The Washington herald., 1909-08-17
spesal 70 Inc Wasbipeton Hersld.

accusing finger at Ollie Harris. who on
Thursday afternoon last assaulted his
auant, Mrs. Clara Harris. with an iron
bar, Sheriff Mullican is acting upon cir
cumstantial evidence that young Harris
had something 10 do with the killing Of
Henson Poole. the young man who was
found murdered and nailed up in a closet
fhis home.
A discovery this morning. TO which
Sheriff Munican attaches Importance, Is
the imprint of a bloody right hand on
the door. Of the closet. presumably made
BY the slayer when~he closed the door
nfter handling the body Of Poole. The
door has been removed and the panel
sawed out, and the hand print viii be
used in running down the culprit.
That Henson Poole was murdered for
money which he was known 20 carry;
that he was last seen alive on the night
OF July q; that he was In the company
Of Ollie Harris that night; that he had
displayed his money; that he was heard
to invite young Harris to spend the night
with him at Poole's cabin; that young
Harris was not at home that night; that
on July p Harris was seen with a large
days he spent money literally at the
Rockville Masonic fair; that it was no.
ticed between that time and his assault
on his aunt. Thursday last. he Gated
strange and worried, and that last Tues
day a remark was made by some one
in the store OF George f. Linthicum when
Harris was present that they had de-
tected a foul odor in passing Poole's
house and saw a lot OF flies, and believed
that someone had killed a dog there. and
Harris, IL is said, left the store immedi-
Rtely.
Searched PayvnshOpS.
Sheriff Mullican is In Washington to-
day making a systematic search and In
vestigation OF all the pawn shops IN hopes
OF finding the watch and diamond ring
Of young Poole, which is missing
Harris talked with Sheriff Mullican and
Deputy Sheriff Hewitt freely about the
affair on the train yesterday TO Baltimore,
but desclaimed any knowledge Of the
affair. Harris discussed his attack upon
his aunt, but refused TO say what his
motive was in assaulting her, though he
denied that it was robbery.
The cOrOner's jury did not meet to-day
but will await the gathering Of more evil
dence. Whether or not this evidence will
be heard before the coroner. States At
torney Waters has not decided. 1t is very
probable that II viii all be brought out at
Il later hearing before some justice.
The body OF the murdered man was to-
day removed and prepared for burial
DIR. ". T. Pratt. the physician who per-
formed the autopsy, to-day removed the
bullets from the skull Of the dead man.
They We're of .22-caliber, the same as
that used in the rife which was found IN
the home of the dead man.
Deputy Sheriff Reginald Cross Is at
present working upon the clew Of finding
young woman TO whom, q Is reported,
Harris mad given a gold watch Cross
says he has the name of the woman, but
would not divulge It. only saying that she
lived in Washington
Last Seen with Poole.
On the night Of July 20 Poole was IN
the store Of George F. Linthicums at the
Cross Roads, a favorite loafng place Of
his. Among those in tho store that night
was Ollie Harris. Poole made a small
purchase and displayed a good, big wad
OF money. remarking that he was going
20 Washington the next day to buy
little bug Juice. The next time Poole was
seen by any one in or near Travilah was
on Wednesday. July p. when he hired a
pair OF horses from Richard Ofrutt Poole
drove TO Washington and returned with
a two-gallon jug Of whisky and later
made his appearance at LinthiclIn1's
store. -Four young men. friends Of his.
were in the store They were Ouie Har-
ris, Charles Connors. jr., George Rice.
and Grover Linthicum. Linthicum closed
up the store al o'clock, and as he locked
the front door he turned TO Poole and
said:
Il am going TO thrash my wheat to-
morrow. VIII you help mel"
Sure I will" replied Poole "Tu be
over the first thing in the morning"
After the store was closed young Con-
nors and Rice left, leaving Ollie Harris.
Poole, and Grover Linthicum together.
The liter walked over with them 70 Hat
ton Waters store, on the opposite side
OF the road. In describing what han
pened next young Linthicum said to-day:
Il decided TO go home, and l said good
night Just as I was leaving 1 heard
Henson Poole say to Office Harris: Come
on over and spend the night with me-
Ollie said alright That's all heard.
did not look 10 see which way they went
off. I was not interested them"
This was the last time. so far as can
now be learned. that Poole was ever seen
alive. The next morning, Thursday. July
2, Olhe Harris was seen coming from the
direction Of POole's cabin, according to
a statement made by Charles Connors.
Jr., to-day, who said:
Il was standing out In front OF my
house when ollie came by. He called me
out and asked me II I did not want some
whisky. 1 told him no He came IN and
said would have 20 take some. that he
had quite little He pulled out a quart
flask and told me to take Il. took II
after while. Ollie didn't say much He
was little drunk. I could see that"
Harris Paid Bills.
After leaving young Corners Ollie Har-
rs walked down the road to Linthicum's
store, where he pulled out another flask
OF whisky and asked every one 10 have
a drink. No one joined him. He went
into the store and bought a hat and shirt
from young Smith Linthicum. another
son Of the proprietor, and pulled ont q
roll OF bills 20 pay for them. He asked
young Linthicum what was the amount
OF his bill that he owed there and said
lie wanted 10 pay II. The boy told him
he would have 70 wait until his father
got back.
Score Of Skeletons Uncovered
Navasota, Tex, Aug. Ie-Another LOT of
human skeletons. twenty-one in number