The sun., 1893-03-14
aAnRrs SHAKEN nj HOPE AND FEAR

Recorder s-yth Not Yet Ready 10 Ar.eu,ee
Decis,ou on the Motion Tor New Trial.
II Recorder smyth does not grant new trial
to Carlyle ". Harris there IL almost as much
danger that Harris will die Of disappointme ent
as there Ia that he will die in the electric chair
No man was ever more confident that he will
get another chance for his life than Harris IT,
notwithstanding the fact that this is his last
chance OF appeal
Harris Is undergoing aseysre nervous strain.
The District Attorney had announced that
probably the Recorder would give his decision
in the case yesterday. Harris was up at 3
O'Clock In the morning. and from that time
until IL o'clock. the hour for opening the Gen.
eral Sessions. he sat In his cell. At II o'clock
doubt came For an hour every time the
prison bell rang he started. He thought It must
surely be q messenger to tell him his fate
When at IL O'Clock his mother came with the
news that Recorder Smyth had announced
that he could not come to q decision before
Wednesday Harris was almost in q state Of
collapse. He did not recover all the afternoon
At g o'clock. whom THE Sun reporter saw him
and he described the strain he had been uu der.
he wns still all a-tremble.
he partly recovered his sell. .possession when
he began to tell his reasons for believing that
Ss wa. Nsssed0 sssed on the adasits OF His.
fcs al hs pu @ Lsas
ton. DR.. Kinmuth o. A::bury. Park. Drug Clerk
Lsers Of AoaTy Rrk and Mis- Wallace
prod nces an afIidavit. made by sneak Choate"
%as Sc to
the persons VII, ma, made atildayits for Harris.
SAW %ss acEsan and that that lazy at aes once
told him that all she had sworn to In my an
dayit, was lie. That's likely story. is it
OF Miss .waddel's, af'davit. Harris said: (:
Miss Wsdde was Sn, the most intimate friend
school. They we're chums. Shc saw her take
The District Attorney he. said. "rebuts
Treverton. and expert nttfraAses from school
discuss tho contraction OF the pupils OF the
eye. What do they know. about iii Why. ono
oskea ssDss ~ FIFE % m"s Hne% whnt
sHSsu esss sSs ssISs shs :a$ ts5,snls: iSsrs $r
maze mates You laugh. but i is a fact. ' ''
Finally, he said: The case is. no longer a
case Of the State . agt Harris. 1t is now case
Harrs's case I. rs%srka bio in that there is
q case Of an appeal for ne W ;rial In which the
Judge who heard It retired si sntirely from court
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more business until he had reached n decision.
ready with it Yesterday. But he sent word to
Judge MARITIME and asked him to sit in Part il.
for the day. In case the decision Ia not ready
tomorrow 1t will cause the postpone ement u
the trial OF DR.. Buchanan. who. like Harris. Is
accused OF numbering his wife with morphine.
District Attorney Nicol con sente ed Yesterday
to the admission OF the affidavit OF Miss Wad-
| dell in Hnrris's behalf Her affidavit haa bee
! printed in The Sun. She was at Howe 4 Hum
inel's Office Yesterday. On one occasion: she
said. Helen Potts was looking III. md she
| swered: oh! it's the old trouble I've been
| taking too much m Medicine. My mother says
! shall kill myself il l do not stop taking 30
much OF the stun. II die. will YOU como to
| the funeral?"
| Lawyer Howe took the young woman to the
| District Attorneys Office. She was examined
there. and Mr.. Nic1ll told Mr. Howe thnt he
caust ne nad atinavits contranictlng ner ne n.