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AsBuRY PAAx. March 2a-MrA Potts. mothsl
| Of Mary Helen Nelson Potts Harris, whos,
secret marriage to Carlyle W. Harris, and
death in the Comstock School after sht
had taken smoEphine prescribed By Har
ris have made 30 much talk. recsivet
to-day q tsleeraphic despatch from Distric
| Attorney Nicoll asking her to come 70 New
York tomorrow morning. whom he woult
begin o thorough investigation Of tho cir
cumstancss connected with her dauRhter't
death. Mrs. Potts says that DR.. Fowler. who
was called In when her daughter VA
dying, wrote to her about . week age
advising her to put the case in the hands oi
District Attorney Nicoll. She says that II Is
true that her brother-in-law. DR.. Trevsrton,
sent young Harris bill OF $500 for trsatin 9
Mrs. Harria
DR.. Fowler said last night that about ten
days after Helen's death Mrs. Potts asked him
II he did not think her daughter had been muir
dsred.
II replied" hs continued. "'now. II you
want to ask mo any questions concerning the
condition Of your daughter whom was trying
to save her life. am prepared to answer them.
Any one may have his own ideas outside OF
that, but they are not for the pub blic.' more
over said: In my opinion your daughter did mol
die from heart disease, but she died from
poisonous dose OF morphine. and. moreover
her symptoms were such as could not have
como from two.thirds OF grain Of morphine
I saw Mr.. Potts on March 2 and
referred him to the verdict Of the
Coroners Jury. Isaid: You can divide that
verdict into two parts. The first says: We
d1sl,s Ss eo 81 rSs Ses% s to s.soas hss death
that the maximum amount OF morphine
ssid to have been IN her ,pSSsssSSsIoq
ssiS S niuspi aSas know as snysnlas ssous % sse un;
written third part Of that verdict, LADY adyssd %
seso ID that sS
M /. would hSrt ths sShqoi q, wv much EsTf
thine 10 pises 4 woman clandessinely mar:
Go%stssP a%0n School, ss a asamsrrisa e
atterward. when learned that the marriage
and other things were known in many outside
wrote to Mrs Potts advising publicity as The
only course she could TAX. 70 protect her
shonId SosH % glad to have s" c5anos to e1onorase
was murdered. ! only say this thu. r. som,
aont sP bsisvs She so%nitsed snicids
any sos es' hs
thFss HSsrs saa II esss C Po
statement that q written statement had heen
signed by her daughter IN the presence Of Drs;
Harris Of performing criminal operation
upon her:
II such . statement Is In existence,
Treverton must have used coercion to obtain
It. for even II It were true land 1t is most Ger.
otherwise. never heard Of such thing until
to-day. Dr. Hand was not at the house when
any operation was performed.
Mrs Potts" he continued. without being
Of the opinion. has still; In half-frightened
ders.. of which she has written to
my friends. She has eysn sent letters
in this strain to my lawyer. Charles +. Dawson.
my brother and my mother. In the latter one.
which Was reSeived a6og Si week age she ac
Williams which happened. she says five years
that I was not near there at the time. Her
mind seemo TO be temporarily nbalapcsn. end
She then talked OF my responsibility for Helen's
death. but when ! left her she seemed to be
partially convinced that was not directly con.
cerned In II"