The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-01
RESTS In LAUREL GROVE.
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL OF LITTLE
ANNIE HARRISON.

The Fathers Story OF the Tragedy al
Hinesville-The Girls Uncle Shoots
Her with a Bulldog" Revolver
While She is Playing by His Side and
Then Shoots His own Sister - The
Murderer's Aged Mother Not Ex
pected to Survive the Shock Alfred
Harrison's Strange Actions-Wh~tH e
Said About the Shooting When
Arrested.
The remains of little Annie Harrison
who was shot by her uncle at Hinesvillt
Monday night, were brought to this city
Yesterday morning by her father and the
funeral was conducted by the Rev. J. w
Rogan, of the First Presbyterian church, at
the home of Mrs. W. E. Griffin, half sister
of the deceased on Waldburg street, near
West Broad, at o'clock yesterday after
noon. The services were very impressive,
and few looked upon the smiling face of the
dead child and turned away without drop
ping a tear. The interment took place in
Laurel Grove.
In an interview last night with Daniel T..
Harrison, of POS Wayne street, father of
the murdered girl, further particulars Of
the shooting were learned. He said that
Anne, Der Aunt odlu6 anu UtlS ldLUtT s
mother were seated around the fireslde at
his brothers house in Hinesville Monday
night, Annie sitting on rug looking up at
her aunt, who had just given her some little
play puzzle to solve. Just as she did so,
her merry laugh rang out, and she leaned
back and clapped her hands, and laughed
until, chid-like, she fell back in a recumbent
position on the rug.
DEATH CAUGHT THE SMILE
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back and forward in the room, stepped up,
and drawing 44-caliber bulldog revolver,
shot the child through the heart with tn g
smile on her lips. Death was immediate.
The aunt did not realize it, but seeing the
smoke and hearing a report, thought it was
a fire-cracker, and she bent forward to the
child, saying to her brother: "You don't
want to set the child on fire. do you" and
then discovered the blood oozing through the
garments over her heart; as she was in the
act of picking Annie up Alfred fired at her.
The ball entered her right hip and came out
in the ieshy part Of the leg above the knee.
She ran to the window, screaming 'mur-
der" Mr.. Darsey, William Harrison's
partner, and Mr.. Ryan, a clerk, ran over to
the house, and soon quite number Of the
villagers came in.
THE MURDERER's RETURN.
About o'clock just an hour after the
shooting, Alfred came in, his clothing satu-
rated with water and asked, as he entered
the door. who did the shootngW He was
Immediately placed under arrest per-
united TO change his clothes and was taken
by Officer Smith to the Jail. He said that the
colored boy, Tom, did the shooting, that he
heard the shooting, became frightened and
jumped iuto the well. but 1t is said that the
well is too deep for him to have extricated
himself, but branch near by
would have enabled him to assume the
plight in which he returned. His pistol
was found outside of the house. where he
had thrown it, two Of the chambers being
empty.
At the Jail Harrison asked how his mother
took the tragedy, how and by whom Annie
had been laid out, and how his sister was
getting along, and said that he would
employ Col. Lester to defend him.
HARRIsoN's STRANGE ACTIONS.
Alfred's actions had been very strange
for some days before, SO his sister informed
her brother Daniel. A few days before lie
had wanted her to go after hickory nuts
with him, alone, but Mr.. Darsey's children
accompanied her, Alfred folio wing, being
very abusive, and on the return he told her
that she should never enjoy the nuts that
she had gathered. His actions were so
strange that his sister was afraid for the
family to remain over night in the house
without some one staying there other than
clerk in the store, sleep there until Mr..
William Harrison should return from New
York.
Friday night the clothes press in the Har-
rison building was discovered to be on fire,
and all of Armies clothing was burned ex-
cept that which she wore that evening.
This was evidently the work of her uncle
The fatal deed was done after a promise
made a couple of days before that if they
would not have him arrested he would be-
have himself. The shot was evidently timed,
for half hour later Mr.. Ryan would have
come over, as he had been doing for some
nights.
MOTHERS TERRIBLE SHOCK.
Daniel Harrison says that he does not be-
ieve that his mother will survive the shock,
as she is aged and feeble, and the blow has
been a severe one to her. His sister Sallie,
he thinks, will recover, as her wound is
only flesh wound. Her sworn statement
was taken on Tuesday, but when her brother
left there yesterday morning at 3 O'clock
she was under the influence Of opiates, the
wound and the tragedy being double shock
that has Frustrated her completely.
Mr.. Harrison was asked if he had visited
his brother in Jail. He said that he had
not. He could not bring his mind in so
short time to care to look upon the face of
one who had shot his little daughter dead
in the very hour Of her childish happiness,
ana without cause
TO UNRAvEL THE MYSTERY.
There is a veil of mystery about AL
freds strange infatuation for her, he said
land am going to hunt it to the bottom
If Alfred was crazy, | suppose / would
have to forgive him, but l am not satisfied.
don't understand it. DIR. Henry says that
Alfred was crazy, but the neighbors do not
think so, | am told. My younger brother
Moses had to leave home on Alfreds ac-
count"
Tom, the colored servant of the Harrisons,
says that when Alfred visited Savannah,
about Oct 6, he bought the revolver, and
as he went away in a passion 1t may ac-
count for his visit here. Since that time
his sister says that he often tried to get
Annie to go alone with him, but she
watched him and would not go. 1t is this
strange feature of the case that Mr.. Harri-
son alludes to as well of mystery" On
the return of William Harrison from the
north his brother, Daniel, Will visit Hines
vile to investigate the case fully.