Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-11

IN the appearance OF the oouy
As the witnesses passed out of the build |
ing one Of the newspaper men tainted and
was carried out by friends, He recovered
in 4 few minutes.
MRS uAENls REslGSED AND CALM
Mrs Harris viewed the raising of the
black ing from the window Of her room
ut Amhler's boarding house. When the
otninotis signal tloated on the soft breeze
she turned quietly away, resigned and
calm, as She has been for the past few
DAYS. She said she would see the newspa
per men this afternoon and give them her
statement,
The witnesses were escorted to the
wardcn's office when all was over and
each one signed the official statement re-
| quired by Law.
hrs Irvine and Daniels conducted the
AUTOPSY which was begun ~ minutes after
the eleetroeution was over,
THE HisroRY OF HARRIS CRIME.
! NEW HoEk, May s.-Carlyle ". Harris
Was born IN Glen Falls n. " in Scptem-
! ter 1862 He was the grandson Of Or,
Benjamin W, McCready Of New York
| city. Carlyle went 70 work early to earn
| his own living He cauvas4ed as a book
\ agent was a clerk and for two years AN
actor IN 'Pau kayar0 company, thus
presenting pretty varied career for
/ young inan not vet - years Of age.
Having decided to BE- doctor he entered
4 the College Of iysiCials and Surgeons III
4 this city. going to live with Or. McGready.
I He spent the school year of lsSS-SD In that
/ college.
now HE MET his vlcTIT.
4 In the summer II $50 he went to live at
/ ocean Grove, y. J. liz August Of that
| year 4 ball was given at the Coleman
| House ocean Grove, and u that entertain
/ ment he formed the acquaintance Of Helen
4 Potts, Tie girl was then Is years OF age.
| They Went boating. played tennis and took
| long walks along the shore. In the ensuing
fall Harris came back to New York to re-
4 sumo his medical studies, The Potts
| family moved INTO New York also going
| to live at No. il6 West Sixty-tliird street.
! Helen attended the College Of Music
1 Harris continued his calls on her. They
became So intimate and Harris attentions
50 ardent, that the suspicious Of Mrs. Potts
we're aroused. Helen seemed TO be very
fond pf Harris,
THEIR SECRET MARRIAGE.
February 18TH under the pretext Of TAX
ing bert see the stock Exchange. Harris
and Miss Potts went 70 the city hall anu
were secretly married by Alderman Rnck-
h6if under an assumed name. Six weeks
after the marriage Harris calls began to
be less frequent He seemed to want to
avoid her, IN the latter part Of May, 1880
Miss May Schoiieid came to visit Helen
Harris and Helen We're iii great trouble
for the girl wife was in a delicate cundi-
ton. Harris proposed a way to aN Old
letting the world know. She finally CON
scented, but fearing that it might kill her,
She insisted as n protection To her honor
that Miss Schoheld should know OF the
matter. Harris took Miss Schoiield for a
walk on the beach and told her.
That afternoon ne took Helen ont. They
were gone till late in the evening. ON re.
| a. Gi
Helen went at once to bed On that after
noon, il was afterward learned, Harris
performed a criminal operation OH his
wife.
THE DISCOVERY.
The next week Helen went to Scranton,
Pa, 10 visit her uncle Dr. Trevefton.
seeing that Helen was i'll, he took her to
task. She confessed. Harris was sent for.
He confessed that he had performed two
operations, but to DR.. Trcverton he denied
the marriage After Miss Potts got we'll
her mother insisted that Harris marry her
publicly. Harris promised, but urged Mrs
Potts to wait till he had got further along
in his studies. In the meantime he in
ducei the mother to send Helen TO the
Gomstoek boarding school, in this city
Mrs. Potts continued to insist on u mar
riage By a minister. January 2uth, ls9l
Harris wrote her IAN your wishes shal
be complied with if no other way can be
found TO satisfy your scrunleS.
PREPARING THE FATAL DOSE.
January 20th Harris got prescription
for SIX capsules, each to contain one sixth
: of a g,rai Of morphine and four and a hall
: | grains oil qIlnine. He gave Helen four O
hepills telling her to take one each night
He kept two pills ont Of the lot on til,
| evening Of saturday January 3lst, 1891
/ Helen took the last pill and went 0 bed
/ When her room mates came in, betweer
, 1870 and Il O'Clock they woke her up
I She spoke OF having curious sensations
1 and said size could not swallow, and tina
1 She believed she was going to die.
/ TIRE LAST lLLsEss.
T Subsequently sheawoke her friends witt
{ her means. They gave All alarm. Mr.
G Fowler the school physician, came ant
! saw the trouble. lie called nr. Bauer /.
y help him. All night they tried to save he
/ life. AT ] o'clock sunday morning, Feb
T rlIary lst, she died.
i rnE MrRpERrR'S tSrTrrERfNcE.
Harris was sent for. lie seemed TO car
little for his wifcs DEATH but feared h
q would he held responsible, fIe produce
&, the two pills he lad kept out to show tina
u his prescription was all right. Tho con
y ttntIon Of The State WAS that he took GU
Z three pills and put IN one that killed her
= Judge Gray of the court of appeals say
n that the evidence shows that Harris wen
- AWAY tAI'tGtlIIB NIldN llit Ithul1 liIli Ntll
J. be one Of the first taken, By strang
is coincidence It was the last.
The apparent preparations had bee
" made to clear himself from suspicion, an
il previous remarks he had made about wisl
ID ing Helen were ''ou Of the way cause
g suspicion to follow him. lie refused abs
n lutGly to allow Helen to be buried as MIR!
q Harris. He told many conflicting storit
to the mother who repeated them to III
district attorney. The latter presented tn
facts to the grand Jury, who intlcte
brought to trial January 18th, ls!2, an
the jury three weeks later brought in
= verdict Of guilty Of murder i'll first degre
THE LEGAL FlGHr.
y, Harris was sentenced IL be executed dE
K ing the week beginning March 2lst, $50
i He took An appeal but the conviction wi
u unanimously confirmed by the court {
j. appeals, After that Harris and his c0uns
Z, did all they could to arouse public syn
"a pathy III behalf Of the murderer. Iawyt
l., Howe collected an immense nnmber
- utiidayits that were alleged to prove TIN
4 Helen Potts was a m0ryhine cater. q
he the strength Of these he asked Record
- Smyth for new trial. The recorder r
!, fused and lie sentenced Harris 10
Il executed to day.
he THE LAST HopE ENrIErs.
Hon GEORGE Raincs If Rochester W.
appointed 4 commissioner by the govern,
J., 10 hear the uew testimony which the +
Il coraer had denied was sufficient to wa
~, rant new trial, Commissioner Ram
IL reported TO the governor that there was
~ testimony 81 show that Miss Potts was
~ confirmed Inorphine-eRter, and on this I
~ port the governor declined to extend Clet
H. encN to Harris.