Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-08-07 | Page 7 | Killing of Latham is Described

KILLING OF LATHAM IS DESCRIBED Paris. Aug. 7. The death of Hubert Hu-bert Latham, the French aviator, who was killed while hunting in tho French Congo in June is described In a dispatch from Brazzaville, a river port on the Congo, Early In the morning of June 25, Iatham, accompanied by a native, went on a shooting expedition In the right bank of the Chad rh'er, not far from Gayes Rapids. He had wounded wound-ed a rhinocerous and was about to finish the animal when his rifle burst. He seized another gun from the native and fired. At this moment a buffalo, which had remained hidden in tho long grass, appeared. Latham knelt and fired again, but only wounded the buffalo, who charged and tossed him thrice. Ho was 'killed almost instantly