The Washington times., 1910-09-30

household when the Young man was
overcome with Sas N December. 1905.
The incident WAS reported 10 the hos
pitai as al accident, and We never
tFoG--.r of IL IN any other way he told
tHC C0ToUe- Jury. thus exploding an
other boosted theory OF the police, y no
nave claimed that Young Harris intend
al Ca XIII himself anon that occasion
'Hid Won ever see NOrVals gun
asked Coroner hewitt.
4 saw II living upon the dresser about
three weeks before his death Il vas
. in the holste- at the time 7 took Nor
val To task aEOut carrying gun
Did YOU know that he was ia any
trouble Of auF kind 90
We'll uu 70 about six months ago
NOrva. SAY ed ga the house practically
every night. Then me beEan 10 keep
late hours re had TO get UD at
O'Clock iu the morning and L knew ne
could not stand Jhis and / told him 50
He seemed TO De worried about some
thing AbJut Two weeks before this
ding haPpened I said 70 hi1l;
%. '%orNal J am the best friend you
have. but you don't tell me Of your
troubles What f. the natter
lie never answered l.. ] then asked
/ ninl = there vas wGrna., in the case
3" Moral Z she Is the light kind Of
girl. marry her. BE man and marry
her
He did not give me any answer upon
this occasion, either, 30 I said nothing
more. The following Saturday ne said
he wanted 10 go 10 Baltimore and he
Went"
l.r. Harris then identified ? letter
which he had received from Norval.
dated Baltimore, August q, 1910. II
said:
Everything is o. h Won. be
home until 1880 Thursday. The girl
viii 20 u New York with her sister
for awhile. Please say nothing a bOut
"A =
your advice. II is the old story OF
take your fathers advice and all viii
90 well. The girl leaves at 9-05 to-
night VII go TO work Monday
morning"
Continuing his testimony, the uncle OF
NOrval Harris said:
7 looked over the Baltimore papers
and could find no record Of a marriage
license I did not think that NoTvaI
would marry under an assumed name.
When he returned home 1 asked him
about his marriage, and he gave me
some short answer I 20 not remember
its exact nature
Called On Telephone
"On Tuesday night before his death
NorvaI was called 70 the telephone by
some girl. and I heard him say:
% I VIII meet VOC Thursday night
He went out that night, but car1e IN
early, at 1910 o'clock He did not go
out Friday night. and on Saturday
night he went 70 the Woodmen's excur-
sion The next 1 heard Of him he was
dead"
According to Mr.. Harris, he paid
NorvaI 81 that Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Harris was asked BY Attorney
Lambert II NOrYsl had ever been over
come BY gas.
About TWO years ago we we're living
at the Melton" replied the witness.
-'NOTval rOOmed on the first floor am
morning about O'Clock I was awakened
by the people in the apartments below,
who had discovered gas escaping. and
NOrval was unconscious they had
been aroused by NOrvaTs cries He
was taken to the hospital. where he re-
NAMED for about an hour ] kept him
at home for two weeks afteTward.
= asked him about It, EGt he never
youchsafed any Information. He may
not have heard ne, as he was deaS
That's why he did not answer many
questions I never thought Of suicide,
and regarded IL as an accident
Reported As Accident
How was TIE affair reported TO the
hospitaI2'' asked Nj Lambert.
As an accident" said Nj Harris.
Harris crIed out and awakened the
family with whom he was IivInc?"
Yes When we found him his he'd
lay toward the foot OF the bed Tit5-
may have been because he was irving
70 get Jp and escape : don't know as to
that I never believed & TO be an at
tempt a. suicide, SO I did not make any
special investigation"
You have never hea- d NOrva1 express
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