Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-06-24 | Page 2 | Duel with Cop Ends Fatally

DUEL WITH COP ENDSFATALLY Denver Man Runs Wild With G-un in Home Neighborhood I DENVER. Colo.. June 24. Following Follow-ing a gun duel with Patrolman Abe Pollock Friday, Edward Lattln, 4 0 1 I years old, a Denver real estate man, leaped from bis automobile on Park avenue and fell dead bcsldo tho machine ma-chine with two bullets through his breast. Whether Lattln was struck by bullets fired at the fleeing car by Patrolman i Pollock, or w hether he despaired of escaping and shot himself, eye witnesses wit-nesses were unable to ngree. WOUNDS YOUNG WOMAN. I Lattln, according to reports to the police, entered his home al ls-io Maiden Ma-iden street late Prlday forenoon and .discovered Miss Rose McKaRBon, his 1 18 year old slsterln-law, caring' for ills two young children while his wife jhad gone down town Lattln is alleged to have called for his wife In a loud voice and then to j h ivi drawn B gun and yhot four times j at Miss Mi K t--un, wounding her in the shoulder. According to her story she then ran out of the house and Lit-j nil pursued ner wirouK" nc an until un-til she reached the home of her mother In the same block ORDERED TO HALT. Next Lattln Is alleged to havo , threatened B neighbor's life because he was unable to tell whero Mrs. Lat-I tin had gone. When the patrolman arrived, ac-! cording to his story Iattln was climb-1 lng into his automobile. Instead of obeying the patrolman's command to halt, Lattln fired twice at Pollock and then started his car Pollock fin d at ithe rear of the machine anel after It1 had turned B short distance into Park, avenue Lattln brought it to a stop and lumped to the pavement where tl6 , f'll He w is dead when the ollce am- I bUlanOS arrived.