New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-28
"HARRISS" ROMANTIC LIFE.
HIS IRISH WIFE SUING FOR DOVER IN
KANSAS CITY PROPERTY.
roRN BAII.ANTINE. Hr CAME TO THIS couN-
TRY. FOUGHT IL THE WAR. AND WON AND
LOST SEVERAL FoRTUNEs-IfE MAR
RrvD ANOTHER WOMAN in


RED ANOTHER WOMAN IN
TIE UNITED STATES.
A romantic story has been brought TO Hgh' ny Tue
hl,nx Of a suit for dover by widow OF captain =
II Harris whose real name was Balanunt aeaihS'
properly in Kansas CITY, Mo-, valued at 'ioo"" OF
more Harf4s died on February 6. lS93 at the
yresbvterian Hospital IN this city, after an iIness
Of ak dsvs from Brghts disease. He Iett d
WIDOW In this country whose maiden name was
Lizzie c. Corlss OF Detroit Mich.
After his death ii was learned tna' ne Eau
married an Irish wife before leaving Ireland and
that she still survived His first wife. on hearing
q. her husbands death Instructed J. IL. HubDeA q
Co the lawyers In the Mutual Reserve Fund bui!o-
ing 10 begin suit 10 recover her ooWer IIs"' ia
property which Harris had transferred ourihs inc
boom In Kansas City, she had never joined IN
the deeds. 1870. 49,,
tta,ris. former partner in the real estate bus
,sss IN Kansas city was w. S. Wilson, who is now
president OF the Kentucky Speciality company a'
No. q Church-st In this city He tod the story
OF Harriss life to Tribune reporter SeS'''u"'
and the tale sounded Ike a romance.
Harris came this country before the war.
said Mr. Wilson He went South Joined the WASH
.ag,on Battery. of New-Oreans, on the oTe"hi"s
out of the Rebellion, and fought all 'hrous" "ie
conflict. He made fine soldier ana was sP'e"1u
man to meet at any time. After the war "e w.
to Liverpool and made fortune in gram anu 'os'
II almost as soon as he made IT, Then ne re'oi"eO
10 this country and went west ,
"He wa, dead broke and went to work for Gay
wages on some Western railroad. when 'he pay
master came along and asked MIN MS MAINE "
said he would not give his family name. as ne
SO be gave the OF T. H Harris ne v waI
for organization. before he had been in the west
long he on his feet again; :, ,ss, and the fol-
lowing year we fOr ESt 81 Ts made mint mint Of
orrig
men In that section of the country he %as 'H re
1rsan1serc an0 in us is9 Believe and there talk
OF running him for Mayor; 49,. ,.,o,ds mead 70
come into the once to see him. and they w1uld
invariably say. Hello Tom but, although f Rs
fnrM never knew OF them to give re- h Inn
- 50 u far as from 1n tSe time I'M while
ne was working for the railroad company UNI"
Il" wei the collapse Of 1888 came and Harris was
ruined: and / lost nearly all had He went TO
ES4S e nea and again n 1888 %
was surprise TO both Of us He vas saylns an al
had him removed to the Presbyterian HSsptai
He died after illness OF six days from Bris s
his Sister Gwyn9e Of Brick GhHTeh besides N
Information TO any one. The wife OF Harris IN TINS
country Is an excellent 81 Sar 0 sS. came from
prominent family IN Michigan -. ,,u,. "
uu5Se came to see me and said the Irish widow
was going bring suit TO recover her DOVER rlgh.
IN the property wiich was transferred Dy Harris
in Kansas City. Luckily for the Kansas cry prop
erty-owners only Comparatively sma, porsSon ~ %
firm Of +. II. Harris Wilson was in the name ,S OF
Harris Most Of it was either In my name or me
name Of some other member OF the syndicate. /.
all the property which the nrm transieIred was a. a.
stake about sl,clOco would be invoivea as , IL Is IS
DO not think the t.e TO the properly; % go Is
now worth more than from $75,OW 10 *iNVU, was
passed In the name CT Harris , ,,u
Irarr.s's first Tfc. whom he married under MS
true name OF Thomas Ballantne; was MISE marina tS
McCrca. OF Llsdven, near strabane, In the norm
OF Ireland. She is the one who is now contesIns
the title TO the property in Kansas CITY Inc
American wife Is living at Blenheim. ont can. ny
his frst wife he had three children two girls ana
boy. The boy entered the Royal Navy and wss
killed by falling from sioft. BY the American wiie
he had one child who is now four years old.
one curious thing about the suits, Ar: WIison
said Yesterday was that the land wnich was
situated IN Kansas City. Kan, was not arscted
because of the laws concerning dover IN tnet Stat
In Kansas City. No. however. he understood mat
all the property which had been passed IN inc
name OF Harris was affected. Nearly all the prop
erty title 20 which had been passed bY Harris, was
situated in Missouri, 50 II was nearly all SUBJECT
10 this suit.