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END DESPERATE. JFfERSJLPEACL'

Debs' Willing: to Call Off the

Strike

PRENDERGAST HUNG.

He Is Strangled at 11:IH This

Morning,

Prendergast especially requested Sheriff Gilbert to allow him twenty minutes

ia which to make his dying statement, but Prendergast's temper has been proverbially uncertain arid it was thought

by tuany that he would at the last moment forego his determination.

Tho jury of physicians at 11:10 filed in

and inspected the scafi Id and appurtenances. Fifty deputy sheriffs were arranged around the aides of the corridor

and the rather tedious thought, in reality short wait, began until the liaal inarch

should be taken up.

Ktarta for the Oallowa.

At 11:45 a. m. a hush fell upon the

bustling throng in the corridor and down

the hail could be heard tun tramp of the

funeral cortege. A few moments . later Sheriff Gilbert

and Jailer 1 orris appeared at the right of the scaffold, the prisoner, pale and

unsteady, walked behind them. He

stood without apparent nervousness,

though a trifle weak and unsteady as his

arms were being pinioned. He seemed determined to die game and looked calmly out on the assembled

crowd below Ihul The white shroud

was next placed .about Mm and barring a

little restless motion of the eyes up and

down and from side to side, ha made no

motion. Jailer Morris iww placed the

rope about his neck, the white cap over

li is head and Patrick Kugene Prendergast had taken his last look on

earth. An instant later Ht 11:48 and he

shot downward the head twisted to one

In the Cook County Jail for the

Murder

OF MAYOR HARRISON.

He Hakes So Speech as lie Had

Intended.

No Unusual Scenes at the

Execution.

Cm. J j!.v i:j. Patrick Kugene

Prendergast the murderer of Mayor Carter Harrison was hung at 11:43 a. m.

Within the gloomy whited walls of

Cook county j

til all was suppressed excitement as ths time rapidly drew near

for the execution. The (fallows had

been placed in position in the east end

of the north corridor and at 10:35 Jailer

sition presented through the mayor of

Chicago.

Will LliUn to tho Mayor.

"The general manager's association had

adjourned for the day, but Mr. Egan

said he would ask them to hold another

meeting if he could reach them, lie

would venture no opinion as to what the

managers of the roads would do with the

proposition, but led me to infer

that he thought

it a matter for

each road to consider separately.

I urged him to tr-

-

to have

the trouble settled. I represented to him

that such a settlement would leave the

laboring mau in good humor and they would as soon as the strike was declared

off, each hunt for position.

I told him

further that unless there was a declaration of an end of the strike there might

be some hot-head- s who would still

persist in overt acts. I represented to him further that it is

in the interests of the state that the

strike be declared off, as it is now under

an expense of $18,000 a day in maintaining the militia in this city. His talk was

generally to the effect that so far as the

railroads are concerned there is no longer

any strike."

Will Keep the Mw Men.

Mr. Egan said informally: "The general managers will retain in their employ

the men who tilled the strikers' places

and are competent" Mr. St John said later that the proposition would not be submitted to any

meeting of the general managers today

and would not be considered by them before the regular meeting tomorrow, if,

he added significantly,it be considered at

alL

When Mr. Debs was asked today by

Sovereign what would be done in case

the general managers refused to reinstate

the men, Debs replied:

" vV e shall call

our executive board together and determine upon a course of action."

Sovereign said that as soon as the

Btrike was declared oil by Debs he shoul d

issue an order calling off that of the

Knights of Labor.

The meeting of the federation of labor

leaders adjourned at

1 o'clock to meet

again at 2:3 J. They appointed a committee of five to draft an address to the public

Mr. Debs called on Mayor Hopkins

before 2 p. in. t. here the result of the

mayor's conference with the general

manager's association. The mayor told

him exactly what had occurred. No

answer to Uie proposition being obtained because the managers were not iu

suss. on, whereupon Mr. Debs withdrew.

When nr. Debs left the mayor's otlice,

he was asked for news and simply said

that the strike was not off. but was just

as it had been. He said lie would report

the results of the mayor's v.it to a meeting of the executive board to be held at

Uhlich's hall this evenitig.

Siy. Ib.'

!!' r I 4 ii .ixf.

Mayor Hopkins, on being asked as to

the proposition uiadetotne genera, managers said: "Extremeiy liberal,

I think.

Mr. Dbs agrees to call olf tiiejrtrike if

the general m.inagers will agree to take

bacK those men who left their employ,

and who have not' been guilty of any

lawlessness or of committing any overt

act. lie does not ask that they be taken

back as members of the A R. L'., but

that they be treated with as individuals.

There is no question of the recognition

of a union involved. I am hopeful of a

favorable outcome of the consideration

of the proposition."

CALL) IT A. OlttAf VICTORY.

P. E. J. PRENDERGAST,

Assassin of Mayor Harrison, cf Chicago.

ion is not entitled to consideration. The

belief is practically unanimous that the

assassin is and was in October last sane

enough to come within the legal definition of sanity. The crime and the criminal were alike

extraordinary. Patrick Kugene James

Prendergast, a newspaper carrier about

23 years of age, took great interest in

politics. During the mayoralty campaign a year ago, which resulted in the

election of Carter LL Harrison, he was

active in political circles, and spent

much of his time electioneering and

working for Mr. Harrison. He was also

an ardent and enthusiastic advocate of

the single tax theory. He was iu the

habit of attending meetings of the Single Tax club, and took part frequently iu the debates.

Thus he gained a smattering of knowledge about various matters and among

his lellows was regarded as a prodigy of

learning. He regarded himself in the

Bame light and treated the other carriers

with superciliousness and evident contempt, which they were disposed rather

to encourage than to resent for Prendergast was a brutal and cruel youth, who

had a disagreeable fondness for beating and torturing his younger and smaller

Last summer he grew tired tired of

his featureless existence. What he

wanted more than all things, what was

more necessary than everything else to

his happiness, was to be talked about.

He longed to see his name in the newspapers, to know that he was filling the

public eye. He lusted after distinction,

no matter whether it was good or bad.

He felt that to enjoy the eensatioiri of

notoriety, he would risk much. But he

was a coward and would not risk his life.

He would risk his liberty for the delights he dreamed of, but not his life.

At last it occurred to him it would

create comment if one in his station in

life, a humble newspaper carrier, should

apply for a high oilice in the municipal

government The idea, once admitted, took complete possession of his mind.

He appeared iu Corporation Counsel

Adolph Ivraus' office one day aud announced that he desired to succeed Mr.

Kraus in the position. Mr. Kraus

laughed at him and.took the announcement as a joke, aud Prendergast sneaked

out.

With what eagerness he looked for

the papers the next morning! Ho .v anxiously Ue hoped they would contain an

account of the visit to Mr. Kraus! If

they had, probably Mayor Harrison

would have been alive today. If they had Prendergast vs ould probably hav e

been sati.-died- . He would have seen his

name iu print. He wuuld have lorded it

over the o.her carriers of whom the pub- lic had never heard.

But unluckily for Mayor Harrison, and

for him, he was disappoiuted. The

newspapers contained no mention of the

incident lie had so carefully planned.

Exasperated by his failure to secure the

notoriety he craved Prendergast determined to make another attempt. At last

he selected Mayor Harrison. He called

upon the mayor, and, with all the gravity lie could master, stated his desire to

be appointed corporation counsel. But

the mayor was in good humor aud the

1 udicrousness of the affair struck him.

He chaffed Prendergast good naturedly and speedily forgot him.. At any rate he

did not think it necessary to notify the

newspapers and again Prendergast failed

of his object.

He was now more determined than

ever to attain it. He resolved that he

would get his name into the newspapers

even at the risk of arrest. He called

again upon the mayor and hinted if his

request did not secure prompt attention

it would be the worse for the mayor. But his cowardice prevented him from

making the hints ominous enough to

frighten or even startle the mayor. Mr.

Harrison did not fear, and he treated

Prendergast's threats as lightly as he had

treated his request. This time he ordered Prendergast out of the office, but in

spite of that he did not think the matter

important enough to mention it.

Prendergast determined to write the

major. His letters were not only unanswered but he could not be sure they had ever been delivered. Again he

called on Mayor Harrison. This time he

was received brusquely and was warned

to keep away aud trouble the mayor no

more.

Desperate with his determination to

secure the longed-fo- r notoriety and enraged at his repeated failures Prendergast at last worked himself into a frenzied

momentary courage and committed the

frightful crime for which he died today. On the night of October S, 1S93, Carter

H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago, was

seated at dinner with his son and daughter, in his residence on Ashland boulevard. The doorbell rang and a lowbrowed, shambling, ill-cla- d fellow asked

to see the mayor. When ha was informed

the mayor was at dinuer he turned away and said he would return later. Wheii

the man called again the mayor was

quietly dozing on a divan. It had been

"American Citie" day at the World's

fair and he had made the best speech of

his life to the vast throng of people. He

was awakened by the sound of voices

and came toward the door.

The man approached the mayor, said

something which was not overheard by the servant, and then pointed a revolver

at .ir. Harrison's breast aud fired. Tho

assassin ran iuto the street and after discharging a bullet at the pursuing butler,

disappeared iu Jackson street. Suortly afterwards he surrendered himself to the

police, about the same time that Mayor Harrison expired in the arms of Miss

Anna Howard, of New Orleans, to whom

he was to be married in a few days.

TO GO A-I- Il NTING.

rritlJint Clevfl mil Will Visit Colorado to Kiil a Bear.

Denver, July 13. Gen. A. L. 2sew, collector of internal revenue for this

district, is arranging for a hunting trip in Colorado for President Cleveland, Attorney General Oiney, Secretary of War

Lament, Senator Gorman, Collector of

Internal Revenue Miller, Chairman Har-rit- y

and other distinguished man.

Gen. New saj--s President Cleveland is

anxious to kill a bear. The locality that will be selected for the hunt will probably be the mountains around Gleuwood

Springs. Gen. New will go to Washing- ton next week, and hopes to complete all

arrangements for the hunting trip at that

time.

The War Against

the lb

Island Jlailroad

Bj' the People in the Government Towns',

GROWS WORSE TODAY.

A Thousand Enid People i t u

-

ing Up Tracks- -

A Freight Train Sent Throu

a IJridge.

Kmii, Okla., July l'i. A n .rca- - ! .

.

freight

train on the Rock Island

a small bridge

three.-qariera mile from South Enid today.

1 i

bents and braces of the bridge bad

b-- r

sawed and left hanging togoth'-r-

.

'1 hi

teen loaded cars piled up iu a Le.q..

i ..

engine and several cars passed

over t!.

bridge before it tell.

Brakemau Cordray, and a p.unt.

named Harry Lyon were injured cii,;.'.

iy.

The wrecking is supposed to be d

to the old Rouud PonU iroub.'e,

tho l

i

pie having received a decision in t;

supreme court yesterday which th.--

y t

gard as being against

them.

La.t night

a meeting of interested 1 ,'.

Zens of Round Pond were held and iu s i

inflammatory speeches were made.

Tearing-

-

I P Truck.

G IT II Hi K, Ok., July Li. The iUi;-tt;- .

at Enid grows worse hourly. The i i

aredesperate

und will rihk evorvti. n

to compel

the railway to coimi t tu ,

At noon nearly a thousand people

I v i

tearing up the railroad tracts. A lit

force of deputy marshals have been

here and the governor will .rd

out troops.

sue was so cli:vi;'.:

That Mie Swindled .lelt

on.

itijlit

.Vlon--

Nkw Yoltk, July

13.

In-pert.

.r M

Laugliliu last night arrested Li...-- '

1

ton, one of the most beautiful and at tJ

tune accomplished swindlers tlia!

made trouble for the police.

'li.c yom

womau (she is nut more than twruty-ihas for weeks Huceesd'ully

rob'-- l N

York merchants, diamond d.Mb-r- i I

it

her especial prey.

If her u a ri

--

tory

true sue took several

tliou.-.m- d !;;

out of Chicago a few mouihi ago.

is a blonde ot stylish appearance,

t u

she has tho good judgment

not to 0.1

dresij. There is not ui.c thing i:i her

.1

pearance to indicate die u a w iud.i-rHer method was to t m Wiethe

leading jewelry

her appearanra

and inno

being iu her favor. The clerks wn"

variably obsequious.

I'rum ii. di.-- i

laid out before her, she would

valued usually at about

that they be kept

for her until I

next day, when she would ,

for them. Thereupon she wo

hand out a delicately etigrav

card bearing "Miss Lizie Me.irn

announcing herself as the d,o k hi r

W. F. Stearns, of the banking tinu of

F. Stearns V Co. The following d.i

would present herself with aceii

check for the exact amount

! her 1

chase. This check was always

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without hesitation and always tun. e l o

to be bogus. After her atrest, ttie yoo

woman confessed aud ab.o sai

1 that

--

had been auccesful in swindling in

cago, Philadelphia and Baltimore,

in t

last named city her husband.

-- !n- a i

is now serving

a sentence for forger;,.

A BIICTAL SOLDI YAW.

Ttritlsh Soldiers Near tlio

1 ' 1 I n e I

Commit a lout Ouirg.

Dublin, July

13. The 11,

i:,

Journal today publishes

a startling ;c

couut of a bcandal which has orcurr.-- :

at Birr, Kings county., the ht .i

1

, . ;

of the Prince of Wales'

i

,1

inent

According to the story a few ui.-J.- t

ago some of the officers of the

I.i-- -

'o

regiment masked aud'dUgui.ie

i f.,rc.!.iv

envered the rooms of some feni lie - r

vants, assaulted two of them and tie 1.

ibe officers in their tight,

it is u 1 ! --

!.

rushed past

a sentry wno flwll'-iu-theand upon their refusal to halt,

t

sentry thrust his bayonet

into one

them aud shouted for the guard

t- - to.

out

The guard turned out promptly and

officers were arrestei. Th twu r

who were anoaulted have sworn to

plaints agaiust

the prisoner".

(ONDI CTOHS IN MISSION.

The l.ntire ttauta I'a Synteiu

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cago to A llui umi ue Kri

t !

.

The general grievance

commUt. f

the Order of Railway Conductors of t t

Santa Fe system,

is in session in T ; i

The meeting

is one which is L.o 1

tj

second week in July every two year-i-

, f ;

the purpose of electing olti cer-- i a n i

routine business.

The committee is ma in up of tb

of each of the eighteen

ductor divisions of the Saut 1'e

from Chicago to Albuquerque.

"li,n--

a

full attendance.

The officers for the ensuing your Her

elected today as follows: C. I. Sh ;

Topeka, general chairman; Geo.

'I 1.

burg, Denver, assistant genor.il

1 :,

mau; Richard Wilson. Topok.i,

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secretary. The meeting will

J.1.-.- 1 a '.

or two. "The session has nothing

t i

with the strike," said a conductor iu

to a query.

"We are meet in r

ply because our constitution

us to meet every two years

at this

The members of the order, you 11:

say, by the way, are understood to

true blue to the Santa Fe company."

Cholera at Ht. I'te rs tm rc-

-

St. Petkhsbcrh, July

13. There ,, r

thirteen new cases of cholera an i I

deaths from that disease report

i n

here yesterday.

If the Railroad lanasers "Will

Take Back

ALL OLD "EMPLOYES

Except Those Who Have Committed Criminal Acts.

General Managers Will Not

Confer With Debs.

But Will Listen to Mayor Hopkins of Chicago.

Chicago, July 13. Mr. Eugene V.

Debs, arose early this morning aud called his executive officers together at

Uhlich's halL They held a close conference for something like a half hour and

about 9:3) Mr. Debs appeared and said:

In view of the enormous proportions which this strike has assumed and the

tremendous damage to public and private interests, we will today submit a

proposition to the General Managers association declaring the strike off on condition that they reinstate our men."

The proposition referred to was formulated last night in a conference between

Debs, Sovereign and Gompers and it was

agreed that in case the general managers refuse to meet the wishes of President

Debs, Gompers should call out the national federation of labor throughout the

couutry. Tae proposition has two conditions:

First, Tiiat arbitration as proposed Cleveland be entered upon;

second, that all the striking employes

except those who had been guilty of

criminal misconduct shall be restored to

their positions without prejudice by the

railroad compauies. It tae .M tntra Itefune

After Debs had made this startling statement he was asked what would be

the effect in case the general managers refuse to reiustate the men. He said lie

thought the all ike was practically ended

and regarded it as a great triumph for

labor. Af-e- a pause he added: "Tue

strike will setde bacc then to the original grievance between Pullinau and his

employes." President Debs then left L'hlich's hall

to-- call up an the mayor. On his way he

Anet Sovere.gn and Howard and they accompanied him. At the mayor' 4 office

they held a conference for about tifteeu

miumes. At its conclusion Mayor Hopkins said: "These gentlemen came to me

with a proposition to call the strike off,

the General Managers' association to

agree to take back all employes who had

not been arrested tor any offense against the law. lhey asked me to go with them

to present the proposition. 1 told them I

would gladly go."

Meanwhile, Alderman McGillan, chairman of the council of arbitration committee, had been sent for. He arrived

at 10:45, aud after a few minutes talk

with Debs and Sovereign, the mayor and

Alderman McGillan went to the office of

the general managers association, while

Deba, Howard and Sovereign returned to

their hotels.

When the mayor arrived at the office

of the general manager's association, he

found that the regular meeting had adjourned, and Mr. St. John, of the Rock

Island road, was tho only manager present.

Vice President Thomas II. Wickes, of

the Pullman company, received his first

information of President Cleveland's intention to appoint a committee of investigation at his residence today. He had

anticipated no such move on the part of

the president, and did not know of the

law under which the appointment of the

committee was made. Mr. Wickes

would make no statement, saying he

would wait until the committee had arrived, aud he knew what powers it possessed.

Among the stock yards strikers who

returned to work this morning were nine

engineers, Dine telegraphers and twenty

clerks aud yardmasters. Other employes

wiil be given their positions if they report

promptly. A few steam titters and carpenters left their work this morning, but

they did not add to the seriousness cjj the

situation.

Armour brought twelve butchers from

Milwaukee this morning and was only three short of his usual force. The

sheep butchers talked of joining the beef

butchers, but they d:d not leave their

work this morning. Applicants for positions as unskilled laborers were turned

away from the packing houses. Armour

discharged fifteen teamsiers for whom

he had no work.

Would "ot Call Anotlmr Meeting.

Mr. St. John said he would receive the

proposition and lay it before the next

meeting. He was requested to call a

special meeting, but declined to do so.

Ha consented to listen to the gentlemen before the mayor aud a prominent member of the city council. He declared

that he would h ive nothing to do with

Debs or any of the strike leaders.

After leaving the proposition with Mr.

St John, the mayor returned to his office. Mr. St. John had previously said

that the general managers would not

recognize the labor leaders in any way.

and it was because of this statement that

Debs, Howard and Sovereign did not present their Disposition in person but delegated the" presentation to the mayor.

Asked to state what had happened in

the office of the general managers,

Mayor Hopkins said: "Ve were courteously received by Chairman St. John and

Manager Egan of the General Manager's

association. We made known the object of our visit Mr. Egan who did all the

talking said that while the association

would have accepted no proposition presented by Mr. Debs in person, he having made them trouble enough for the last

few weeks, they would consider a propo

Morris and his assistants made the final

test ot the rope, trap and trigger.

Jail-t- r Morris at 10:43: ''As near as I

can judge the inarch to the scaffold will

be about 11:M0. Prendergast rested well

last night ard seemed calm and collected when the jailer left him a few

minutes before.

'He refused until late last evening to

receive spiritual consolation, but when

nightfall came on he asked that Father

Muidoon be admitted. I am in doubt

as to how lie will act when he Bees the

dangling noose," said Jailer Morris, "and

while 1 am half incline.! to think he will

rnako a scene, there is no telling. He

may brace himself and go through it

all right, for he has often expressed admiration for the manner in which Buff

Higgins met his death."

Tlie rrlio.cn Moved.

At 10:50 all the prisoners in the three

tiers of cells immediately in front of and

to the left of the scaffold were marched

outandtakeL over into the south wing,

it ,-

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side, the neck h iving1 apparently been

broke-a- Slowly swaying back and forth,

he husig for a few moments while the

physicians- - held his wrists. A slight

spasmodic movement of the legs was a 1

the signs of life apparent within the

loosely hanging white robe.

Surrounded by the jury of six physicians, the corpse swung to and fro. and

at 11:57, nine minutes after the trigger

was sprunir, he was pronounced dead.

N" Aulille ?ouni1.

The assassin made no audible sound

from the time he left his ceil, apparently

being lost in contemplation of his fate.

At 11:55 Jailer Morris loosened the

anchored end of the rope, the shrouded

corpse was slowly lowered and laid in the

coffin standing underneath the platform. The face i f the dead man was not badly

distorted, though the mouth was open, and the tongue protruding. The color

of the features was a bluish tint which, with his unkempt reddish hair, straggling down over the forehead, made a sight

long to be remembered.

The cotfin was borne into the outer

court and thence across to the inner jail

office where, after the legal formalities

were gone through with, the body waa

subject to claim by relatives or friends.

HIsTORV Or THE CHIME.

How Frecdernit'i HO Led Ip to tha

AsaKstnattio.

Chicago, July 13. Just about nine

months have elapsed since Preadergast committed the atrocious crime for which

he suffered today. In that long time pub- lic opinion has not changed a particle. It

is as strong a:id relentless now as then, in the shadow of the gallows as under

stress of the excitement which the murder created. The awful event of today is approved, it is not too much to

say, by the whole civilized world. There

are a few men who would, prefer to see

Prendergast in an asylum rather than iu

hi3 grave, but they are sj few their opin

Grand Matter Sovereign Sniiik.B a Cifrar

j

and Feel G1101I. j

Chicago, July 13. While the other

labor leaders were in conference last

night, Mr. Soveriegn was enjoying a cigar alone in his room in the Sherman

house. When questioned about the new-turn

of affairs, he exclaimed: "That is a

great victory for the Knights of Labor.

.No one thought of it until the Knights

suggested it, aud it will settle the strike.

"it, is a good as won now. I cannot tell

who the arbitrators will tie but this is certain that Carroll D. Wright will be one

of them as the O'JSeill law provides that

thr commissioner of labor shall bo

member of a committee appointed

under its provisions. The other two

members are named by the president

and the only restriction is that one of

the men shall be appointed from

the state in which the trouble is.

"I had a long conversation over the

long distance telephone with Mr. Hayes

after the president gave his decision in

the matter and the whole scope and significance of the law was explained to

me.

"As I understand it, the committee has

a.11 the powers of a congressional

investigating committee. It may summon

witnesses and compel

to testify of the

matter in dispute even to the extent of

producing the books of the company. In

this way all phases

of the controversy

will be brought out

"It is true that the committee has no

power to enforce its findings

iu the matter, but that is true of any arbitration.

The arbitrators have the power merely

to investigate and to declare a finding,

and the parties may or may not abide by

that finding. It can compel Pullman

to show his Ixjoks, however, and the result will be that the public will be given

all the facts in the controversy between

him and the employes. "It will make no difference wlfether

Mr. Pullman wishes to arbitrate or not,

or whether he thinks he has nothing to

arbitrate. The committee will have all

the powers necessary to bring out all the

facts aud the public

can then draw its

own conclusions.

"I regard this is a great victory for the

Knights of Labor."

SUUIXD IJO AS KOSKBKKV DID.

The British OeTrromant Settled the

Grnat Miner btrike by Arbitration.

Chicago, July 13. In the course of

an interview with Mr. Samuel Gompers,

president of the American Federation of

Labor, shortly after midnight

last night,

reverting to the cause and effect of the

present crisis he said: "I doubt whether

this action of the committee of arbitration to be appointed by President Cleveland will materially affect the Pullman

strike as it was originally because I do

cot see how it has anything to do with

the interstate commerce law. My

understanding is the O'Neill bill can only

take effect when the interstate commerce

law is violated.

"Leaving the impression that arbitra- -

Continued on Third I'age.J

iriE LATE HON. CARTER H. HARRISON, MAYOR OF CHICAGO,

Assassinated on the Evening of October 28, iSjj.

la order that there misht be no demon-fctratio- n

duri ig the final scenes.

Father Barry was in constant attendance upon Prendergast all the morning. The little assassin "had thawed out" materially since last night, and was now

most deferential to his spiritual adviser. The doomed man announced with a trifle of bravado, "that he would die game and set a great aad shiniaj example to his

country." He intended, it was stated, to make a

speech whic-- j he assarted will be the ef- fort of his life, and was very particular lest he be rr isquoted or misinterpreted. Preadergast was removed from his cell ia murderers row to an ante-roo- off the jail office which is in fact the bath room and where the last kindly offices were

being performed for the miserable wretch,