The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
plain MURDER
SAYS SURVIVOR
Mrs. Henry b. Harris, Last Woman
to Leave Titanic, Says VIII Give
Testimony That Will
Rouse the World.

New York, April 2i.-" Sixteen
hundred persons were not drowned
on the Titanic; sixteen hundred
persons were murdered, cruelty and
foully murdered--thats the story,
the true story Of this awful wreck
which | shall tell the world the Sec
ond | am able"
Those were the words of Mrs.
Henry b. Harris, widow of the mil
lionaire theatrical producer, who
went down with the Titanic.
Mrs. Harris talked last night be-
tween sobs as she lay on her bed of
grief and pain. surrounded by her
relatives in her apartments that
look out over Central Park and in-
10 the very windows where Mrs.
John Jacob Aston, another Titanic
widow, is living over and over again
those wild hours in the ice-strewn
Atlantic,
Story Not all Told.
NO one has begun to tell the
whole truth about the wreck of the
Titanic Mrs. Harris sobbed Il
shall appear before the senate in
vestigating committee at Washing
ion and tell what | know. II will
wake the world at last to the real
horror Of this disaster,
Il was the last woman to leave
the deck of that ship. | was put in
TO a collapsible boat along with two
other women and scores of the
crew.
but | ann glad | waited. had
few extra words With my hus-
band, and | learned why that boat
went to her grave learned Of the
earelessness with which she was
handled, which amounted to MUIR
der-plain, cold-blooded murder.
The Guilty Must Pay.
II want to tell the community my
story. / want the blame to be fixed
where it belongs. The men who are
responsible for this crime must pay
for it, and | shall do all in my pow
er to see that they do"
Il had watched the women get
into the boats Mrs. Harris said,
"and finally had to 80 too. They
said it was my only chance of be-
ing saved | asked my husband the
time and he took out his watch. 1t
was exactly twenty minutes past 2.
1--WE were standing along side of
Major Butt. We had been helping
him put people into the boats.
Major Butt was the real leader in
this rescue work. He made the men
stand back and help the women and
children i'll.
"As | was lowered in the boat af-
ter had kissed my husband that
last, terrible goodbye, watched
the major as he stood by Mr.. Har-
ris. He was motionlesS, without a
trace Of fear in his eyes. Just ten
minutes later watched the waves
sweep over them--my husband and
the major--as they both stood at
attention like the heroes they were.
Major Butt never fired a shot, as
has been said; he acted the part of
the greatest hero, the hero whose
heart is as tender as his soul is
brave"
Mrs. Harris declaration that she
knows the truth about the sinking
Of the Titanic as perhaps no one
else knows. comes as a surprise.
Murder She Keeps Repeating.
It had not been generally known
that she was The last woman to be
lifted from the death ridden decks
of the Titanic.
That was because until late today
she had been too i'll to talk. And
even now she can't go into detail.
II was just plain murder down
right and terrible she repeats to
her sisters over and over again.
And | will prove it to the world
the minute | can gather the
strength to tell il an. 1t is a story
every one must know SO that the
victims shall not go unayenged."
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