 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Harries akanga achishanyira baba vake muWashington, D.C. paakanzwa nezvomwoto weWinnipeg. Panzvimbo pokudzokera kuWinnipeg, akawana nzvimbo somunyori wenhau nepepanhau reWashington National Republican. Akakurumidza kubva paNational Republican kuenda kuThe Washington Star. Muna 1888, nhengo yeU.S. Congressman William Harrison Martin akatsamwiswa nenyaya dzakanga dzanyorwa naHarries pamusoro pake, uye akapindura nokumurwisa muUnited States Capitol. Harries akasarudza mhosva; Martin akabvuma mhosva yokurova uye akabhadhariswa faindi yemadhora mashanu. Somutori wenhau, Harries akafukidza mushandirapamwe weWounded Kneenokuda kweStar, uye gare gare akafambira mberi kuva munyori mukuru, ipapo mupepeti webetsero. 