The Washington times., 1910-09-29

who, she said. has not been at her
home since Thursday last
i last saw Mildred on Thursday
she testified. 81 do not believe that
she knew at that time that ther
would be an inquest 7 think II .Qui
funny that the police cannot find r.
] believe she Is right here ia this
town maybe on Ninth street
Had Mildred been in the habit OF
abSeEJing herself IN TINS manner
asked Assistant District Attorney
Turner
'She stayed away two nights once.
but I knew where she was was the
Who last went out with Mildred"
she was as IeG-
a Times r porter. as 7 remember
IT." Mrs Anderson answered He
came 10 the house several times since
the Investigation started to see Nil
The reporter afterward took the
stand and denied any knowledge Of
Miss AndersOn's wheTea bouts His in
teTyieNTs with tie girl. he declared,
had been OF a purely professional na-
tErer with a view to lnteTrOCatIuE
her as TO her knowledge Of the case
lie also testified that Mildred seemed
concerned, when told last Thursday.
The day 9f her disappearance. that
an inquest into Harris death would
4 De ordered by the Coroner. following
the decision OF the Corporation Coun-
! since that day Miss Anderson has
D
about the place Of her employment.
the Bureau Of Printing and E1Erav-
ing
First To See the Body
Joe Wood. a chocolate-coIored negro
or beGminE CoUntenauce. furnished some
amusement for the inquest spectators
during his story Of having stumbled
across the BODY Of Harris late SatUr-
day night. August @
r got on a Ie Droit Park car" said
Wood. who fondIes ice during the day
time for a livelihood II was sleepy
and 7 fell 70 sleep When we got 10 the
-le- bought some Ice cream and
ceme on down 7 street toward Water
street 7 saw the body OF a man. but
I didn't stay long in the ueiChborhOod-
Yes sir. I guess didn't take partic-
ulaT notice Of him cause 7 was sleepy
Snd eating ice cream cones explained
/ Joe. when questioned by the Coroner
zoe said that he saw the body short
time before Z O'Clock and reported his
. ind to Watchman Reed, OF the CoIum-
bia Ice Company when he arrived az
the ice house.
SIR Reed confirmed the storv 90 the
negro The time of the reported fnd-
as ne recalled IL. was about I1-58 or J.
O'Clock, midnight
Lieutenant Flathers Called
Lieut. Carl FIathers. Of the Fourth
precinct, went into detail concerning the
work done by his precinos following the
finding Of the body of H3IE5s.
AT roll call Sunday evening said
the lieutenant 'I told all the men 20
Investigate the death. regardless CT the
expense incurred I told them 10 try
20 find the person WHO took th7 gun
Don't let any expense interfere = you
come across any information regarding
this suicide or murder 7 told them
testified Lieutenant FlatheTS.
Lieutenant Fathers contradicted the
testimony OF Policeman Roberts. He
denied that Roberts had told him any
thing about the murder or suicide. and
said that Roberts had not reported that
ne passed the spot wneTe Harris was
supposed to lie, and that there was no.
body present when he made his rounds
after midnight.
Roberts never told me anything
said the lieutenant, with some warmth,
in answer 40 questions by Mr. Turner
The only thing he reported about the
case was that he suspected Joe Woods
Of having disposed of the revolver and
when we arrested Woods he was
brought to the station, and later lib
Grated
The lieutenant said that Officer Rob
erts went on duty at Z o'clock. Saturday
night August y. and went of duty at
? The next morning. He vOuchSafed no
{ Information as to whether he called
upon Officer Roberts for a vTiteen re-
port Of the happenings or his beat
during this interim