The Washington times., 1910-09-29
CContinued rrOm Second PaEe0

didn't you?
A--XeS
Q--Iou told him that YOU knew the
man who got Harris pistol. didn't VOu2
A--Fes, told him 7 was satisfied that
certain man naminE himJ GOT the
pistol. He said that ne had never
talked 20 this man. and 1 knew that
that man had twice been in the station
house I told Detective Weldon that
had heard that this same man had made
statement that he had found the pis-I
tol OF Harris on the spot
Called Before Detectives.
Speaking Of his examination by the
headquarters detectives Sundav. RoDer5s
said: I was summoned TO headquarters
last Sunday upon Major Sylvester's or
dcTs. There saw Detectives Weed0n
and BurIinEame and made my state
meat To them They wanted To know
the names of my Witnesses. They accused
me Of having some Witnesses told them
that J had heard that charges were 10
lie preferred against me and that I did
not care TO say anything further about
the case without drst consulting coUu-
sci Weedon assured me that nothing
that 1 might say would re used against
me in any case Several times he said
that I had laid myself liable tS charges
and the peDitentiary- I didn't see the
majO- there. considered that had Is
much right as any other officer 10 make
IN investigation in the Harris case ard
that f. was my duty 10 inform my Su-
periOr officers Of any facts In my pos
session Likewise ths- II was my Su-
peTiOr officers dEty 10 call upon me as
the man on the be9T that night Tor
statement Of my movements that night
He never did So
Q--They said YOU hadn't thrown all
the light you could upon the case, and
you said that you had done all you
could2 resumed Attorney Turner
A.-Yes. The lieutenant said nothing
20 me about the finding OF the body
On my post Sunday evening when L
reported for duty 7 heard nothing (
station informed me about il that night /
vas never asked about the case by ,
Lieutenant FIathers
Here again another juror interrupted /
10 ask:
DO your superior officers hold YOU re-
sDOnsible for reporting cases on your /
pOStT
Roberts answered No
FeIIow-Woodman Called
r V H. jana, a member o. the spe-
cial committee Of the Washington Camp
of Modern WoOdmen appointed TO in /
vesJigate the death Of young Harris.
was also examined. He told Of having .
been in Harris company several times I
and Of having seen him or the boat on /
the occasion Of the camps excursion /
the night sf the Iatter's death He said /
he Jaw NorvaI leaning against a door |
frame. and that he appeared as rational 1
as usual Mr. jana stated that the /
aooat reached the wharf that night at
I1-15 O'Clock, and that II was but three
and a haIf squares from the wharf TO /
the spot where the body was found He
showed no signs Of Intoxicating liquors. /
he said
Mr. jana testihed that Harris carried /
a policy for S1.G1O issued 5y the order
Of WOOdmen. and iu answer TO a Ques-
1iOn asked him by Attorney Turner ex- J
pressed the opinion that the suicide
clause in that policy IS operative, II
suicide occurs within one year o. the
date Of the policy whether committed
while sane OF insane Nj Turner beg
ged 10 diner with him. and there this
controversy ended When asked By At
torney Lambert whether the Woodmen
were trying 10 evade the policy, Mr.
jana answered that his committee had
submitted no report to the camp as yet .
No Signs Of Struggle
Sergeant Theodore Raucher, Of the
Fourth precinct, testified that when he
reached the body, about 6-f5 SUNDAY :
morning, blood and other matter were
still oozing from the bullet wound in
the head
According to this officer, there were
no signs of a struggle about the spot (
where the body lay But he did say 4
there were some foOtprints-''four or
five pointing east and from twelve to I
fifteen inches west Of the mans head I
There were tro, he said lat the right (
s5de near the knee three near the left
side and four beyond the feet near the (
curb
The pavement Is Of brick. and il was I
in mere sprinkle of sand that the
officers all hunted for footprints and /
other signs OF combat sand had 20
he gotten elsewhere 20 ObIterate the 7
pool Of blood in which the head lay I
when It was found Outside Of this f,
sprinkle OF sand on the sidewalk. there I
was nothing but bricks 10 look TO for 4
the important signs
II is vet unknown whether the SIeuThS .
examined the asphalt IN the street for +
evidences
The officer said that the pistol which /
his men recovered from the shop in
southeast Sunday morning had sand in
the cylinder, and also in the barrel near
Ihe muZZle when his men took Il apart
at the statiOnhOuse- Whether there was
any DIRT, mucllage OF glue about the
parts that might have held the little
ETauules he did not say But he did
say that he did not know that the gun
vas the one owned by Harris
Told Aunt of Trouble.
Mrs LILLY CClTlns Of l5U3 Belmont
street. an aunt Of NOrvaI T. Harris, told
of the last few visits Of her nephew 10
her home. The last time she saw him.
according TO her testimony was on the
Saturday previous to his death
He spent a part Of the early evening
there and spoke Of visit he was about
70 make TO the Union station he said TO
meet the brother Of n girl who formerly
lived IN Northeast Washington but who
Is now supposed TO he a resident of Bal
timore-
on that Saturday Mrs Colvfn said
Norval told her that he was IN trouble.
that me bad been accused of an Sutau-
Clement with this same girl and that he
had received a phone message tC meet
her brother IT the depot he aid he
had done nothinE wrong. and declared
that he did not at ali mind seeing her
brother. she supposed that he respond
ed TO the call
a few davs prior TO that young Harris
visited his Aunt Lillv ct her home and
foli her that lie had gone out for the
purpose of ending it all but that his
T rye failed him
On this occasion, she said. he seemed
TO ba somewhat melancholy ard she