New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-17
HIS FRIENDS ARE GREATLY SHochEb
THE CIRCUMSTANCES or 1"hN HiRElNS i Dpi'N
DEATH TIE CAUSE oF sd SURPRISE
10 ALL Nnl kNNM nIN

Jobn Harris sixty-scvcn years Old "e'l'"S
tanner and leather dealer Of WILLIAMSBURG "''' ~
the Revere House Hous,on-si ana h'"''",'
early Yesterday morning. AZ N" nm" va '
him a woman. sometimes called MARY
and sometimes May stanton. who gave h'r az
leo as 10 252 West On.-hunlrol and sixteenth
=, The facts I'm the case were brought ONT Nr'"F"
the efforts Of Deputy coroner T. j. Donhn.
ur Harris accompanied ly tho woman went
IN the hotel on TUESDAY night ana rH' on inc '''l'
Ter assumed names for both himself anu VIZ
woman. The couple had boon az the hotel Only
fifteen minutes when n" hclh"y WAS '""'' ~
,heir room and told 10y the woman 20 semi i'r
ubvscian pr Donlin. who lives in West ii"us'oh'
81, only a few blocks away. hurried 10 inc h"'''
and found the man face downward on '' "'',
struggling in an apoplccuc IT. Mh'n 'h' "'"''
remedies had been administered the doctor went
a,',,. and ,c,uruod six hours later. The man WAS
DYING. Then 1t was that pr Donlin' 10y severe
denomination discovered the identity az MI
Harris and his companion.
Tho woman sail that she bad known Nj Harris
from childhood AMI H. %. having lh1 ~. I'n'"
Tor his attendance she sent telegram 90 Ab''n'e'
Dewee No. %, Macon-st, brooklyn. An am
bulance was called but when 1t reached tho hotel
Harris WAS dead. Dr. Donlin ordered th" detention
~ tho woman until . O'Clock. when under sworn
examination she said that she had accompanied
Mr. Harris 10 the hotel Tuesday night uh'
while sitting In a chair. h. suddenly pat ms mana
% his head. trl'Ti oul, du' wv ~ ~
Mr. Dcwca who manages stencil business AZ
\, q2e Centre-st In this city reached the hotel AT
o'clock and established Mir Harriss IDENTIFY lie
knew nothing 81 M" woman
There were few men lvine In the Eastern DiS-
,ric, ~ Urookvn who were better known than
Iohn Harris and the news OF his sudden death
sp-cad rapidly throughout the ciiy. Harris went
driving with Mr. Dcwcs. his old friend. on lu'+-
day returning to his home. No - ons'lyea-s''
nj i o'clock After eating hearty supper ne
kissed his wife and two daughters goodby. Nh"n
he left the house he told his wife that h. intended
to go 10 C1ncy Island. As he did not return ~
night the family did not feel worried.
Mr. Dcwcs. when he learned OF his friends death
hurried to the home Of Mr.. Harris ana toih ms
wife Mrs Harris much affected over the
nous Of her husbands death. and her second son.
Alexander A. Harris hurried to New-fork to claim
the hodv When the wife OF the dead man was
,old who her husbands companion was when II"
died she broke down completely. 81 never would
have believed IL Of him." she sobb'd i always
trusted him implicitly. ., a..
An az the friends Of the dead man seemed fr'alN
s,irnriscd az the circumstances OF ms nedih. ne
body reached the Conselyea,st home at' yestrr-
day afternoon The funeral Will probably take
place on saturday. -, 80. ooo
Nr Harris was reputcd TO b. worth Srs,'-tl
Among other things he had invented the llttlc
leather caps used the SHOPPERS Of hruRRi.lS
Lo,,I,e Forty wears ago he 10 TINS country
from birmingham. England. and in the early DAYS
Of his prosperity II IS said, backed Now.ll ha|a'i
and other pcdcstrians. VI" was q Ere" Mason ana
a member Of the knights Of Pythias ana the TX
cesior Provident Association.