gold watch. The two women were apprehended and they told a story confirming the above statement. Mrs. Toomey said that Lathwell had given her the watch, but that he denied it. After the trail of their case they returned to Niagara Falls. The breath between Lathwell and the two women was bridged and they lived together again until the deed of blood was enacted by Lathwell, probably in a spirit of revenge.
Death Notices Jan - Dec 1898 Sault Ste Marie (MI) Evening News
Saturday March 26th 1898 Page 2
The remains of Mrs. Wm. Lathwell who was murdered by her husband at Niagara Falls, arrived here Saturday. The funeral was held at St. Mary's church Sunday afternoon and the remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery
March 19, 1898 Sault Ste. Marie News (Michigan)
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Wm. Lathwell Shoots, Wife, Paramour and Himself
FORMER SOOITE'S CRIME
Mrs. Lathwell Dies From Her Wounds.
A Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. A Piquette, and Had Lived Here Until Two Months Ago
A terrible tragedy was enacted at Niagara Falls last Monday in which people well known here were the participants. Wm. Lathwell, in a moment of insane rage, shot and fatally wounded his wife and a woman named Mrs. Toomey, who was his paramour, and himself. Mrs. Lathwell is dead, and her body will reach the Soo today for burial. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Piquette, old residents of the Soo, and has three sisters and two brothers in the city. The ill-fated woman married Lathwell two years ago this winter, when he was the proprietor of a barbershop at the Canadian Soo. The following summer Lathwell worked in a barber shop under Condlon's shoe store and is remembered by many here.
The shooting occurred in Lathwell's living apartment over his barbershop, just after the inmates of the house had arisen at 9 o'clock, Tuesday morning. Five shots were fired. Two of them struck Mrs. Toomey, one in the neck, severing the gullet, and the other in the left breast. Mrs. Lathwell was shot in the left breast, near the heart and in the back on the left side. Lathwell was wounded in the breast, the ball entering just above the heart, passing through his body and lodging in his back just beneath the skin. The three wounded persons were taken to a hospital. Mrs. Lathwell died about 11 hours afterward. Both Mrs. Toomey and Lathwell will die if death has not already come to them. At her request Mrs. Toomey's mother, Mrs. Alexander McLaughlin, of Oconto Wisc. was sent for. Lathwell's parents reside at Orangeville Ont. Jealousy was the cause of the trouble. When Lathwell and his wife arose they began quarreling about the Toomey women and Lathwell, becoming enraged, drew a revolver and began firing. The women sought safety in flight, but were overtaken by the flying bullets. It appeared that Lathwell left the Soo in December 1896 leaving his wife here and went to Pembine, Wis. where he lived until about Jan 13 1898. About that time Lathwell skipped out with Mrs. Alice Toomey, wife of a Pembine bartender, came to the Soo for a day or so then went to his old home at Orangeville, Ont. which he had not visited since his marriage, and palmed the Toomey woman off as his wife. Mrs. Lathwell followed her recent husband to Orangeville, from the Soo about the middle of January, having heard of her husband's escapade, only to find that he had flown with his paramour to Niagara Falls, where they were living as man and wife, when Mrs. Lathwell arrived on the scene a few days later, strange to say, there was no trouble. The matter was patched up and the two women, Mrs. Toomey and Mrs. Lathwell agreed to live together with Lathwell. All went well under these arrangements for a few days, but when Miss Toomey appeared with a gold watch and chain one day Mrs. Lathwell was angry and demanded an explanation. Her husband could not answer her question to her satisfaction and the two women got together and agreed to leave Lathwell. Without notifying him they left for Buffalo. He entered a complaint and charged Mrs. Toomey with stealing the gold watch. The two women were apprehended and they told a story confirming the above statement. Mrs. Toomey said that Lathwell had given her the watch, but that he denied it. After the trail of their case they returned to Niagara Falls. The breath between Lathwell and the two women was bridged and they lived together again until the deed of blood was enacted by Lathwell, probably in a spirit of revenge.
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