The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-05-09
STORY OF HARRIS CRIME.

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Carlyle w. Harris was born in Glen
Fails, N. Y, in September, 1869. He was
the grandson of DR. Benjamin w. Nc
Cready of New York city. Carlyle went to
work early to own his own living He
canvassed as q book agent, was clerk,
and for two years an actor in a paul
Kauvar" company, thus presenting .
pr@tty varied career for young man not
oyer 10 years of age
Having decided to be doctor he entered
the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
NdH York, going to live with Dr. Nc
Grady. He spent the school year of 1889
30 n that college In the summer of 1889
hewent to live at Ocean Grove, N. j. In
Au8lfst, 1889, ball was given at Coleman
HMee, Ocean Grove AT that entertain
Werlt Harris formed the acquaintance OF
Helen Potts The girl was then Is years
old. They went boating, played tennis
ara took long walks along the shore.
9Ah the ensuing fall Harris came back to
York to resume his medical studies.
The Potts moved into New York also,
going to live at 1I6 West Sixty third street.
Helen attended the College Of Music.
Hatfs continued his calls on her. They
beoMme SO frequent and Harris attentions
- ntdent that the suspicious Of Mrs. Potts
wete aroused. Helen seemed to be fond of
Harm.
lQn Feb. is, ON the pretext of taking
Helen to see the Stock Exchange, Harris
and Miss Potts went to the city hall and
were secretly married by Alderman Binck-
HON under assumed names Six weeks
after the marriage Harris calls on Helen
began to be less frequent. He seemed to
want to avoid her. In the latter part OF
May 1890, Miss May Schofield came to
visit Helen. Harris and Helen were in
great trouble for the girl-wife was in q
delicate condition. Harris proposed way
TO avoid letting the world know. She
finally consented, but fearing that it might
kill her, she insisted as protection to her
honor that first Miss Schofield should
know OF the secret marriage. Harris took
Miss Schofeld for walk on the beach and
told her. That afternoon he took Helen.
They were gone till late in the evening.
On returning, as she was very pale and
sick, Helen went at once to bed. On that
afternoon 1t was afterward learned Harris
performed criminal operation on his
wife.
The next week Helen went to Scranton,
Pa, to visit her uncle, DR.. Treverton,
Seeing that Helen was i'll he took her to
task. She confessed. Harris was sent
for. He confessed that he had performed
two sRperations, but to DR. Treverton
he denied the marriage. After
Miss Potts got well her
mother insisted that Harris marry
her publicly Harris promised TO do SO
but urged Mrs. Potts to wait till he had
got further in his studies. In the mean.
time he induced the mother to send Helen
to the Comstock boarding school in this
city Mrs. Potts continued to insist ON a
marriage by q minister On Jan. 20, 1891
Harris wrote her: .sAll your wishes shall
be complied with, ii no other way can be
found to satisfy your scruples."
On Jan. 20 Harris got prescription fol
six capsules, each to contain one-sixth of q
grain Of morhine and four and a hall
grains Of quinine. He gave Helen four OF
| the.pills, telling her to take one each night
He kept two pills out Of the lot. On the
evening Of Saturday, Jan. 81, 1891, Helen
took the last pill and went to bed. In
| spite Of the efforts of the school physician
to save her she died next morning Harris
seemed unaffected by her death, his prin
cipal fear being that he would be sus
pecteds
The story of his trial, conviction and ap
peals is too well known to need repetition