The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-06
Unable to Decide Whether 1t
Was a Murder or a
Suicide.
SEARCH CONTINUES
FOR MORE EVIDENCE
Relatives of Dead Young Man Still
Scohf Idea He Ended
Own Life

Into a search for the woman II the
case. who Is believed TO hold the kew 10
the mystery and 10 have been the cause
OF he TRAGEDY, the investigation Of the
death Of Norval T. Harris resolved to-
DAY
Central Office detectives believe that
2 woman was responsible. directly or in
iirectly fnE the death Of Harris Wheth-
ct ne lied a suicide or was slam on ac-
count OF this wOm-n. the police have
not determined.
The trail tCday seems 20 lead toward
5sltiuoTr- The woman of ulystery-de-
signing fascinating. admired. perhaps.
,v other neu-is thought &c live there
With all Or Harris known love affair,
all interest Centers TODAY UD0n this IN
known erchentTess who. evidently. ha
him a, her bccE and call
For her, il aDDesrs, Harris 1.ted tVe
kris II washington For heTs again EC
anpsaTs 10 have forCottsn for the White
TEe uoIan 1e really intended to MARI 3
"a Virginia belle who lived IN a Rich
mon6 suburb
A Hypothetical Question
An apt hypothetical question may be
asked here. What might have oeeu
the end had Harris suddenly resolved
20 break CT his afTsir with this de-
signing woman Of mystery ard re-es-
ts5lish himself IN the good ETRces Of
the woman he really intended 10 Tnarrs 2
An Old tTuism IS that concerning the
ferry of a woman scorned-
Along the same line Of reasoning. an
alliance such as Harris seems 20 nave
formed with this woman OF many wiies
may have had its dangerous entangie-
ments There may have beer other
suitoTs, their hearts filed with Jealousy,
for the woman upon Whou Harris look
ed win such favor and under whose
- p
Hope to Find Woman.
and yrese possibilities have caused
the detectives to center their hopes
upon anding-the woman in the case.
For several weeks preceding his desJf
Harris had been a constant visitor q
Baltimore. The letters found In hil
room. the day he was killed. referred q
gay parties IN the Maryland city Thel
referred. too a woman who spok'
% Harris a. my hubby, and OF
pre-arranged meeting AT a Baltinor'
hotel.
me detectives now admit. as has beel
other circumstances connected with th
death of Harris have not been explained
Explanations must be forthcoming be
fore IL can be established to the salts
faction OF the detectives or the puhli
whether Harris slew himself on accoun
Of z woman or whether some one els
killed him A woman is said 10 be a
the bottom Of a majority OF all murders
You can sum the Harris case ue Il
Z one word. said one OF the detective
today. That word is-woman- A won
an. or women, caused the death of Har
ris Wherher Il was suicide or murder
] an nct yet prepared 10 say
Had Many Love Affairs.
Harris appears TO have been a man o
many love affairs. but not until he be
came enamoured OF the one woman VII
T is today being sought did ne begin Z
+ forsske the rather quiet life he ha
always led He had saved some money
E about S51o-5Ut three months ago he Be
gan to draw II. biz by bit from the sav
inEs bank The 81 found upon his des
T body vas portion OF the Withdrawal
q which closed his bank account
About the same time he began I
! make inroads upon his savings. the Wis
/ its to Baltimore begun Harris kept hi
3 own counsel. however. When the tw
{ Washington girls 10 whom he was artel
Z tive began. respectively. to chide him 70
E his continued absence, he pleaded ''b1Si
ness IN Baltimore.
Believe Harris Murdered
+ Il is learned today that, with but On
( exception. the relatives Of Harris beIiev
I he was murdered. Those relatives VII
knew Harris best are particularly an
( tagonistic TO the theory of suicide
/ In interviews with Times reporter
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