The Washington times., 1910-09-29

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ton on the badge. after It was sug-
Eested 10 her that il was probably his
street inspectors badge
Uncle Sees His Revolver.
NIr CoIvin followed his wife upon
the witness stand and ccrroborated her
IN many little details. lie added scme-
thing 10 her testimony He said that
about ten days before young Harris
died the latter and he had talk on
the street in the ueigb5orhood OF the
Belmont street home. and that he tncu
e0Id him he was in trouble He men
toned a Baltimore girl. but did not
specify the exact nature Of the trouble
He spent that night on Belmont street
Before retiring NorvaTs pistol fell
into the hands Of his Uncle Clarence.
and che latter emptied the five cham
bers Of the cartridges The nephew
made some j0cular observation upon
his uncleS action and the sun was
returned To him with three cartridges
The uncle kept the other two saying
''I guess they viii hold you for a
while or words 10 that erect
Attorneys Lambert and Turner both
endeavOTed TO connect this incident with
the one mentioned b. Mrs Colvin when
Z
his pistol but without avail Mrs Col
yin could not rHTnember distinctly
whether her husband was in the room
AT the time she spoke Of. nor could AIr.
COlvin TeCOlleCJ whether his wife was
present on the occasion he mentioned.
All he seemed TO know about Il was
that he had once handed tEa young
mans pistol Ne could not reCOTecI
his wife's having Informed him about
the incident she alI--ded 10 until after
the nephew's death Ms CoIvin said
she was not quite sure that she had
mentioned II 20 him
Girl Cot His Money.
9Ir- CoIvin added that NorvaI told
him that the Baltimore girl was taking
all the money he could rake and scrape
together The latter talked Of clearing
out" by which the uncle understood
him TO mean that he was going 10 leave
the city Mr. COlvin testified that Nor
val had already made application for
employment in the service Of the BaIti-
more and Ohio railroad on this Occa-
sion young Harris was as rational as
could be, according 20 his Uncle Car
ence- He never saw him again until
ne was called to the mcrgue TO identify
his body.
Was there anything about his ac-
tons that gave YOU any alarm when
you took his pistol from him2' AttOr-
Dey Lambert asked Mr. COIEin
Absolutely nothing" he replied 'J
took II more as a joke than anyth IEE else
Ny recollection IS that he and my
youngest daughter were scUfflinC about
the room, and thai the pistol was taken
from him 10 prevent an accident brI-
whether I took Il myself Mrs. Col
yin took II from him and gave II to me
cannot say
NorvaI told his uncle that the RaIti-
more girls father and brother were
4 after him Mr- COlvin thought the
gun in the possession OF the police re-
sembled that carried by his nephew, but
would not say positively that Il was
his.
A litter swept over the room when the
witness said that the pistol shown him
was one he saw at Police HeddquarteTS
Tuesday, unless the detectives had
gone to work and changed the num-
bers
for this remark by saying that he did
not ca-e 10 hear any statement Ike that
about the police
Saw No Powder Marks
DR.. Thomas LinviIIe, Of the order Of
Modern Woodmen. told Of seeing Harris
on the night Of the tragedy. when the
Young street inspector went on an ex-
c,lrsion down the Potomac Dr- Lin
Vile also gave testimony Of vital i'm
portance concerning the nature Of the
wound
I was present for a few minutes dur
/ ing the autopsy said Dr. Linville As
/ I recall Il, the bullet entered Harris
head about one inch behind the right
ear. and ranged upward did not
. make a critical examination OF the
wound however.
Il saw no powder marks upon the
hair I think that I would have seen
them had they been present I also
/ understood from others present that
there were no powder burns
What was the naturz Of the bullet
wound2'' asked Attorney Lam2------
/ Il would call IL Jagged said Dr.
I I.inviIle- ''but il appeared rather OBJ
long in its nature that IS. it was not a
perfectly rounded hole through the
/ skull I chould say that the wound, al
/ though in the main clean-cut. was
1 about one-halr inch in length
DIT. LinviIle, who examined Harris at
1 the time he entered the Order Of Wood
4 men. said that Harris vas perfect
! physically, with the exception OF a
/ SLIGHT deafness. and that he noticed
{ nothing irrational IN his demeanOr at
! any OF the several times he saw him
. subsequently.
Missing Girls Mother Testifes.
/ Mrs Anna Anderson. mother OF Mil
dred Anderson. the Ia'ssiaE witness
and Eancee of Harris, was unable to
throw any light whsteve- upon the
present &hereabouts OF hec daughter,