Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-29
stiII a Mystery.

ceyery today OF a torn letter in tn
room of Noryal I. Harris, well-knowl
young man who was found shot b
death on a street in southwest Wash
ington, early Sunday, throws new ligh
upon the mysterious case and indicate
that be was married within the las
fortnight in Baltimore.
When pieced together today, tho
letter read as follows:
August 2l-Dear Brother-Pleast
come up this evening, as Noryal, nov
my hubby, is going back 10 Washing
ton this evening. I'm going to New
York. Would be glad to have you
and Clara to come. Tell Clara alls
right, that Pm now Mrs. Harris anc
hubby is so anxious TO meet you be-
fore he goes home. The kids getting
impatient, so will close.
Your beloved sister and brother,
NJ. and N. H."
Harris was 81 years old and for two
years bad been employed as an inspec-
tor in the street cleaning department.
His uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. K.
A. Harris, with whom he lived, believed
him TO be youth Of exemplary habits
and they do not believe that ne was
married
The police believe that the discovery
OF the Baltimore woman who wrote the
letter, will result in clearing the case.
They are anxious to find her brother
and question him about the case. The
authorities also want to find her
father" referred to in another note as
follows:
Dear: Stay where you are for no
one knows. Tell Norvel not to worry
about father for he cannot find you.
Stay with n. H. Will see you both in
the morning"
This note appears to have been ad-
dressed to some one in Harris care.
Harris was shot through the head
when found. An empty revolver
holster was in his pocket but no trace
of the weapon could be found A
negro first found the body and notified
two men who were nearby.
The police advanced a theory that
Harris killed himself and that the
negro stole the revolver, but this is not
given much credit here.
One Of the most important clews was
note written on telegraph blank 4,
found in Harris pocket. 1t read:
BE in Baltimore at 9 a. m. Tues
day without fail. Florie Leidman,
room LAT Rennert's Baltimore). "
This note is believed to be two weeks
old.
The revolver which Harris is sup
posed to have had with him Saturday
night was found by the police today
in pawn shop here. After the revol-
yer was identified by the young man s
uncle, the Coroner announced that he
would accept the theory that Harris
killed himself. This decision is based
upon the supposition that the negro
who first found the body, stole the
pistol and pawned it, The only motive
for suicide is the supposed disappoint-
ment in love. The police profess to
believe that Harris wrote the notes and
letters found in his room while de-
ranged.
Baltimore, Aug. 29.-An effort to-
day to trace the movements in Balti-
more of Norval Il. Harris, the young
inspector of street cleaning in Wash
ington, who is supposed to have com
mitted suicide in the national capital,
proved futile. Harris, it was stated in
Washington dispatches, had a note
from woman making an appointment
to meet the dead youth in a Baltimore
hotel. Who this mysterious woman is,
and what relations she had with Noryal
I. Harris, cannot be learned today. At
the Hotel Rennert, the hosiery which
the note making the appointment indi-
Gated, there could not be found the
name of Norval V. Harris on
the registry books. On August Is,
it is stated, man who gave
his name as w. H. Harris, and
his home as Baltimore was
registered at the hotel. This latter
Harris cannot be located in this city,
but he was given room, the number
OF which is designated in the note
found in Norval T. Harris possession.
This room w. II. Harris occupied to-
gether with A. l. Dietrich, who regis
tered from Binghamton, N. Y. Just
what connection the names OF Norval
+. Harris and w. H. Harris, had, if