The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-02-04
STORIES OF HARRIS
The Murderer's First Wife
Said to Have Been Found.
SHE WAS ALSO A SCHOOLGIRL.
And Was the Victim Of the Practice He
Made Common With Women.

Her Name was Lulu Van Znndt and She
Married Him-The Discovery of an In
trigue with Another Girl Causes Her 60
Leave Him, After which an Operation
Instigated by Harris was Performed
Upon Her.
New York, Feb 4.-The alleged first
wife of Carlyle w. Harris, who on Tues
day night was declared guilty of deliber-
ately numbering his second wife, Helen
Potts, has at last been discovered. At
least so thinks Assistant District Attor-
ney Wellman. Search had been made
far and wide for such person, but with
out avail
One day, about the middle of the trial,
a man living in Connecticut wrote to Mr.
Wellman, telling him of a case of secret
marriage in which he believed CARLYLE
w. Harris to be one of the principals.
This man, whose name is withheld was
telegraphed for and came to New York.
He told Mr.. Wel,man that about seven
years ago he was acquainted with a
young girl, Lulu Van Zandt, who had
been married at the age of Il to one
Charles Harris, who was then 16, and
that the marriage took place at the house
of the pastor of the old Asbury Church
on Washington square. Within two
weeks the girl discovered that her hus-
bands name was Carlyle He took her
to Brooklyn to live. Her parents were
residents of Plainfeld, n. j.
Tho ,,oit, loft 1xr,, coon oftar,,vo IL
and went to Connecticut to live, where
the young wife soon detected her hus-
band in an intrigue with another girl.
In disgust she left him and returned to
New York, where atterward a criminal
operation was performed on her at her
husbands instigation.
1t was discovered that she had been
I living with her mother for three years in
East Ninety-second street, but had left
there about Il year ago. 1t was also
found that other parties had been look
ing for the girl a few days previously.
These are supposed to have been emissar-
les of the defendant on trial
/ Mr.. Wellman and the Connecticut gen
tleman then called ON Inspector Byrnes,
who detailed several detectives on the
search for the girl, who was finally found
at South Amboy, n. j. She was there
visited by the gentleman from Connecti
cut, who found that she had become d
physical wreck as the result of the al
legged operation. Nothing, however
could induce her to come to New Y orB
TO testify against Harris, who had threat
ened her so that she lived in perfect
terror of him.
She, however, examined pictures o.
Harris, and declared it was the face O
her husband, grown more mature. Hel
uncle, who is wealthy and has a grea
deal of inguence over her, positivel!
forbade her to attend the trial on pain o
his lasting displeasure. This was OIL
Sunday last and there was no time t,
make further efforts to get her to appea
on the witness stand before the close o
the trial.
, There is also positive proof that Harri
wronged a servant in Brooklyn, who, il
1890 gave birth to a child in one Of tn
hospitals in this city, When she go
{ well enough to leave the institution sh
was penniless and appealed to Harris
= who was now secretly married to Hele
: Potts. Harris gave her a triie and toll
her to "get rid of the brat" by leavin
it on some doorstep