The sun., 1893-03-20
HARRIS'S SPEECH PREPARED.
HE sdTs HE WILD HAVE sUBPRIsE
FOR HIS HEARERS.

| He Repeats Ills Declaration that He Has
No Intention OF Biach guarding" Any,
| body-He VII, Talk Only Facts, He says
The strain is telling on Carlyle Harris. He
is i'll. Yesterday his breakfast was almost ap>
touched. A reporter was with him whom hfs
MONDAY meal was brought to him In the s0s
closure outside OF his cell in Murdcrers' Row
There was a bowl Of vegetable soup. three
crackers. and pot Of tea. Harris ate less
than half pint OF tho sour. One cracker suf-
| feed. The tea was untouched. The pot was
| knocked over. and Keeper Mason. who spent
| tho day with him. offered to send for more.
Don't do it," said Harris. Il don't care for
it, l could not drink IT.
On Saturday night Harris was very despond-
ent. He said ho longed TO die. Yesterday he
explained that his desire to die was not so
great rs to include the idea OF suicide
What ! mean" ho said. "is that It would
be Joy to me II l could enter my cell tonight
with tho knowledge that I would never come
out OF 1t again alive. 1t would be an honor
able death. Suicide is n dshonorable DEATH"
The sallow. thin faco. the drawn lip. the
heavy eyes with the big rings OF blue under
them the nervous. restless hands twisting
the beard. were evidences OF suffering 30 SO.
vcrc that suicide might seem cheap price To-
pay for relief.
Harris spoke several times yesterday Of the
bossiDlIhS vi III, III COuEt to-uaD anu
collapsng ply sicaIiy when his mind was eager
to work, He has prepared with great care the
speech he will make. II. completed it yester.
day day Parts p II no wrote sSyerhl days E ago
on his last trip from the Court Houae back to
the & IomhI on H., There Is ittle doubt y, that Harris
shs go into coTt As hSys
not going e blnckGnard anybody; The I'm;
jail bncii upon rnilery and abuse. is wrong. I
hope that no misfortune could ever reduce my
say will 30. right in Iine fs. with the statutory
question: Have you anything to say why
Yo o oem. sh1m1 nS pc soo w
state nli OF them l can. although fear shall
- realize that I am going down tomorrow
wirr me into eternity. am going to protest.
begin what have to say with u surprise. i do
not necessarily mean II sensation. but some
evidence, Twill take 1t and analyze It bit b!
and DR.. .Treyerton. who sworo at the trial that
they noticed no narcotic effect from drugs on
Wits that thoy did not notice such effect. that
WI nesses whose testimony ut the trial did me
and and e"ve 'et evdeHce Hr % eonir"dietns themeeves
and 9 n to & DO e much inury S hnd
M ali IL I arns p ~ on the
part Of The witnesses for he prosecu ion. But
l shall speak respectfully and truthfully. ]
will talk facts: will deny lies"
Harris saiI! that his mother had told him
that on Saturday night she received an afh.
davit signed Ivy Crawford Mason. one OF the
Jury who convicted Harris. that had DR.. Kin.
mouth. whose Testimony he eStcems. testified,
lie never would havo agreed to anything but
m ncquittal
Many who hnve read William F. Howe's in.
terNi"w with Mrs Harris. in which Mrs. Harris
says thoy d. not want communication OF sem
ten"c. hut an absolute pardon. may wonder
why Harris takes the trouble to address the
Recorder to-day. Harris explains it by saying
he does 1t for his family and not for himself
III stood alone would not walk ten steps
to speak Tomorrow" said Harris. do 1t for B.
others. My family is scattered. ] had hoped
to get out and gather them together with me
again. II ! cannot do that then my one re-.
maininG wish is to prove to the world that I
am innocent and am no Disgrace to my family.
! want, too. TO show that such stories as my
buying evidence are false. for have not $40
in the world"
Harris said that he would say nothing fur.
ther to-day after he had GOne over the evi-
Gcnce. He has letters from his mother-in-law.
Mrs, Potts. and from two Of her sisters which
no kinks will show that there WAS no feeling
against him on tho part Of his wi!es family
INN ehiately after her death.
There was q story Printed yesterday saying
that Harris may embrace the Catholic re.
ligiOn. He said that priest and two Sisters
Of Charity Ind called upon him. but that the
feeling between the dear Sisters and myself iS
something more broad than Catholicism"