Daily globe., 1879-04-07
MISS HARR1soN's STORY
OF tho Attack UpOn Washington Nathan
by Marion Ward.

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
sLibbie 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 affray,
and her story was as follows: She had been
in New York a 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 II 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 ssCome in.'' The caller was Washington
Nathan, whom she has known for several
years, and of whom she protests she never
heard ill. Between them close friendship,
perfectly proper, existed, and he had come
to bid her hurried farewell on his way
down town. Being unprepared to see
gentleman, Miss Harrison bade 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
adieu quickly, as she was about to leave the
hotel. Mr.. Nathan had seated himself on
the sofa, and Miss Harrison was standing
in the rear of the room, facing mirror,
when the door opened and
VERY TALL WOMAN,
whose face abe Miss Hartison) did not see,
strobe in, and, facing Nathan, exclaimed:
| "How dare you come here? I told you I'd
do it.'' Miss Harrison, startled, turned just
| in time to see the woman, whom she SOL
emnly AYERS she never saw before, and could
not now recognize, draw revolver and
point it at her. The ball sped by her head
and lodged in the wall. Miss Harrison then
backed swiftly to the door, keeping her eye
on the pistol, and, opening the door behind
her, passed into the hall, went quickly down
to the Office and sent the proprietor up-to
! quell the disturbance. AS she left her room
| she heard the second shot. Miss Harrison
| protests land no one who has talked with her
can doubt her) that her
ACQUAINTANCE WITH NIB. NATHAN
has been of the most honorable character,
and that it originated in his magnifying an
act Of kindness which she once performed
for him. She further says that she
| knows Marion Ward, and that the woman
who attempted to kill her was not Ma
rion Ward, but was an entire stranger. She
is, she says, in position to prove the truth
of the above, both by letters from several
members of the Nathan family and by the
testimony of the landlord of the hotel, his
employees, and also by her own chamber
maid, who can state, the former that she
had not been warned to leave the house, and
the others that no gentleman had ever been
in her room more than few minutes at a
time. The business which called her to
New York necessitated her seeing number
! eleven in ally of unemployed actors, and
these are the numerous callers of whom the
New York papers so indecorously speak.
The little lady AYERS that her friends will
use all endeavors to arrest and punish the
| jealous woman who attempted both to mur-
der herself and her reputation. The mem
bers of the Nathan family will doubtless
publish cards in exoneration of her, and she
is confident that her numerous friends
throughout the country will not lose their
confidence in her as woman.