The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-28
FIFTEEN YEAR OLD RitDE 1O
re PROSECUTED FOR MUIR
DER or MAN WHO HAD
WRONGED HER.
CLEAR UP MYSTERY
Confession of Mrs. Katherine Harrf-
son Clears Up Mystery Which
Has Puzzled Authorities for
Two Months.--Husband
Also Arrested.

At>o NFfN~ttu
FORT WORTH. Texas. Feb. 2s.--
The ''unwritten law will not save
| Mrs. Katherine Harrison. n 15-year-
old bride OF local bankers son.
| from prosecution for the murder OF
| W. l.. Warren. boarding house pro-
/ prietor, whom abe confessed TO have
shot because he wronged her a year
! ago.
| This was stated positively this af-
ternoon to the United Press By Mar
shall Spoonts. county attorney.
"Will tho fact that Warren--if
Mrs. Harrison's confession Ia true
was liable to the death penalty for
the alleged assault on her when she
was under Is years or age, affect
the prosecution" spoonts was ask
ed
Most assuredly not" was the re-
ply. Mrs. Harrison killed Warren
while he husband was IN the car
with her and the case against both
viii proceed as rapidly a. possible"
Mrs. Harrison's arrest resulted
from the fact that she made con-
fidant OF girl chum. The girl. u
1s-year-old ward OF the Juvenile
court, whose name is withheld by the
county attorney carried the secret
of the murder until she was on the
verge of mental collapse. Then
she in turn told Mrs. Sterling +.
Richards, wife of prominent Meth
odist preacher, with whom she was
boarding. Mrs. Richards persuaded
the girl to give her story to the
authorities.
Warrerl's body was found in Il
field ten miles west OF Fort Worth
on the afternoon OF December 23.
The body was riddled with bullets.
He had apparently been dead ten or
twelve hours.
The authorities. Spoonts admitted.
had never thought of connecting the
Harrisons with the murder. In fact.
they had practically completed
case against ". b. Virgins. War
rem. bachelor. had been mixed up
! In several escapades with women In
the past several years. according to
the authorities. So sure were the au-
thorities of their case against Wig
gins that when Mrs. Harrison's chum
told her story one OF Spoonts' as
sistants was skeptical. Virgins was
| not released until after Mrs. Harrs-
son and her husband had been ar
rested and after her confession had
been obtained.
Mrs. Harrison. who with her hus-
band was released under $4,000
bond. IL at the home OF the parents
OF her husband She was denied 10
all newspaper men today. Harrison.
however, stated today that virgins
| was never in any danger.
I'VE had decided" he said. that
| II i, came TO point where he was
in any danger we would tell all. AZ
a matter OF fact my wife has saved
the court trouble The law holds
that when a man is guilty OF an act
| like that which Warren committed
on my wife his life shall pay the
penalty. She has exacted that pen
atty"
According 10 the girls confession
her husbands gray auto" which
| carried Warren on his last ride also
held two women and another man.
The county attorney refuses 20 give
their names.
Mrs. Harrison worked as a Ste
nographer down town before she
was married 10 Harrison. She lived
with her mother. a widow.
Mrs. Harrison told the police that
she met Warren about a year ago
ard after walking with him few
minutes stopped at his boarding
house. She said she discovered after
ilesaang the boarding house that she
had left her parasoi and went back
after il. Warren. she said. entiead
her into a room. locked the door AM
assaulted her. she Is alleged TO have
told the police.
II wanted to see hin dead" she
il alleged to have said in her con
,ession. Zone night | was sitting
lin Charities auto when Warren pass
ed and spoke 70 me. Then I thought
iof the plan TO kill him. asked him
II. ss. A, sl1t t3rna Ch.rffe