The Washington times., 1910-09-28
CORONER BEGINS
HARRIS INQUEST
Witnesses Called TO Deter
mine on Manner of
Death.
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gle declared Mr.. Cantweu, and Harris
had nothing in his hand
How far distant was his hat2"
asked Attorney Lambert
1t was within foot from his head, -
said Mr. Cautweu
ANY signs Of blood on it,
There WAS spot OF blood under
sig ificant answer made by the wiz
ness
AR Cantweu said that Harris body
was laying on its back with the head
slightly turned to the right The pool
OF blood underneath the head according
70 the witness did not extend as far as
the hat
John FIeury. an FISHERMAN. was the
dead body he said. had been directed
by an ice wagon driver named Webster
Mr. Fleury called a bicycle patrolman,
and together the two went TO the spot
where Harris lay M FIgery said
Harris was laying upon his back
with his hands lying lengthwise beside
his bo5y-"
No Evidence Of Struggle.
Witness FIeury declared that he saw
no evidence Of a struggle. but that Har-
RS lay with every garment intact, and
nicely arranged He also recalled see
ing the hat lying short distance away
Bicycle Policeman Charles Barteman,
ucer 10 reach the body OF Harris This
vas about SD o'clock in the morning
! notified the police station ImmedI-
Stefy,' said Officer EaTteman- Then
/ looked for a pistol I CoulC find none
IN the vicinity 7 searched the BODY,
and found a pistol holster IN the right
hip pocket I also found Sf3-57 in cash,
and IN the inside pocket 1 found tele-
BE in Baltimore at 900 a. m
without fail
FLORID LETDMAN.
~ Rennert Hotel
This telegram was introduced as evi-
denCe, but Is apparently ~ fake mes
sage, inaSmuCh- as IL IS upon a sending
instead of a receiving blank
Officer Harteman said he pstrolled the
entire Fourth precinct that night On
bicycle but sid not pass directly by the
spot where Harris WaS. killed He was
unable 10 state definitely as 10 the non
existence of footprints around Harris
body
who was the officer on the beat that
night asked Assistant District AttOr-
nev Turner
Officer Spencer Roberts was on until
Q clock was the reply
Heard No Pistol ShotT-
Bareman said that lie heard no pistol
shot after coming on duty at midnight
Re was inclined TO think that the blood
around Harris head extended -s far a.
were the two preceding Witnesses
He also remembered that Harris lay
g little toward the left side. whereas,
the hrst Two witnesses heard thought
that Harris head vas turned 10 the
right.
Found the Body Rigid
Sergeant John l. Kilmartin, one
among the first four precinct officers
20 arrive on the scene, was the next
80
ton by Coroner Nevitt- he said thar
when he arrived on the scene the body
OF Harris was rigid the mans head,
he said was lying in pool Of blood
that extended from six to ten inches
west Of the head.
He felt of the clothes and the pock-
cts, but left the search Of the pockets
10 other officers
He identified a telegram addressed to
Harris and signed FlOrid Leidman,
which he said he saw in Officer Barte-
mans hands after the latter searched
the pockets He also identified the
Postal telegram envelope in which the
telegram was inclosed, and which had
also been taken from the dead mans
pockets This telegram was post
marked Baltimore, and puTpOrts %
have been sent to make an engage
ment with Harris for meeting IN
Baltimore at one Of the hotels
In answer TO questions prOpOunded by
Attorney Lambert the witness said that
the boilers which are arranged on the
south side or I street are large enough
for a man TO crawl into, but he said, in
answer 10 the next question, that he
thought all Of them were closed at both
ends
Covered Blood With Sand.
Sergeant EiimaT1in and 1IOTEue Master
Schenberger spriukIed sand over the
SPOT where the body lay 10 Obliterate
ali traces OF blood before the body was
removed TO the mOTgue- This statement
brought out the fact that the witness
lifted The trunk of the body and exam
ined the ground underneath It.
He said that when he reached there
the BODY was lying on the back AT
Sigqhr angie about midway from the
Sidewalk. and that he placed II in pre-
clsely the same position. the arms run
ming straight down alongside the body
and the head turned slightly TO the
west
After removing the body the officer
assisted in the search for the pistol and
for evidences of a struggle, which ne
said he did nOt-dud- The pavement he
said was covered with sand
Upon further questioning by Coroner
hewitt the witness stated that Private
Spencer Roberts alone DatroIed that
post from = O'Clock Saturday night. Au-
gust ., until O'Clock the next morning
Robert IS the officer who has already
made a statement that the body Of Har-
ris was not lying on I street at that