Evening star., 1946-01-24

and then shot. I rushed out to
the dinette and saw Naomi grap-
pling with Sarah. Naomi and I
succeeded in putting her down on
the floor. She had gun in her
right hand. I got the gun and
was afraid of it, SO I opened the
hall door and kicked it down the
steps,"
Saw Gun on Sofa.
A few minutes later, Mrs. Hollis
told police, she saw the gun lying
on the sofa in the living room and
that she did not see it again until
it was in the hands of the police.
Mrs. Hollis said that, just before
the shot. she heard Miss Ellis say
Il came here to ask you to give
Johnny up" She said Mrs. Harris
replied: Il don't see any reason why
I should do that"
Stephen Bush, II, who lives at
14l5 Saratoga avenue NE, next
door to the Harris apartment, told
police Frieda came to has door at
about $3.50 am, just as he was pre-
pairing to leave for school. He said
she told him: Come up quick. I
have been stabbed, and there is a
woman fighting with my mother"
Young Bush said that, as he hur-
rled back to the Harris apartment
with Frieda the girl told him: She
has a gun" When they entered the
apartment, the boy told police, Mrs.
Hollis was leading Mrs. Harris to
the sofa.
Said She Was Sorry.
II heard Miss Ellis saying, Tn
sorry" Stephen said in his state
ment. Il noticed that her lips ap-
peared to have been scratched. I
saw a revolver lying on the floor
when I first entered the front room,
and then I saw Miss Ellis stoop
over and pick it up and put it in
her coat pocket"
Stephen said she picked UP the
suitcase then and started walking
down the steps and that she re-
turned few minutes later with
police officers, who took the gun
away from her"
At the hospital, Mrs. Harris told
doctor that she had married Comdr.
Harris last December and that Miss
Ellis was jealous of her. She also
told the doctor Frieda was her
daughter by previous marriage and
was born in Tennessee. The mother
and daughter came to Washington
five years ago, according to the
doctor.
At the 18th precinct station, where
Miss Ellis was being questioned
Capt. Storm said the woman told
him:
Il didn't know what happened.
Used Name Of Harris.
Neighbors of Miss Ellis said the
woman came to live at the Fourth
street address in February, 1914,
and that her baby was born in May
of that year. They said the woman
used the name of Mrs. j. r. Harris
and that the baby was named Rob-
ert Thomas Harris.
At first, the neighbors said,
Comdr. Harris visited Miss Ellis
periodically, but later his visits be-
came less frequent. In recent
months, they said, he was not seen
at all. Miss Ellis told them, they
said, that she had obtained di-
vorce from Comdr. Harris on De-
cember 7 and that he married the
present Mrs. Harris the following
day. Until then, neighbors said,
Miss Ellis received regular checks
from the officer.
Records at District Court show a
marriage license was issued for John
Richard Harris, As, of Front Royal,
Va, and Sarah Kathleen Elli& 80,
Memphis, Tenn, in January, 1914,
but there is no evidence that a cere-
mony was performed. The license
was taken out by Miss Ellis. It
showed that Harris had been granted
a divorce previously in Seattle, Wash
Miss Ellis usually left her apart
ment at 10 am, leaving her baby
at the nursery school on the way
10 work, it was said. She returned
home around pm. with the child
The past few mornings, however,
the neighbors reported. Miss Ellis
left with the baby around 6 am.
This morning she took the baby
with her at am. and placed him
in the nursery.
Miss Ellis came here from Mem
phis, according to the neighbors, and
worked first for the Coast Guard.
where she met Comdr. Harris. The
woman supported her mother in
Memphis, it was said, and took the
baby home for visit last Christmas.
Miss Ellis was to be taken to the
Woman's Bureau after police at
the 18th precinct finish questioning
her.
Tires on freight wagons which
formerly made trips to the Far
West were from 4 to inches wide