, 1879-04-06

head. was standing IN front or the looking
dressing my hair. Mr. Nathan was hardly seatet
when there came,a knock at the doos. Before
had time to say come in the door opened,
AND IN WALKED WOMAN.
II want to say right here that she claims sht
knows Alice Harrison. II she does, Alice Harrison
"Wril, she came In. and without saying wort
to either OF us, deliberately aimed pistol at my
head and iEcd, the ball lodging IN the wall behine
You get out OF here; told you would do it, =
to which he replied, How dare yon come here:
left the room then in hurry, aud when IN the
corridor heard TWO more shots fired, but did moi
atop 10 ascertain what the result was"
AT this point Miss Harrison was asked II she sau
the woman shoot at Nathan. and replied 'tShe did
not shoot while was In the soom, but shot at hin
afterwards. II
Upon leaving the room, - continued M,.s nar.
ers. but was unable to find him. I saw clerk. aud
informed him of the circumstance. He requested
me to accompany him upstairs. but this refused
to do. While cpugersug with the clerk my slste1
Thercse came in, utter which went to my room,
thescerk having assured me it was safe to DO So On
the way met MIR. Nathan walking along the cor.
Don't De frightened, Miss Harrison, an al ii
right; I am not hurt Some time afterward Mr.
Natnan's brother, his physician, and members o1
his family called On me at his request.
~ aul satisfied that woman IL bad, and she came
there with the intention OF
NUMBERING Us BOTH.
'.There is one other thing wish to have dis
tinct1y understood, and that is TINT nm ready to
at the Coleman House on Thursday morning and
fired pistol ut me- is not Marion Ward. Narion
Ward is u thick set woman, and this woman was
dressed. or what her general appearance was, Tor
to tell the truth my eye was fastened upon thc
pistol. That tho woman was not Marion Ward,
however, I am willing to make oath.
IS 1 anl innocent Of any wrong doing in this
whole affair, and you can imagine how feel at the
bare idea OF having my name mentioned in con1,cc-
- II has been stated that just prior to tho shoot
ing this woman, whoever shefs sent her maid TO
my room to see who was in there. which is false, rs
no one canlc to the door hut Mr. Nathan. and m
one entered the room but the woman who shot at
me"
Miss Harrison is very emphatic in discla;m,nr
quite depressed that she should thus hare been
dragged into prominence in scandal so diseraca-
full.
MARION WARD.
Special Dispatch to The I1ibune
NEW YoRK, April ). Marion Ward called at the
Coleman House today to assure the proprietor
that she was not the woman who shot Nathan. She
admitted having lived with Nathan four years. Il
!sas because Of thnt intimacy TINT her husband, j.
Nathan about 1871. At that time he was intimate
with - Birdie " Bell, known also az Mrs Barrett,
who kept fashionable house town. This won.
This WAS the woman who shot Nathan Mrs. Ward
said while Fannie Buckingham was playiue tH0-
zeppa in this city Mrs. Barrett became Jealous Of
Nathan's attentions to her. She attempted 70 COW
hide Fannie, but the Inter turned the tables and
whipped her.
BARTON Mills TESTIMONY.
Eueciul Dispatch 10 The Tribune
NEW YoRK, April 5.-Bartou Hill said Yesterday
to Times reporter: II cannot understand it vet
Miss Harrison WAS always looked upon at san Fran
cisco as lady. look upon her as lady vet and
shall not change my mind in regard to her until
get aome evidence against her more potent than
any have seen YET. -
Dir. Locke, OF San Francisco, said: ~ have
known Miss Harrison for long time, The fact
that she has left the city amounts to nothing She
was bound to be in Boston Monday at all events. /
shall not believe there was anything wrong be-
proof before me. l have always known her a. a
y1rtuous woman. I believe her to be q yirtQous
woman STILL -