The Washington times., 1910-09-23

fccrs even tried TO tell him that he was
not where he said he was on the night
Of August =.
About II o'clock on the night Of Au-
gust ., said Roberts IN making his
statement to The Times reporters,
while I was walking south on Seventh
street, ] passed three Young people, Two
men and q woman. one of the men 1
ana sure was Harris, after seeing his
picture in The Times One thing that
attracted my attention. to him paTtlc q
larry or tina. night was that 1 knew /
had seen him with Mr.. Shaw. meInbef
OF the WO0dmcn that I knew. Another
thing was that I had seen him with the
street cleaning gang here and there
Heard, Conversation.
"As they passed me heard the girl
say, no. 1 won't DO that At the time
1 thought little Of it, although 1 re-
member II clearly They were moving
nOrthward between and b streets
Il reached the corner Of I and Eighth
streets. a half square from where TIE
body was found at 1-l7 O'Clock, and
stopped there 90 watch a gang of ne
Croes who were drinking beer just out
side the Armour stables at L and Eighth
streets
I stood there until 11:45. when I
walked up Eighth to II street, then to
seventh where net Sergeant Lake
at midnight exactly I pulled in at
Ninth SnC Z streets ana then went up
ninth street to = street, then to Sew
enrh, tc ! and then Gown ] TO Eighth
street I stood there q few minutes and
then walked On down Ninth street TO I
street. ans. on the stroke Of 1 clock
pulled in from the box at I and Water
streets.
Then turned and walked Up 1 street
t. wiJhII. fifty feet of the spot where
the body was found che next morning,
when I tuIEed and cut diagOnally across
street 20 the opposite side and entered
JEs lumber yard there
Positive Body Was Not There.
ct am positive that the body of a man
was not there at that time. Directly
opposite the spot where Harris body
was found the next morning is a bright
city lamp which was burning that night,
and which shed light on the very spot
where Harris body was later found
Several American Ice Company
drivers walked down the middle OF the
s,reet at . O'Clock in the morning, and
none or them saw a body
II am certain that nobody could fre
"a pistol on the streets Of my post
without me hearing II, because my post
IS not very large
Il am positive that 7 did not hear a
pistol shot that night al any time
sunday night when informed that
Harms body had been found on my post
ted Lieutenant Fathers that 7 vas
going 10 the morgue 10 see the body.
but he told me that I had better wait
uutl the next day because he said the
mans head was all mutilated. So I
put II on and The next day I could not
see II as I had something else to do"
Never Asked To Report
Roberts told The Times that he had
not been forbidden by any officer to
tell what he knew, but declared that
he was never asked 10 make a report
in writing OF his information, although
ne told all that he knew OF the matter
10 officer Grant. at the direction OF the
lieutenant.
Roberts story is even verified by the
police report Harris, q negro watch
man. was sitting in front OF the Ar
mour stables with friends until after =
o'clock and Roberts says Harris and
his party were the negroes he was
watching
The fact that Roberts in turning and
crossing street, just before ne reached
the spot where the body was later
found, VIII scarcely give the detectives
the right to the argument that he might
not have seen the body, as Weldon
and BurliuEame in their report make
a particular point OF rhe fact that the
street was wei lighted by two lights
They mentioned this when they point
out that Chick. when he looked from
his window, did Got see anyone on the
street
The statement OF the police officer
shows that he was on I street much
Of the evening, and Tie Times has al
ready secured witnesses who viii cor
robCrate Roberts in this respect.