The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday March 29, 1951 Albert W. Smith. Albert W. SMITH, 85 of 638 Carnahan, died Wednesday night in a Topeka hospital. He was born June 19, 1865, in Pittsburg, Pa. and had made his home in Topeka since 1889. He was a retired Santa Fe machinist. He is survived by a son, Harvey L. LATSHAW, Topeka and a granddaughter, Miss Stephanie Latshaw, Topeka.