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Mill ion a i rvss If u s bn ndFall Ruled as AccidentalHOUSTON (AH) -Investigators suid frcsday (lieearly Sunday fall by Harnett Garrison, husband of millionairess Car.dare Mossier Garrison, apparent!) was accidentalFoIkc said Garrison. 34. ap-parcnlly fell while Irving to climb from I be too! to a balcony adjoining Ihe third floor locked be-drnorr. of his wife.Garrison remained rn critical condition with lira in damage, a broken left hip, broken ribs and a collapsed lung.His father. Ti ll. Garrison of Sugar land, said Monday bis son hail been Irving lo enter '.he River Oaks mansion by ?. window because he did nut have his keys to Ihc houseA butler found Garrison in a pool oi blood when he reported for work Sunday. Nearby on the polio was a bent wrought iron table. I’olice sa:d Garrison was carrying $1,094 ir. cash.Police Palroln.an H K Abe! and homicide detectives Edwin Deschc-usfcy and Gienn H. Singleton said they heard someone ery Help from a third floor bedroom shorty afler they arrived at the seem*They said Mrs Garrison was locked ill the hrdrnom and that the hullcr. Leroy FlClcher, 55. persuaded her lo unlock I Indoor end admit the officersMrs Garrison went to Ihe hospital to join her husband’s relatives hut police said Mnn-day she nos incoherent and unable to answer questions.Mrs Garrison. 5t. and a new-phew. Melvin I.anc Powers, were charged with Die 19W murder of her husband. Jacques Mossier. 69. investmentsmillionaire, but both were found innocent in 3366.She and Garrison, an elre-irica) conlrartur. married in July 1971.Police said Monday they had found scuff marks on (he gab led slate roof of Ihe mansion and said part of a gutter screen was torn away.Near Garrison on the palio was a black case with b.t unloaded automatic pistn! and two flips with it rounds of ammunition each.Also nearby was me shoe with a sock tucked inside. The other shoe was found m Ihp fronl yard and police speculated Ihc shoes rolled off the sleep rool in opposite directions Garrison’s mother told police her son had telephoned her at •! a.m. Sunday warning to borrow kes to their Galveston bay tome. She said she adused her son (he house was occupied and that he. without sounding dis turbed, hung up. saying he would see her later.
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Victoria Advocate
Victoria, Texas, US
Tue, Aug 15, 1972
Page 11
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