The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
HARDEN PUT TOGETHER.
His Body Found Cut Into a Dozen
Pieces and Buried in a Blanket.

Body, and the detectives GO TO the
Spot and Rakeit Up-His Head Sew
cred From His Body and His Arms
end Legs Cut in Pieoes-Richard
Washington Admits Some Things
He Did Not Tell Befo-e-An Inquest
To Be Held To-day.
Every piece of the body of Isaiah Har-
den has at last been found and the muir
dered negro is at last complete. The
body has been placed in a coffin back Of
Coroner Dixon store.
The condition of the body fully verifes
the horrible details of the crime and
makes it appear even more horrible than
imagination has depicted it.
The arrest of George Berrien, the un-
Gle Of the murderess, led to her being
induced to give the information as TO
where the body had been placed and it
was found yesterday without any diff
Guilty.
The body is now in charge Of the coro-
ner An inquest will probably be held to-
day, either this morning or this after
noon, when il is expected that the horri-
bic details of the killing and the manner
in which it was accomplished will come
out.
RICHARD WASHINGTON CONFEssEs.
George Berrien proved a trump card in
working up the evidence in the case. An
account Of his arrest and his part in dis
posing Of the clothes was given in yester-
days MoRSING News.
Yesterday morning Detective Wether-
horn and Assistant Solicitor General
Salas, who has been active in aiding the
officers to work up the evidence in the
case went down to the Jail. They first
saw Richard Washington and confronted
him with Geo. Berrien When Berrien's
story about having been given the cloth es
by Washington and his wife Monday
night March 3, was told Washington
gave way and admitted that it was true.
He admitted asking Berrien why he had
not thrown the clothes overheard from
the steamer Ethel, on his way back to the
city, Wednesday,. He admitted also hav-
ing disposed of the clothes in a manner
which has already become familiar to
those who have kept up with the case.
But when the question of the removal
of the body Monday night from under the
floor where il had been placed was
reached Washington would go no further.
He insisted that he knew nothing about
the removal of the body, and stuck to his
story that he knew nothing of the murder
until his wife admitted having killed
Harden Friday morning.
WASHINGTON CAUGHT.
Washington and George Berrien were
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tar Salas and Detective HUMPHREYS,
where they were confronted by Mary
Washington.
Mary has been kept in room to her
self by order of Sheriff Roman for the last
two or three days, where she has been
treated by physician in order to bring
her back to her natural state of mind.
She had almost fully recovered yester-
day.
The officers had scarcely begun to ques-
ton her when Detective HUMPHREYS
caught Richard Washington making
signs to his wife and shaking and nod
ding his head
THAT won't do, old man." he said to
him, and Washington endeavored to con-
vince the officer that he had done nothing
whatever.
TOLD WHERE THE BODY WAS.
Mary was then taken out of the room
by her uncle, George Berrien. She told
him straight story about the matter,
giving an exact account of what had been
done with all the parts Of the body.
He asked her if there was anything the
matter with her mind, and she replied
that there was not. She insisted that
she had just as good sense as she ever
had, and said she could tell all about the
matter.
When questioned about the body, she
said ali the parts of it, except those which
have already been found, had been taken
to yard across the street from her house
on Margaret street, where she used tC
keep COW. The house in question is oc
cupied by A. Herwitz.
Mary said almost the entire body haC
been taken to this pl ace Monday night
and after being wrapped in rags anC
blankets was thrown into an out house
and buried under a lot of trash and filth.
She said that Washington had helped
her move 1t. She insisted that the head
arms and everything else were there and
would be found there unless they were re
moved.
The story of the mysterious barrel
which gave out such a stencil, and which
Mary burned up Tuesday morning, wa!
thus cleared up They had used the bar
rel to carry the pieces of the body to the
F. yard across the street.
She was not questioned any further
about The matter. George Berrien TOLD
the officers all that he had learned from
her and they determined to make ;
search for the body at once.
Washington wife has always had a grea
deal Of influence over him, and has beef
able to do with him about as she pleased
After being told what she had said abou
his helping to remove the body he still
denied having anything to do with it.
THE BODY FOUND
Detective HUMPHREYS, accompanied b,
w. A. Britt who has aided materially il
the search for the body. and who ha
always shown willingness TO DO all h
could in the matter, went TO the plac
where Mary had indicated that the bod,
had been placed. They began the searcl
about 30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A few minutes after their arrival at tn
place Britt noticed stump which locke,
like the bone of leg or thigh sticI1in,
out IRON under one corner of the out house
With rake the entire thigh was dragge,
up with the rOtted flesh still hanging 10 il
That was enough for the officers The,
notified the coroner that the body hat