The Washington times., 1910-09-05
Latest Developments Point
10 Holding of a BeIated
Inquest.
BALTIMORE WOMAN
ASKED FOR MONEY
Letters 10 Dead Man Contained
Demands, Says Cousin Of
Former Inspector.

So bafGing have proven the incidents
connected with the death or NorvaI T
Harris that today the Police Depart
ment ordered Detective BurIinzame Of
the Central Office, &c assist Detective
Weldon, Of the same Office. in unrarel-~
ing the problem OF whether Harris com
mitted suicide OF was killed by a mid
night assassin
The more these detectives investigate
the strange death Of the street inspector
the more complicated becomes the entire
AFFAIR and its ramifcations. sn fncreas-
ing number OF clues indicates that IL
NAV require several days yet to run
down ali OF them
Several on Case.
In addition 10 the Central Office de-
tcctivez named. officers OF the Fourth
precinct in which the tragedy occurred
q week ago. are also working unon the
mystery under the personal supervision
Of Major Ricaard Sylvester. chief II
police, who ordered the investigation re-
opened
The possibility that pressure nav De
brought by the police to cause the-bor5-
ing Of a belated inquest is one Of fba
developments OF the Harris case toiav.
When Harris body was first found. v-fff
bullet hole in the back OF the head a
jury was sworn in over the body. brt Il
was never subsequently called together
/ by the Coroner. who issued a cerll-I-
cate Of suicide following a short invest
CATION by the police
In the belief that the. empty holster
Tound upon the body os Harris mlzht
offer some hitherto undiscovered cfrIe
the Central ofECe men today decided 90
rsgain thiS holster from the relatives OF
since shortly afser h5s death
Negro IS Missing
no direct evidence has vet been founI
70 show that Harris had his gun upon
the night OF the shoe ing The nearest
approach 20 a confirmation Of this
theory has been that a gun. arterwsrI
said 20 be Harris, vas pswned the
morning after the dead body was found.
The negro who pawned this gun has NOT
been located
Times reporters learned today from a
cousin OF Harris that for some weeks
prior 10 MS death he had been receiving
letters from Baltimore woman some
OF these letters are said 70 have con
tanned demands for money
The cousin. who is q married woman.
living IN northeast Washington, does
not believe that Harris killed himself.
She laws emphasis upon he fact that it
has been shown that Harris was en-
gagged in saloon quarrel the night OF
his undOinE- This quarrel she believes.
Is the key 10 the whole situation. and
her husband. who also knew Harris
intimately, holds the same belief She
saw some OF the Baltimore letters re-
ceived BY Harris
'NorvaI asked me to accompany
him upon the steam boat excursion
that Saturday night she said "Pre-
viOuS to thTs he had asked my young
er sister to accompany him but we
were both unable 10 90 Tt is not
reaSooab ble that If Norval Intended 10
kin HIMSELF he would have been insist
ing that some one Or his relatives
should take the pleasure trip with
him.
QuarreIs With Girls.
It is learned also from this cousin.
who was a favorite relative Of Harris,
that two girls had quarreIed with
visits 10 Baltimore and the frequency.
with which ne broke engagements
with his respective Washington ad-
mirers
Each Of these girls, it is said expected
soon 90 marry the young street ir-
spector- Until recently neither had any
knowledge OF the existence OF the n.-S-
teTiOus Baltimore woman. who seems 10
have played such part IN the latter
A. the inSestfgation Of the death OF
the young man progresses IL Is daily De-
coming apparent that he was involved
in any number Of I3ve affairs.
The possibility of rivals and Jealousies
grows aIaCe with these discoveries and
this end Is 20 0e INVESTIGATED. as Well
a : the equally ba cling facts that Harris
was slfot from the re.r. that no Uawder
burns were upou his head, that the
man who paW-aed his revolver haS not
been found, THAI The participants in the
saloon quarrel have >1.18 baNsu located
and that 20 one has advanced a reason
WIZ Harris should have slain himself