The Washington times., 1910-09-22

mat TINS witness can tell, but they evi-
IDENTITY do not care to have him come for
ward as his statement would force them
10 begin All over again. # they care to
make q genuine investigation Of the
causes that led 20 TO the death of Nor
val T Harris
Police Theory.
The police and the detectives from
the beginning have worked with the
body Of Harris stretched on tie ground
at lI-so or u;fo O'Clock on the night OF
August 2, as their foundation for theory
building
The story Of the new witness com
pletely removes this foundation from be-
meath the police theories as he VIII
swear 10 the fact that Harris bedv vas
not on the street death spot al either
11-59 or l2-50 O'Clock.
IN the letter ACCOMMODATING the d.
mand II is Pointed out TO the Coroner
that an inquest alone viii secure the
testimony OF this important witness II
Is made plain 20 the Coroner that the
witness fears that unless called Fo,-h
by legal summons nc would 5eona--
dize his present position and means Of
livelihood should ne make his identity
known
Story Investigated.
The Times, since discovering this rev
witness has made q rnoxr thorough fr-
VesciSat57n Of his story OF rhe uicft Of
August ., when NorvsI T Harris body
was supposed 10 have been wing cold in
death on street Isetween EIehth ara
Ninth streets southwest.
This investigation IN no Darti-,4ls-
weaEens the sJory told by the new wit
ness and in many particulars strength
ems it
The investigation also tends III, IN
crease the growing belief that Detect
ives NefdOu and BUrIiuEame. ana ths
otheT police officers actively az v-c.r5z
on the case were al least careless H.
tneir search for evidence thar v-o-=I,I-
ald Iaelh an solving the death nysters-
Only -Four Named
Using the official reports flied h.,
Weldon and BUTlingame TO check the
woFk OF the two detectives It II shown
that they found but four persons who
heard a shot fired at about II.s0 O'Clock
on the night Of August -. The four
we're:
Andrew J. Kimmel
Mrs. Virginia DickerS0n
Harry Chick
Charles Little
Andrew J. KiumeI Is special nor-ca
officer Charles Little is 4 .STseeia7 49,,
man o. watchman; Mrs Dfckers0r il ~.
WE OF special policeman. and Harrt-
Chlck IS the Step-SOn of a special notice
man All OF these witnesses might be
said 10 be more or less connected v-frf7
The police department
IN the reports OF Weldon and Er7r1fu-
game can De found no other names of
persons who heard the shots fred on the
night OF August ., and In the rar,orfs
can be found no mention Of me -.
detectives finding any one who nd nof
near sslCt on that nighs
Heard No Shot
The Tines reporters searched NOT ,-.f,-
for persons who say they -.ar4 mo
shot fred but they also secured the
nelghborhood fOr persons who Tnien7
have, nut did not hear 4 shot. and tber
found a number Of the latter
> ne IT7eS reporters found flat nez,l
door l. Mrs Dickerson-at 100 street
lives Thomas l. Woodward and fa-75Iv-
M Woodward told The Times -vepo-fe-
that he lay awake Entu , O'Clock S-r-
day morning August y. that an of the
windows Of his room were open thst
has hearing Is very keen thar he 80
IN a position where he would have beeo
q bic TO hear shot II one were fra5
and that he did not hear a report Of a
gun during the time he was awake
At U3 : street lives James II Do56
and family Ar DOdd admits thar he
might have been asleep, and he did not
hear the report OF a gun
No one III the saloon Of Geor-e P
HaTTIgaDs at Ninth and II streets board
: report OF a gun although all the win
dows OF the saloon were open
JOhnson's Evidence.
William Johnson. OF - n street
southwest occupies a responsible posi-
ton with the Johnson-yyimsatt Lumber
Company, at I and Water streets. one
half square from where the body was
found At night he conducts z. barbof.
shop az f03 street southwest. a sborr
square from the death spot He was on
duty IN the barber shop until midnight