The sun., 1895-05-29
linn Int Insiico RYAN would

at POI West Thirty fourth street. where here the
Shorters. with whom Harris boarded when he
nfiarris's friends Thought his death was due TO
some trouble he had with the other servants AZ
es esrs sonasns nnI had dom done @ washing him esaaTy
and he and his brother had visited her she
said their last call being on sst sahtss, tbing
against Ferdinand Harris" she SAID. Every
one with whom he wcnt-and they were rewn nnc
liked him and he was at peace with every ono.
except that he did have some trouble MIN MIN Ihe
other help. SO his friends understand win one
of the white women servants ho never got on IN
N real friendly way. She had the prejudice that
some people have against working Tor cooreu
man. and she wouldn't do the sligh'es' 'h'"s
' But another of the girls Ferdinand liked very
well. and she liked him sne "Guns i,,s I9 thina m n"
wantcd her to do, so he said. He used TO speak
OF her here don't Fn9W nep na mns no over 20 or
~ years old at most. She always answered me
door when returned the Laundry iSr ah Harris, .nd
This description indicates Katie Murphy. ana
she is the grf whose duty 1t was to answer the
door; ,,,, ,o,o ~ b,s friends that he had
recently had trouble with some OF the women
seryants" tieorgie Wheat continued, on ac-
count Of their not being IN aSe the AZ bonss tns e
had locked them out, not because he was angry
with tas and sn ,heS Sot mSd t.
these were don't know, and am telling only
"nS inouiry showed that Rose Artis. to whom
Harris was engaged. had told detective story
similar to the Wheat woman's. Harris had
OF the other servants. The head butler did not
sleep nt Bordcn's, and the house ut hieht was IN
Iooksd nj nm at 10 no o'clock lie had told the
girls that they must be In by that time or ne
locked out, and on one or more occasions nc ,hav @
did not obey the rules. Then they got angry NJ
him. ..>,,,o, Teal, IN
various conditions by allowing that the girl;
who was once friendly to Harris, had turned
out, and that some of her friends. angry that
she should be thus ANONYMOUSLY put upon by a
colored man decided to assault han him Katie Muir.
phy taken before Justice Ryan, IN the YORK.
vile Police Court yssterdSE with ,b rfT9msss ToSss
prisoner. but did evidently want to keep her
Ryan asked whether Mr.. Borden had perfect
CONFIDENCE in the woman and when tod that i NE
was was taken tax back to the house by detective.
A box that had been found by detective IN
the dooryard Of neighbor OF tne Boraens ses o,,
| terlay about possible clues. hut the box con-
taincd only a spoke-shave, and there was nothing
Katie Murphy made a sworn statement to
Coroner ] Dobbs yesterday. which comedies witt,
the story she told on Monday: ~ is as ,ollums
| aged 10 years. occupation kitchenmaid, being duly
'TGI arm empnysd 1ss,Inys az" at the
Rorsn about 80 os9ss s5
| by the ringing OF the basement bell.
waites Mes Ferdnand y M arr eoered emplSyed i
As Sssn m the
packing goods preparatory to closing the house io
lie opened the door and admitted two men, whe
past hi him s Ssd e %sx sns to the Mas
weather and Eve very y.rv sE m
tt%n the Other III erS a @ little taller. sn'" ''''
entering me hall the men turned % and face acc
pistol at the licensed stood almost petrlhed Will,
ws5s o and r back to-
asd I'm se haw S ha saw ' @
| currence.
Coroner's Physician Weston performed ar
pss passed through Harris's heart near tho medium
| line of the chest and through the right lung. j
itv. Alter the autopsy was over the undertake O.
l found that another bullet had gone through
Harris's left leg. entering Just above the kne
out just below the knee behind and toward th'
Mr.. Borden told Acting Chief of Police Con
| lin yesterday that he would pay $4,000 for n
arrest and conviction OF the murderers. Tn
hs ws
on its metal all day searching for q clue: IN IN
men consulted wit the am ea acfn trG
spoken Of as Byrnes's possible successor. calle,
at the Fifty street station late in the after
noon. and as he is said to have considerable de
tective ability his presence was put down a
|
| Harris's brother. Darius. who Is butler TO
D-s. Parker and kimball at ~ West Thirty
eighth street, and his uncle, Thaddeus say tina
Harris never went anywhere, except to see tn
| Artis girl and to see his brother. He did nc
| associate with the men and women of his race. II
| and his brother mad bOughtsome land in Brook
lyn suuurb. and he had planned for the erectio
| OF a house on it. where he was to live when h
was married. He had saved some money an
had a bank account. The uncle saw him las
more than Il week ago. The brother saw him o
Thursday evening and again on Saturday ever
} ing and on both occasions they took walb
together. Darius said his brother had no en'
mics that he knew of. and he thought tn,
Ferdinand would have been likely to tell him
anything had zone ams. with him.. Ferdnan
! neither drank nor smoked and always wei
home by II o'clock. On Thursday night whe
the brothers were out they went to a house
Twenty seventh street, where Rose Artis WI
attending some entertainment. and they toe
{ | her home. AS usual. Ferdinand. few minute
! before 10 o'clock, left his brother and startt
: for the Borden house.
o A great many negroes and some white peop
. called at the undertaker's during the day to $
Harris's body Among the former YVES NJ.
: Slaughter. a bar ber. who said ne used to kno
Harris In Petersburg He said he shaved Ha
! ris on Saturday. and that Harris was coming
room with him at 103 West Thirtieth street
V Juno l. Harris's body was shipped last night
0 his mother at Churchyard Crossing. Va, NJ
r Borden told the undertaken that he would
\ frao tho expenses Of burial.