The Washington times., 1910-09-01

Under the personal direction OF Major
Richard Sylvester the police and detee-
tive departments were this afternoon
ordered 10 take Up again an investigs-
ton OF the death 0E NorvaI T Harris,
who was stisnatized a suicide BIZ the
Police Department and the Coroner
following a cursory study OF the case.
The superintendent OF Police, who
shows By this action that his subordi-
mates were not justified in their hastily
informed opinions. ordered sent 70 his
Office al exhibits, letters, and reports
bearing upon the tragedy
he then directed the police Of me
Fourth precinct. in which the murder or
suicide occurred, 70 btgin 70 probe th8s-
details wAieh precinct detectives and
Central Office detectives dismissed IN
such short order. while arriving At taeir
conclusion Of suicide
For three days The Times has wazed
q siugIe-handed effort TO show ina. the
mysterious death OF Harris demanded a
fun investigation; that unexplained and
pOIice-scoffed incidents connected with
the tragedy justified a suspicion OF
murder as well as II might one Of self
destruction: and that an affair 50 IN
eNplicable withal should not have oeea
. solved within q few hours.
Until Major SyIvester's personal IN
tervention- however, the police stead
fastIy refused TO consider anything ex-
cept their own version Of the affair
Sylvester To Investigate.
Major Sylvester said today that he
had determined upon a personal investi-
cation Of the affair after reading the
story in The Times yesterday afternoon.
which story embraced the fact ths-
Times representatives had been n
+ access TO public records at
/ Department.
This story also put sc
/ the police the several taui
T planned circumstances &C
( the strange death Of HsH
detectives had refused 10
I count
Developments Come
I With the arrest of a neg
/ Of having Dswned Harris
! covery of a girl IN Anseos
} Harris was engaged: the dis
[ stnf another woman visited
takers shop and threw be-.
/ across the dead man; and
/ assurance that Harris was
Z a saloon quarrel a few hour
death, developments came
. ling rapidity today ia the my
: is baffing the public
harris and a number OF
male and FEMALE entered zlfc
/ mer garden about II O'Clock
I night. Proprietor Han told
Harris and one OF the men "
I the bar proper. where al arg
/ sued
! can lick vou. but II WIZ
! place here said HaTris 10
I panion-
You bet it viii not Ssi@A
! Shortly thereafter He's lef
Z fnor n1nr-n and within short
I remainder OF the party follow.
{ During the saloon quarrel =
fused 90 drink with one OF his
Z ions unless the latter wou-
/ hands with 4 third man. seats
garden at the rear
Police Reject Clue.
4 Proprietor Han went 10 the t8
Z ing establishment the next DAY
tifed the bedy Of Harris as on
\ participants in the saloon wranr
police hUweVers did not think {
4 While u investigate that feature
\ case. having ALREADY decided thaf
a clear case Of suicide
Joe Woods. a negro who admf
he stumbled over the DOcE OF
as Il lay beside the old boiler az
and : streets southwest, shorts
midnight Saturday night was
by the police last night ne We
pected of having pawned Harr
Volver found in secondhand
{ the next day
The pawnbrolSer, however, fas
1 identify Woods al =hOugh he t
, being held for furth sr investigats
Woods Pound By Reporter
woods has been known TO Tins
porters since Monday when he
practically the same story as latt
lated 10 the police.
L vas also learned by Times rens
q thar Woods told the story O hs
tc a white niEht watchnSn emp
j e.. ~-fr INF a.
and the poIi-e were furnished tnf
d Of information this morning
woods was in the editorial room