THE WASHINGTON TIMES TUESDAY APRIL 30 1907
Former Belle Shot in Saloon Brawl Buried With Honor Past Forgiven by Citizens Who Knew Her as Bride
CHICAGO April 30. -- Kate Lamont who was shot in a North Clark street saloon, and who was known as the beauty of the north side levee was buried In Chatham, Ontario, a town she left twelve years ago as the beautiful and accomplished bride of Clarence Crabbe, a Chicago traction official. A farewell more elaborate than most girls of the town had resolved was given when Kate left Chatham. She had born in the town and was the daughter of Frank Lamont founder of Chatham Gas Company and wealthy land owner. She was one of the most popular women of the town and had received a good education. When her body arrived at Chatham many of those who attended the funeral services at the station had been in the merry crowd that bade farewell to the bride twelve years ago.
Her Past Forgiven
In spite of the career of the dead woman, well known men of the city arranged for the funeral and acted as pallbearers. Chatham was willing to forget to the intervening years and accorded to Kate Lamont the same respect she received before her departure.
Kate Lamont was in the Sheerin saloon, 105 North Clark street, when she was shot by Charles A Moore, fifty-two years of age, formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company. The bullet was not intended for the woman but for Horace A. Lechler a bartender with whom the woman was sitting at a table.
Moore and the woman had lived together for some time. A few weeks before she left him for Lechler. When Moore saw them in the saloon he asked her to return to him. She refused. Lechler said something and Moore drew a revolver. He shot twice supposedly at Lechler. One bullet struck Kate Lamont. She died the next day a "charity patient' at Passavant Hospital.
Her Fall Ignored
All these facts were known to the people of Chatham when the body arrived there. In the group at the station were some of the best known citizens of the town. The Rev Mr. Battisby pastor of Andrews Presbyterian Church of Chatham conducted the service. There were only words of kindness for the girl. All references to her life antedated the happy wedding party that had gathered at the station. There was nothing to recall the depths to which the woman had sunk in the underworld of Chicago. Pallbearers at the funeral were O. L. Lewis attorney and city solicitor; P S Coate manager of the Chatham Gas Company; R. L. Brackin attorney and member of the school board; W G Richards attorney and member of the school board; G S Heyward superintendent of Imperial Oil Company; J G Kerr attorney, town's heaviest tax payer and member of city council. The same persons attended the brief burial service had subscribed to a fund that she might be taken to Chatham for burial rather than be sent to the potter's field in Chicago. Burial was in the family lot where the woman's father and mother had been buried
Divorce, Then Degradation
Kate Lamont met Clarence Crabbe a former official of the North Chicago Street Railway Company at a yacht race at Detroit In 1895. Their marriage followed soon. In Mr. Crabbe obtained a divorce. The next year Miss Lamont - resumed her maiden name - returned to Chatham She was warmly welcomed and assumed her former position in the town. The Lamont family met financial reverses. She returned to Chicago and gradually at first and later more rapidly down the social scale until when shot she was living with a bartender at 27 Ohio street. But while Chatham was willing to forget her the last few years of her life Chicago will not. Moore Is held for her murder and the woman's life will be laid bare in his trial.
Her story was told on "The Haunting of Audrina Patridge"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, April 19, 1907, Last Edition, Image 3
FLORENCE LAMONT
DIES OF WOUNDS
Chicago Traction Man's Shot Intended for Rival, Proves Fatal
CHICAGO April 19, The last music hall tragedy of the teat city administration which occurred in Sheerin's saloon at 105 North Clark street took on a far more serious aspect with the death of Florence Lamont who was shot by Charles A. Moore formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company.
The death of Mrs. Lamont in the peculiar tangle which had resulted in her going to the place was climax to the life which she had been leading. She was divorced from her first husband with husband Clarence Crabb once connected with the North Chicago Street Railway Company some years ago. Shortly after the divorce she took up her residence with Moore and was known as his wife.
Moore's bullet was meant for Horace A Lecher a bartender who had won Mrs. Lamont's affections.
Former Belle Shot in Saloon Brawl Buried With Honor Past Forgiven by Citizens Who Knew Her as Bride
CHICAGO April 30. -- Kate Lamont who was shot in a North Clark street saloon, and who was known as the beauty of the north side levee was buried In Chatham, Ontario, a town she left twelve years ago as the beautiful and accomplished bride of Clarence Crabbe, a Chicago traction official. A farewell more elaborate than most girls of the town had resolved was given when Kate left Chatham. She had born in the town and was the daughter of Frank Lamont founder of Chatham Gas Company and wealthy land owner. She was one of the most popular women of the town and had received a good education. When her body arrived at Chatham many of those who attended the funeral services at the station had been in the merry crowd that bade farewell to the bride twelve years ago.
Her Past Forgiven
In spite of the career of the dead woman, well known men of the city arranged for the funeral and acted as pallbearers. Chatham was willing to forget to the intervening years and accorded to Kate Lamont the same respect she received before her departure.
Kate Lamont was in the Sheerin saloon, 105 North Clark street, when she was shot by Charles A Moore, fifty-two years of age, formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company. The bullet was not intended for the woman but for Horace A. Lechler a bartender with whom the woman was sitting at a table.
Moore and the woman had lived together for some time. A few weeks before she left him for Lechler. When Moore saw them in the saloon he asked her to return to him. She refused. Lechler said something and Moore drew a revolver. He shot twice supposedly at Lechler. One bullet struck Kate Lamont. She died the next day a "charity patient' at Passavant Hospital.
Her Fall Ignored
All these facts were known to the people of Chatham when the body arrived there. In the group at the station were some of the best known citizens of the town. The Rev Mr. Battisby pastor of Andrews Presbyterian Church of Chatham conducted the service. There were only words of kindness for the girl. All references to her life antedated the happy wedding party that had gathered at the station. There was nothing to recall the depths to which the woman had sunk in the underworld of Chicago. Pallbearers at the funeral were O. L. Lewis attorney and city solicitor; P S Coate manager of the Chatham Gas Company; R. L. Brackin attorney and member of the school board; W G Richards attorney and member of the school board; G S Heyward superintendent of Imperial Oil Company; J G Kerr attorney, town's heaviest tax payer and member of city council. The same persons attended the brief burial service had subscribed to a fund that she might be taken to Chatham for burial rather than be sent to the potter's field in Chicago. Burial was in the family lot where the woman's father and mother had been buried
Divorce, Then Degradation
Kate Lamont met Clarence Crabbe a former official of the North Chicago Street Railway Company at a yacht race at Detroit In 1895. Their marriage followed soon. In Mr. Crabbe obtained a divorce. The next year Miss Lamont - resumed her maiden name - returned to Chatham She was warmly welcomed and assumed her former position in the town. The Lamont family met financial reverses. She returned to Chicago and gradually at first and later more rapidly down the social scale until when shot she was living with a bartender at 27 Ohio street. But while Chatham was willing to forget her the last few years of her life Chicago will not. Moore Is held for her murder and the woman's life will be laid bare in his trial.
Her story was told on "The Haunting of Audrina Patridge"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, April 19, 1907, Last Edition, Image 3
FLORENCE LAMONT
DIES OF WOUNDS
Chicago Traction Man's Shot Intended for Rival, Proves Fatal
CHICAGO April 19, The last music hall tragedy of the teat city administration which occurred in Sheerin's saloon at 105 North Clark street took on a far more serious aspect with the death of Florence Lamont who was shot by Charles A. Moore formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company.
The death of Mrs. Lamont in the peculiar tangle which had resulted in her going to the place was climax to the life which she had been leading. She was divorced from her first husband with husband Clarence Crabb once connected with the North Chicago Street Railway Company some years ago. Shortly after the divorce she took up her residence with Moore and was known as his wife.
Moore's bullet was meant for Horace A Lecher a bartender who had won Mrs. Lamont's affections.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES TUESDAY APRIL 30 1907
Former Belle Shot in Saloon Brawl Buried With Honor Past Forgiven by Citizens Who Knew Her as Bride
CHICAGO April 30. -- Kate Lamont who was shot in a North Clark street saloon, and who was known as the beauty of the north side levee was buried In Chatham, Ontario, a town she left twelve years ago as the beautiful and accomplished bride of Clarence Crabbe, a Chicago traction official. A farewell more elaborate than most girls of the town had resolved was given when Kate left Chatham. She had born in the town and was the daughter of Frank Lamont founder of Chatham Gas Company and wealthy land owner. She was one of the most popular women of the town and had received a good education. When her body arrived at Chatham many of those who attended the funeral services at the station had been in the merry crowd that bade farewell to the bride twelve years ago.
Her Past Forgiven
In spite of the career of the dead woman, well known men of the city arranged for the funeral and acted as pallbearers. Chatham was willing to forget to the intervening years and accorded to Kate Lamont the same respect she received before her departure.
Kate Lamont was in the Sheerin saloon, 105 North Clark street, when she was shot by Charles A Moore, fifty-two years of age, formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company. The bullet was not intended for the woman but for Horace A. Lechler a bartender with whom the woman was sitting at a table.
Moore and the woman had lived together for some time. A few weeks before she left him for Lechler. When Moore saw them in the saloon he asked her to return to him. She refused. Lechler said something and Moore drew a revolver. He shot twice supposedly at Lechler. One bullet struck Kate Lamont. She died the next day a "charity patient' at Passavant Hospital.
Her Fall Ignored
All these facts were known to the people of Chatham when the body arrived there. In the group at the station were some of the best known citizens of the town. The Rev Mr. Battisby pastor of Andrews Presbyterian Church of Chatham conducted the service. There were only words of kindness for the girl. All references to her life antedated the happy wedding party that had gathered at the station. There was nothing to recall the depths to which the woman had sunk in the underworld of Chicago. Pallbearers at the funeral were O. L. Lewis attorney and city solicitor; P S Coate manager of the Chatham Gas Company; R. L. Brackin attorney and member of the school board; W G Richards attorney and member of the school board; G S Heyward superintendent of Imperial Oil Company; J G Kerr attorney, town's heaviest tax payer and member of city council. The same persons attended the brief burial service had subscribed to a fund that she might be taken to Chatham for burial rather than be sent to the potter's field in Chicago. Burial was in the family lot where the woman's father and mother had been buried
Divorce, Then Degradation
Kate Lamont met Clarence Crabbe a former official of the North Chicago Street Railway Company at a yacht race at Detroit In 1895. Their marriage followed soon. In Mr. Crabbe obtained a divorce. The next year Miss Lamont - resumed her maiden name - returned to Chatham She was warmly welcomed and assumed her former position in the town. The Lamont family met financial reverses. She returned to Chicago and gradually at first and later more rapidly down the social scale until when shot she was living with a bartender at 27 Ohio street. But while Chatham was willing to forget her the last few years of her life Chicago will not. Moore Is held for her murder and the woman's life will be laid bare in his trial.
Her story was told on "The Haunting of Audrina Patridge"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, April 19, 1907, Last Edition, Image 3
FLORENCE LAMONT
DIES OF WOUNDS
Chicago Traction Man's Shot Intended for Rival, Proves Fatal
CHICAGO April 19, The last music hall tragedy of the teat city administration which occurred in Sheerin's saloon at 105 North Clark street took on a far more serious aspect with the death of Florence Lamont who was shot by Charles A. Moore formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company.
The death of Mrs. Lamont in the peculiar tangle which had resulted in her going to the place was climax to the life which she had been leading. She was divorced from her first husband with husband Clarence Crabb once connected with the North Chicago Street Railway Company some years ago. Shortly after the divorce she took up her residence with Moore and was known as his wife.
Moore's bullet was meant for Horace A Lecher a bartender who had won Mrs. Lamont's affections.
Former Belle Shot in Saloon Brawl Buried With Honor Past Forgiven by Citizens Who Knew Her as Bride
CHICAGO April 30. -- Kate Lamont who was shot in a North Clark street saloon, and who was known as the beauty of the north side levee was buried In Chatham, Ontario, a town she left twelve years ago as the beautiful and accomplished bride of Clarence Crabbe, a Chicago traction official. A farewell more elaborate than most girls of the town had resolved was given when Kate left Chatham. She had born in the town and was the daughter of Frank Lamont founder of Chatham Gas Company and wealthy land owner. She was one of the most popular women of the town and had received a good education. When her body arrived at Chatham many of those who attended the funeral services at the station had been in the merry crowd that bade farewell to the bride twelve years ago.
Her Past Forgiven
In spite of the career of the dead woman, well known men of the city arranged for the funeral and acted as pallbearers. Chatham was willing to forget to the intervening years and accorded to Kate Lamont the same respect she received before her departure.
Kate Lamont was in the Sheerin saloon, 105 North Clark street, when she was shot by Charles A Moore, fifty-two years of age, formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company. The bullet was not intended for the woman but for Horace A. Lechler a bartender with whom the woman was sitting at a table.
Moore and the woman had lived together for some time. A few weeks before she left him for Lechler. When Moore saw them in the saloon he asked her to return to him. She refused. Lechler said something and Moore drew a revolver. He shot twice supposedly at Lechler. One bullet struck Kate Lamont. She died the next day a "charity patient' at Passavant Hospital.
Her Fall Ignored
All these facts were known to the people of Chatham when the body arrived there. In the group at the station were some of the best known citizens of the town. The Rev Mr. Battisby pastor of Andrews Presbyterian Church of Chatham conducted the service. There were only words of kindness for the girl. All references to her life antedated the happy wedding party that had gathered at the station. There was nothing to recall the depths to which the woman had sunk in the underworld of Chicago. Pallbearers at the funeral were O. L. Lewis attorney and city solicitor; P S Coate manager of the Chatham Gas Company; R. L. Brackin attorney and member of the school board; W G Richards attorney and member of the school board; G S Heyward superintendent of Imperial Oil Company; J G Kerr attorney, town's heaviest tax payer and member of city council. The same persons attended the brief burial service had subscribed to a fund that she might be taken to Chatham for burial rather than be sent to the potter's field in Chicago. Burial was in the family lot where the woman's father and mother had been buried
Divorce, Then Degradation
Kate Lamont met Clarence Crabbe a former official of the North Chicago Street Railway Company at a yacht race at Detroit In 1895. Their marriage followed soon. In Mr. Crabbe obtained a divorce. The next year Miss Lamont - resumed her maiden name - returned to Chatham She was warmly welcomed and assumed her former position in the town. The Lamont family met financial reverses. She returned to Chicago and gradually at first and later more rapidly down the social scale until when shot she was living with a bartender at 27 Ohio street. But while Chatham was willing to forget her the last few years of her life Chicago will not. Moore Is held for her murder and the woman's life will be laid bare in his trial.
Her story was told on "The Haunting of Audrina Patridge"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, April 19, 1907, Last Edition, Image 3
FLORENCE LAMONT
DIES OF WOUNDS
Chicago Traction Man's Shot Intended for Rival, Proves Fatal
CHICAGO April 19, The last music hall tragedy of the teat city administration which occurred in Sheerin's saloon at 105 North Clark street took on a far more serious aspect with the death of Florence Lamont who was shot by Charles A. Moore formerly treasurer of the North Chicago Street Railway Company.
The death of Mrs. Lamont in the peculiar tangle which had resulted in her going to the place was climax to the life which she had been leading. She was divorced from her first husband with husband Clarence Crabb once connected with the North Chicago Street Railway Company some years ago. Shortly after the divorce she took up her residence with Moore and was known as his wife.
Moore's bullet was meant for Horace A Lecher a bartender who had won Mrs. Lamont's affections.
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