The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-15


met Poole at the corner Of Wisconsin
avenue and NJ street, IN Georgetown.
Poole has not been seen during the
three weeks which elapsed. and it was
his mysterious disappearance which
caused his father to commence to
search for him, which resulted in the
finding of his mutilated and half de-
composed body yesterday in a closet
in the house a short distance from the
Pennyiield lot on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, three miles from Trevilah.
Henson had big wad on him when
] saw him in Georgetown. said Harris
this morning. i don't know where ne
was going. and only talked to him
Few minutes.
Harris expressed regret on being told
this morning of Pocle's death He
showed unusual interest in the case and
is inclined 10 talk about it To the 10
mates OF the jail whose cells are near
his
Poole a Good Fellow.
"Poole and / we're always the best Of
friends" said Harris Il always told
r.n he was a fool TO carry so much
money around. When he got into the
trouble with my cousin by running of
with her and was arrested in Washing
ton / took up for him. ii fact. I al
ways took up for him in everything. He
vas good fellow. We never had any
trouble of any kind"
7 did not assault my aunt for rob
berry" Harris said this morning when
asked II those were his motives in
striking her over the head with az iron
bar and shooting her in the head with
Z-caliber revolver. The sheriff to whom
I have made = fT1fi confession and T.
torney Edward c. Peter, both know
what my motiTe was.
Did you assault her because you had
heard she had made derOgatOry re-
marks about your sweetheart"
To this question Harris made answer
By taking three pufs from cigarette
ne was smoking and gazing absent
nlindedly through the bars Of his cell.
Expects To Go Free.
VIII you make a plea of self-defense
at your trial" he was next asked.
Il cant answer any questions about
what I said in my confession or what
course I am going TO pursue" he said
81 have been told 10 make no state
ments whatever. I viii say. however,
that I think l will get out Of this all
right"
Harris declared that no one has &C
cused him Of being In any way reSpon-
Elble for the murder OF Poole he said
that he had not been approached by any
detectives. He said many people were
afraid of Poole because he had a bad
reputation and ne did not know Of any
body who had nerve enough TO try TO
kin him.
Harris said that he borrowed the re-
VolVer he shot his aunt with only two
DAYS before the deed from man named
Charles Roberts. He denied that he
had been driking recently and said he
had been sober most OF the time Tor
over a month.
Says He Likes Jail
Il certainly was tired and hungry"
he confided. when I~got back home. I
feel all right now about staying here in
the jail and don't think there viii be
any trouble. In fact I never would
have thought about being taken to the
Baltimore jail il the sheriff had not
Nearly all of Harris fellow prisoners
are negroes Harris enjoys the banteTs
that are INDUCED in by the inmates of
tire jail He smoked necessarily, always
s-2nding at the door OF his cell, nerV-
ousiy peering out The only articles in
his cell consist Of couple Of blankets.
His race is covered with heavy growth
Of beard. and he has the appearance Of
being twenty-five years old instead of
nineteen.
Prosecuting Attorney b z. Waters
said this morning that a preliminary
nearing VIII DEOUdDAH De given E1dLEtS
as soon as Mrs. Harris has sufficiently
recovered to permit ner appearance in
eourt.
Body Badly Mutilated
Lying on its back and clad only in
underclothes which were smeaFed with
the blood from gaping wounds in the
head, the partly decomposed body OF
Henson Poole presented a grUesome ap-
pearance when a large mattress was
pulled away from the closet in which
il had been concealed. Death had come
10 the young man more than a week be
fore the discovery Of his body. There
were three bullet holes through the skull
and a biood-stained hatchet still re-
manned IN the fearful wound in the right
temple.
henson Poole was twenty-five years
Of age and had lived alone IN his cabin
FOR about five or six weeks. He was
The son of Jack Poole who discover
e. the BODY yesterday when he went to
look for his son. Young Poole left the
employ Of Jerome Oncut. near POOles-
vile, shortly before he moved 70 the
lonely cabin near Pennyheld- He was
known TO have considerable money.
None Of this was found in the cabin
body
Tie condition Of the floor Of the cabin
indicated that Poole made a vigorous
fight for his life. The furniture was
smashed and disarranged and there
were blood stains on the walls Of the
kitchen
Upon an examination Of the body by
a physician, the three bullet wounds
were found and the conclusion reached
by the medical man was that these
came first and the hatchet was used 10
make death certain.
Magistrate Hall impaneled a jury
and went ahead with an inquest IL
once. The evidence was brief and the
jury found that Henson Poole came to
his death through the act OF some per-
son To them unknown.
Poole married the daughter Of Mrs.
Clara Harris who was murderOuslv as
Eaulted al Travilah, Nd. last Thursday
night. He and his wife lived together
but a short time before separating.