Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-10
HARRIS'S STATEMENT
Remarkable Production Of the Man
EIeClrOcuted Monday.
HIS INNOCENCE ASSEVERATEO
His Explanation OF the Denial OF Glenn
snoy In His Cese-IIis Ue-
Ieipus Faith.
by telegraph to tho Dispatch.

| lIy tNl'Frnil 10 tlN Dlfphtch.i
AcrAsY. y. Y. May 9.-Thc following 10
tho last statement written by Carlyle ".
Harris. winch was given out this afternoon
from the State-Prisons Department:
Notification has bcen brought mo that
Governor Flower has refused 70 interfere
with the execution Of the seutcuce OF tho
lower court in my case. Evidence has
como 10 light that my wife was for years
before death addicted 20 tho us0 Of the
drug from an overdose Of which she died.
! am sentenced SO death upon the suprO3-
tiou that substituted capsule contain
ing rTalns OF morphine for one OF tho
/ harmless capsules prescribed fCr her ton
| DAYS before her death. Now, u ls self-
/ evident 10 any one having knowledge #
medicine that no ono addicted o. NOR
/ ph.ne could be murdered with grains
o.. that drug, because 3 grains would
not be a fatal dose Upon tins tact was
! based my motion for retrlai. winch Re-
! clrder NWytn dculod. and later Ing plea
for executive Interference.
THE COMMISSION or INVESTIGATION.
Z" In recognition Of this iast plea n com
| missioner was appointed t. investigate the
| credibilIty of witnesses who tad yo!Uu-
| t"crod testimony rs to nv wiic's habit.
/ Their evidence remained Unshaken, and
! buttal thoy dad not dare 20 produce IN
! open court the witnesses whose a1idayIts
4 were the most important 81 those ON which
/ recorder SIui th denied my motion for a
retual. Irefer 10 Euuicc Rockwell, Rachel
! Cook-Ou, Or. lrevcrt N. and ilr. lip-i.
| VINO IN thor afdaylts fo.rswore the tosti-
| WDny gwen Oh uy tra'. az / haFe
! shown. and to DIworth Chnate. Hence it
! was established before the Goycrnor5
| commissioner los be testimony Of br. KIN
! mouth. Dr.. Wooiman. Miss jackson. MIS-
| W1ddou. aad others. that mY Vlte pur-
! chased morphine frequently and thct be
! tOOhshly usod II % quiet Valn. II Is not
| claimed and never has been that u.y wife
wllfuliy dc troyod herself, for she vas be-
! loved auQ happy. but the fatal ms tikcs of
! tlDat who self Gduinlster morphine are
! matters of record ali over the world.
| When charges Of murder were Er.t
| preferred aralast me delivered M self az
once into custody, demanding an invcsti-
gatlou. Again, on the 10Th Of April last,
although under sentence of death, re-
fused 10 take advantage q; free Oppor,u-
mtv to esc1po. Az - tins last matter
Keepers Murphy and Ilulso and other
( PRISON ohclals VIII bear zoe out.
WY Was cIr'fr%cY DENIED;
$50. how ia It that. ~ q case whore 30
many facts and the entire behavior Of the /
defendant all invite executive CicmcuCv, /
together with the petition II ovor $4,000
cltiZcus-aInOng them many who aye |
prominent I'D national e>treW-:. :.-mcucy
should be denied Because the action II |
the court was not justified by The facts IN
tie cuse and hence the puOlic out /
crv must be siicuced br - seeming /
justification Of the court outside |
of facts. Where there was no doubt /
of guilt Governor Flower has never lesi- /
tatoI go interfere. as ln the case - James |
Mnnlueh about year ago. Bat IN tua, /
case the facts justified the court and |
tlerc was 10 Recorder SUyth c.amoruc |
20 be upheld. CARLYLE Harris living would |
be- q menace 10 the career ot Suyth. Vol /
man. aud others. Dead. DEE viii soon be |
forgotten and AFFAIR." mas 20 on as be- |
fore.
There IS an idea IN the rrind- Il many |
tint az the time oI ms wlfc.@ death de- !
slIei marriage with some o'hcr woman. |
,-ich q person has never been found, nor |
does she cNl,t
PROSECUTED - THE rRrss.
Tits my misfortune taao ] have been |
prosecuted by hbrls and luuuenj) |
.Lrouch the columns G the press rather
than by means Of witnesses in court. | |
desire in tins utteranco % express my
great thanks to those members of my lurv |
WIo have hrlyelv declared that had they
known OF the newly-tound evidence ~
the time o' my trial they would |
have acquitted me and yet beg that the
witnesses who d.d not bring forward thcir
knowledge until too lGtc Will not upbrald !
themselves. have fos them 10 thought |
ot blame. individually they DID not re4.-
izo the pertiu"ucc %, Wh has they know. uDr |
could the, 1e expected 80 Also. 90 those
maIy friends who have laLorrd SO dli-
gently 10 brng ine truth T." HEht SEND
my ihahhs IHat ihr- Ai' lH iHy no t-Hl
az such "a tllc '' lh'' is an earnest 'l 4iIf
LIat'i4".
IT'S EliI.'."' $ fAIiH-
Il ha- been reported IN tho newspapers /
that during iIy -tat here IN sing sing
have -c1ued 40 rt"yJtOuo oi nv fellow
prison 'rs .l! indul-cd in lrretereut lohr-.
lh- l- cruelty i3'ec. I syn ENJOY thr
hopes 80 nav childhood ialth, ana bY thtt
faith / -ha.. LJt .e mis- judged through al |
eternity.
"JAc Governor Of the State says he has
hacu finally convinced of mv guilt by the
afidavlt- OF Eunlce Rockwell ana lache.
Cooksou. These atlidaylt- are ldentca! rs
10 phrase and were evidently b0.h dictated
hy tine same person. n De- my houe-; "e-
lief thHt tEey were signed unread. lor IN
the trial Miss Cooksou gave testimony |
that directly conflicts with Eor later Aiii-
dayIt. uui the District Attorney d.d not
tom t1r comms0ioner ana submit lhel-
No one lNIl 50 many reasons, ht4 -fAt+-