Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-01

or fear OF death has he shown. Clearly. boy
though be is in years. he is one man in a hun
dred thousand in point of self-control
Hundreds of petitions. invoking executive
clemency in his behalf. are now being circu-
lated and there is bare possibility. at this
writing. that Gov. Flower NAV commute his
sentence to life imprisonment. The general
belief. however. is that he will refuse to inter-
fere- Harris certainly shares it, for he Is evil
IDENTIFY satisfied that he must die. This he
clearly showed on the eve of his departure for
Sing Sing prison. where he is to die. With the
shadows oi death gathering about. with the
eyes of the death watch greedily fixed upon
his every movement. with the evident con-
viction in his soul that his ignominious
death a matter OF DAYS. he talked as
smoothly. coherertly and consecutiyely as ever
he did in boz hood.
HARRIS STORY OF HIS LIFE.
In response to request for the story OF his
life he told il, speaking rapidly as the
s'enographer could conveniently record his
words Here is what he said. word for word
the autobiography Of an intellectual man face
TO face with a shameful DEATH
/ was born in Glen Falls, NY. on September
%, 1869. While still infant nv parents
moved TO New York city, where they resided for
about four years. and then again moved into
New Jersey. where / lived on a farm until nine
Years of age and then came to New FORK 10
school enjoyed but four years of schooling
that should assist in supporting the family,
and so. when thirteen wears of age. L entered
a jeweler Office. but left there in few months
10 take a better position in the Office of
sugar refining company, where l remained
for little over three wears. left this Office
10 take a position with an importer of raw
sugar and worked for one summer wit b
him. After this finding it impossible fer me to
work successfully as u boOkkeeper or &C
cOuntant. and seeing no prospect Of advance
m clerical DOsltlOna of that kind essayRd
to follow IN the footsteps OF Henry Irving and
Mr.. Edwin Booth. and 80 for one week played a
utility part IN Paul kauvar'' when that play
was produced in New York.
Ny family objected TO nv staring on the
stage. and my grandfather. Dr. McCready.
learning of my desire for profession. and that
my ambition was medicine and surgery. offered
TO pay nv expenses through the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons.
While waiting for the term to begin i found
emplo, ment for a few months with the Old
Dominion Steamship Company. This was in
1888. During the summer Of that year pre-
pared for college. passing nv entrance eN-
limitations and entered that autumn the Col
eye of Physicians and Surgeons as a student.
Ny professional career began under the most
favorable auspices
Nv grandfather was emeritus professor o.
medicine at Bellevue; nv p-eceptor professor
OF surgery at the Post Graduate Hospital. and
it was nv privilege to assist in the college the
professors of surgery. OF anatomy and % OBJ
steirics and gynecoloSy.
Study as new to me after working as a CLERK
for four years. but / succeeded at the end of
nv second year. as l did at the end of INV Iirst.
in passing NV examinations, trust, not with
out some credit.
In the summer of 1899 my mother rented a
small cottage at Ocean Grove and l spent my
vacation there with her. so il was in Angus,
o; this year / met Helen Potts. She was,