Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-17
MISS HARRIsoN,s STORY

Boston Special april A. to Chicago Times.
Little Miss Alice Harrison, the actress
whose narrow escape from death in New
York yesterday, has created much unfavor-
able comment, arrived in this city this even
ing, where she is to begin an engagement as
:Libbie Dear" in ''The Mighty Dollar" on
Monday night. The Times correspondent
called on her at she Parker House, to learn
the truth concerning the startling episode,
and held lengthy conversation with Miss
Harrison, whom he found much excited af-
ter the stories of the affair published in to-
days New York papers. Miss Harrison
gives the first accurate history of the ARRAY,
and her story was as follows: She had been
In New York week, and on account of her
sister being about to break up housekeeping,
made her home at the Coleman house. Yes
terday morning she intended leav-
ing for this city with her brother Sam,
who always accompanies her, on
the IL o'clock train, and her baggage was
packed, her ticket bought and her hotel bill
paid. Her brother left the room few min
utes before 10, to see to checking the bag
gage. and almost Immediately after, hearing
knock at the door, which she supposed was
her sisters, whom she expected, she shout
ed "Come in" The caller was Washington
Nathan, whom she has known for several
years, and of whom she protests she never
heard i'll. Between them a close friendship,
perfectly proper, existed, and he had come
to bid her hurried farewell on his way
down town. Being unprepared to see a
gentleman, Miss Harrison babe him wait
outside until she could complete her toilet
and when this was done invited him into
her parlor, telling him that he must say his
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hotel. Mr.. Nathan had seated himself or
the sofa, and Miss Harrison was standing
in the rear of the room, facing a mirror
when the door opened and
| VERY TALL WOMAN,
whose face she Miss Harrison) did not see,
strobe in, and, facing Nathan, exclaimed
Glow dare you come here? told you II
do it, Miss Harrison, startled, turned JUS
in time to see the woman, whom she sol
EMMY AYERS she never saw before, and could
not now recognize, draw a revolver anc
point it at her. The ball sped by her heat
and lodged in the wall. Miss Harrison the,
backed swiftly to the door, keeping her ey,
on the pistol, and, opening the door behint
her, passed into the hall, went quickly down
to the Office and sent the proprietor up t,
quell the disturbance. AS she left her 70 on
she heard the second shot. Miss Harrison
protests land no one who has talked with he
can doubt herr that her
ACQUAINTANCE WITH MIR. NATHAN
has been of the most honorable character
and that it originated in his magnifying an
act of kindness which she once performer
for him. She further says that shj
knows Marion Ward, and that the woman
who attempted to kill her was not Ma
rion Ward, but was an entire stranger. Sh
is, she says, in a position to prove the trutl
of the above, both by letters from severa
members of the Nathan family and by tn
testimony of the landlord of the hotel, hi
employees, and also by her own chamber
maid, who can state, the former that sh
had not been warned to leave the house, ant
the others that no gentleman had ever beef
in her room more than a few minutes at
time. The business which called her t.
New York necessitated her seeing humble
eleven in alD of unemployed actors, ant
these are the numerous callers of whom tn
New York papers so indecorously speak
The little lady AYERS that her friends vii
use all endeavors to arrest and punish tn
jealous woman who attempted both to muir
der herself and her reputation. The mem
bers of the Nathan family will doubles
publish cards in generation of her, and sh
is confident that her numerous friend
throughout the country will not lose thei
confidence in her as woman.