The age-herald., 1898-01-18
RASH ACT OF VIII. HARRISON He Ends His Life By His Own
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 ANOTHER CRIME IN DALLAS Robt, ]. Moore, Prominent Member of the Bar, Kills a Negro Woman-Coniract For
 Vault = Debs in Selma.
ANOTHER CRIME IN DALLAS
Special to The Age-Herald.

hand" From lip to lip the rumor went this morning, and as the citizens of Selma went down to their places of business they were told of the sudden suicide of William H. Harrison, young man well known and who has been employed at the warehouse of MT J. J. Babcock.
 The deed was committed about o'clock this morning in the office of the ware house. A few minutes before he passed several acquaintances who spoke to him and to whom he greeted as usual
 It was about ten minutes after 7 and only few minutes after the decd had bcc.l committed that an Age-Herald repre- sentative reached the wafehouse. What scene was presented! There sitting in 8 chair before the stove was Will Harrison, his right foot resting the fender of the stove his left on the floor, his hands laid one over the other in his lap, the right hand clasIing a pearl-handied 3S caliber revolver his head thrown back on the chair his chest rising and falling as he gaspehl in the last agonies of death tine blood streaming from a bullet hole under ttlle right ear and forming a pool on the floor around the chair in which the unfor- tunate young man sat.
 When Harrison reached the warehouse this morning he sat down and wrote a note. He was writing when two of the negro boys who work around the place came in. Finishing his note he sealed it and after addressing 1t to his sister, sent it off by one of the boys. He then sat down in front of the stove and took his pistol out of his pocket. To one, of the negroes he said, "Steve I won't be here any longer. MT. Babcock will have to get him a new man. You go and tell him to look in the inside pocket of my vest hanging in the closet of my room at Mrs. Robinson's, and he will find the two cotton receipts he left me-" Harrison then told each of the ne- groes what part of his effects they could have To one he gave a suit of clothes, to another the hat he had on, and then before he could be prevented, he put the pistol under his right ear and fired. The ball came out of the top of his head and strik- ing the ceiling fell on window ledge, where it was found.
 Will Harrison had always been a young man of morose disposition, having made two former attempts to take his life, one about four years ago and another time about year and half ago. He was a quiet young man, the son of Col. Ben. C. Harrison, who died few years ago, and who a number of years ago was clerk of the circuit court of Dallas county. He leaves three sisters, two of whom, Misses Maimie and Beatrice, reside in this city on Church street.
 The cause of the rash act seems to have been the recurrence of his old melancholia, which he could not shake off.
 For some time negotiations have been pending between MT. Ernest Lamar, pres ,;o olx Ia and the county authorities for the erection of vault at the court house where the court records could be kept secure.
 This morning the board of revenue de- cided to let the contract, the building to cost not more than s5,500, and Gen. R. M Nelson was appointed committee to rep resent the board and arrange the details of the contract.
 The vault will be a separate building from the court house and in the rear there of fifty feet. It will be sixty feet long by thirty wide, and will contain two apart ments, to be used exclusively by the probate judge and the other for all the rest of the officers. It will be fre-proof, made of brick and steel and will be fitted up with the most modern appliances for the keeping of court records. A shelter will run rom the court mousse lO lite Ndol.Ss making them accessible in wet weather without inconvenience The plans for the building have about been completed, and the vault is to be turned over to the county not later than May l, 1898.
 MT. E. V. Debs arrived in the city this morning and is the guest of the social dem- ocracy, which has an organization here. He will make public address at the Acad- emy of Music tomorrow night.
 Another crime in Dallas. This time young white man, well-to-do and one of the 'oldest and best families" of the county kills negro woman and flies from justice The killing occurred Saturday night in the road near Summerfeld, and was done by MT. Robert I. Moore, young man about 26 years of age. The negro woman he killed was Westina Keyton better known as Wes- tina Rivers. Saturday morning Mir. Moore came to Selma and was followed by the Rivers girl That night, instead of return ing in the same vehicle with his friends, he secured buggy and took the girl back with him. The supposition is that they had a quarrel, and young Moore, who had been drinking, shot her in frenzy.
 After shooting the girl he seemed to have been filled with remorse and hastened for a doctor. On arriving at the scene the doc- tor pronounced the woman dead. It is stated that young Moore was overcome by the intelligence and sunk back in the road in faint.
 Yesterday morning the girl was still lay ing in the road where she had died the night before, and Justice Cook empaneled coroner's jury, which, after hearing the evidence, made up a verdict that the woman came to her death at the hands of parties