The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-21
KEoKUK, IOWA, SUNDAY, APRIL r. 1912
IS[E[P IN THE CRADLE Of THE DEEP
| WHILE CIVILIZED WORLD IS MOURNING

murdered-that's the story, the true
story of this awful wreck which
shall tell the world the second am
able"
These are the words Of Mrs.
Henry B Harris, widow of the mil-
lionaire theatre producer. Mrs. Har-
ris spoke these words tonight between
sobs as she lay on her bed Of grief
and pain, surrounded by her relatives
in her flower-filled apartments that
look out over Central Park and into
the very windows where Mrs. John
Jacob Astor, another freshly-made
widow, is also living over ard over
again those wild hours in the Ice
strewn Atlantic
mo one has begun to tell the
whole truth about the wreck Of the
Titanic" Mrs. Harris sobbed. Il
shall appear before the senate inyes-
tigating committee in Washington and
tell what know. 1t will wake up the
world at least to the real horror of
this disaster.
II was the last woman to leave
the deck of that ship. was put into a
collapsible boat along with the two
other women and scores Of the crew
Women and children-and our hus-
bands-were torn from us so the men
of the crew could go along.
"But l am glad that waited. !
had few extra minutes with my hus-
band-and learned why that boat
went to her gravel learned Of the
carelessness with which she was
handled, which amounts to murder
plain, cold blooded murder.
| II want to tell the community my
1 story. l want the blame to be fixed
where 1t belongs. The men who are
4 responsible for this crime must pay
for it. And shall do all in my power
to see that they do
i But it will be long time before
/ | Mrs. Harris is able to testify, 4ac
cording to her attorney, Max d.
Steuer, who has charge of her affairs
She is in most serious condition
! HC say dS iCoutt vi HcJ GtTIfJlt
exposure and a fall she received while
still on board the Titanic.
In the Last Boat.
II had watched the women get into
the boats" Mrs. Harris said "ant
1 finally | had to go too. They sale
! it was my only chance Of being saved
asked my husband the time and he
took out his watch. 1t was exactl,
20 minutes past two.
1--WE were standing alongside o
Major Butt. We had been helping hin
to put people into the boats. Maiol
! Butt was the real leader in all tha
rescue work. He made the men stant
dren in. But he was never rough
as has been said He simply wa
authoritative in the most courteous
manner have ever seen He wa
surely one of Gods noble men
"As / was lowered in the boat afte
= / had kissed my husband that las
terrible good bye. watched the majo
as he stood bv Mr. Harris He wa
: motionless, without trace of fear Il
his eyes. Just ten minutes later
1 watched the waves sweep over then
my husband and the major-as the
both stood at attention like the heroe
r that they were.
J., MAJOR Butt never fired a shot a
. has been said; he acted the part Q
> the greatest hero, the hero who's
: heart is as tender as his soul
r brave.
: Mrs. Harris declaration that sh
t knows the truth about the sinking c
i the Titanic as perhaps no one els
{ knows it comes as complete SUI
4 prise.
1t had not been generally known ths
she was the last woman to be lifte
from the death-ridden decks of tn
: Titanic This was because. until lat
;. today she has been too i'll to talk
And even now she can go but littl
I into detail
ut was Just plain murder-dow
n right and terrible she repeats to he
n sisters over and over again And
g will prove it to the world the minut
can gather the strength to tell {
: it all. 1t is story everyone mus
know. so that the 1900 poor sou
who are lying in those unfathome
graves shall not go unavenged. +"
!, Mrs. Harris is a cousin of Meye
Bower. 1928 Orleans Ave, Keokuk. J.
: Ed
Y ProabIy no Carnegie Medals.
r PITTSBURGH, April 20.-Alway
d conservative and insisting on fu
d proof before any action is taken, tn
n Carnegie hero commission will wa
3 until the present chaotic conditions
q are done away with--and probabl
y not then-hefore considering the her
J. ism displayed by certain of the me
r passengers, officers and crew of IL
t. ill-fated Titanic.
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