New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-26
THE RETRIAL OF HARRIS.
DID HIS WIFE TAKE MORPHINE?
soME TESTIMONY THAT is NOT IMPORTANT
EVEN IF TRUE.

soME TESTIMONY THAT is NOT IMPORTANT
EVEN IF TRUE.
tn, law and the authorities have certainly given
CARLYLE " Harris every chance for his life. The
Grand Jury indicted him. petty jury convicted
him the justices OF the Court OF Appeals unanimously
confirmed the verdict and Recorder Smyth. after
reading afiidavts by the dozen. refused to grant a
new trial. Now Governor Flower has appointed q
commissioner, George Raines Of Rochester. to hear
additional testimony which may shed light on liar-
ria. claims 10 u Communication OF his sentence.
Mr. Raines sat In Part III Of the City Court In
City Hsll yesterday TO hear witnesses brought ior'
ward BY william F. Howe. Assistant DlstrittAt'
torncv wclman withdrew from the Buchanan case
70 protect the conviction he In the Harris trial.
George Gordon Battle aided him. Mr.. Howe INST
called Mrs Anna b. Carman witness. She hved
In ocean Grove In 1852 opposite the house occupied
bv CARLYLE Harrs's mother Mr. Howe asked hcr II
,he knew Carl llamln. Mr.. We.lman objected 10
the Question. but Mr.. Raines said he wouia hot
govern the hearing By the strict rules OF i"'
Uamon Is said 10 have allowed Mary Helen potts to
take some morphine from "A table IN his room
Mrs Carman said sin the month Of APRIL lSo-'
Mrs Potts called m" and said she hopeu CarN''
Harris Womb not be- executed. as there had always
been a doubt I'm ler mind about his guilt she sald
that II he were put to death II would drive her
crazy n she had always felt 1t possible that MARY
took her own life" The witness said that so di MS
SIZE knew DR.. Hugh 5. Knmoulh. who made an al
fdav.t In IIarris's favor. had good reputation.
Her daughter Miss Grace Cirnan, was then calie'i
TO testify that Mrs. Potts had made the same STATE
ment to Der about her doubt to whether Mary
Helen Potts committed suicide Miss Carman Knew
Miss Potts Intimately but saw her take NOR
phne or heard her say ANYTHING about IT, II miSn'
b. nerjectet that Mrs. Potts never bitter against
Harris. she said she didn't want to have MN prose-
tued because her daughter loved him to the daY vi
her death. In the trial It sublec, OF remark
how friendly Mrs. Potts was with william lraVeTs
Jerome, counsel for the prisoner and her testimony
was not rs strong against Harris as II MINT rave
been
Al the afternoon session Miss Anna Waddel re
reated The story whlc'. has been been printed III.
sad Mis- ppit" CAV" her a mrrphinc PHI
Francis Lang,. who Owls dag store In Astoria
furnished sport for Mr. Wemai He had made "i
liGayit that In July August. $500, he Twice SOFA
n hafdoxen quarter grain morphine pills TO young
woman In Aslury ParF Lang- Wa CLERK IN
ColrnIan's drug store there. lie didn't know the
gir!. bit hsd seen her with Carlyle W. Harris sew
eral times she asked him not TO tell Carl
about her purchase. lie had Identified III Mr.
Ilowc's Office photograph Of Helen Potts as that
Of the young woman to whom lie had sold the poison
To Mr. Howe Langc said that the photograph
r,.srmbled the girl whom me had with Harris
Mr. Wcllnan got hold Of him IN the cros'-eNamina
ton he witness nj first positive III his icehtin
cation OF the photograph.
But you said that photographs were deceNing.'
said Mr.. Wcllnmn. in,nuatinGly.
Yes. but didn't mean this onc.'
Which ones did you meant
"Oh, Others In general
what particular on"l
"Oh my own" The ridiculous reply raised
laugh.
Under cross.cxamination. Lang" reelected thai
the young woman lad told him that she wanted thu
morphine for neuralgia. she SAID she had used lii,
drug before. Mr. Wcllmin got the young man d
mixed up that h" didn't seem 10 know where he
Was at"
Mrs. Ida BayLa. who lives with her husband
Frederick ~ No. ~ WiloY ave. iiObokcn testified
that from December. loo6. 10 March. 1887. sh'
vas employed servant by Mr.. Nelson, an alin
VI Mrs Potts. Mrs. Nelson lived I'm Grove ST.. Hobo
ken. and In l-s1 Helen Potts spent two or three
weeks ~ her bou-e. Mrs. avha said that she borgh
arsenic w0lrrS for TIE girl. When Mrs. Nelson r.
proved Helen, for taking them she replied that sh'
wanted % have u handsome complexion. The
witness several pill-boNcS and bottles In th'
girls Mr.. Howe looked knowingly
q" That SIX years agof' Mr. W"ilman asked
AYES, SIR
"Whkn Helen Potts was fifteen years od''
"lcs. SIR
"Thats all" announced Mr.. Wcman. An ad
tournament WAS taken until this morning.