Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02
The Mayor of Chicago Killed.

Last Saturday evening the Hon.
Garter Harrison, mayor of Chicago,
was shot and killed by a man sup
posed to be insane. Shortly after
7 o'clock IL servant answered a ring
at the door-beli, and found shah
bily-dressed man who said he wished
to see Mr. Harrison. The servant
besitated TO show him in, when the
man pushed past her. Mr.. Harrison
met him near the door, when the
man raised pistol and quickly fired
three shots. One bullet struck Mr..
Harrison in the stomach above the
naval; the second shot penetrated the
body under the left arm, passing
through the heart; the third struck
his hand above the knuckles, which
were burned by the powder, so close
w was the weapon held at the time
of firing this last shot. Mr.. Harri-
sons coachman, who was in the rear
Of the house at the time, hearing the
shots ran in and saw the man turn
and run. The coachIuan drew his
own revolver aud fired several shots
at the fleeing miscreant, who turned
as he ran and fired one shot.
Mr.. Harrison turned and made q
few steps. when he fell. His son
rushed downstairs, and the servants
and neighhors quickly gathered,
while several physicians were sum
moned. The stricke man was placed
on a couch, when he said, Il am shot
and am going TO die; | can't live.
Where is Annie?' (hi5 iiancee). a
moment later he said with voice
which was rapidly losing strength:
"Uubutton my vest, there is where
the trouble is. The front Of his shirt
was soaked in blood which welled
RAPIDLY from two holes, one Just above
the heart, the other in the abdomen.
Its through the heart" said the
Mavor again, his voice now scarcely
above a whisper. A moment later he
sank into uuconsciousneSs and in
twenty minutes after receiving his
wounds. Carter Harrison was dead.
The murder was committed by Eu-
gene Patrick Prendergast, Il paper
carrier, who declared that Mayor
Harrison had promised TO make him
corporation counsel, and had not kept
his word. This, he said, was the
ONLY reason for committing the crime.
After he had committed the crime he
ran down the street. He made his
way to a police station, which he en-
tered. He shook like man with the
palsy, his face WAS white and drawn,
great drops of perspiration poured
down his face and his totterins limbs
seemed scarcely able TO support him.
Il shot Mayor Harrison, and that's
what | shot him WITH said the man,
handing over his revolver.
What made you do it?'' asked the
sergeant.
He said he would make me cor
poration counsel and he did not do it.
That's what | shot him for"
That was all there was about it.
Nothing dramatic, no bravado, but
he spoke Of his crime As though il
were nothing ont OF the ordinary.
He was trembling terribly, as the Off
Ger led him to Il chair and asked him
II few more questions, to which Prem
dprgast had but one reply: He said
be would make ne corporation
counsel He did not, and | shot him.
| meant TO shoot him, and | went
there to do it.
Prendergast is q slender man, about
"a wears old, with beardless face
ana SUI TX IN esSiOll' AIC mas OCCh
living in Chicago.
The news of the murder created
tremendous excitement throughout
the city, and soon II great crowd sur
rounded the station-house where the
murderer was closely guarded. The
excited mob would have torn him to
pieces if il could have gotten hold of
him. The coroner's inquest was held
OH Monday, aud the man has already
been indicted by the grand jury.
Though he is generally believed to be
a lunatic the probability is that he
will be hung.
Carter Harrison was born near Lex
ington, Ky, February 10, 1925. His
Observation-Disclosures was the faith
err of Benjamin Harrison, the father
of President William Henry Harrison
His grandfather was u first cousin Of
Thomas Jefferson, and he himself
was a cousin of eX President Harrison
He went 10 Chicago in 1865, and ac-
cumulated fortune by speculation
in real estate. He served two terms
in Congress- was the author OF sever
al books. had travelled extensively in
Europe and the Orient. He was to
have been married in few weeks.
for the second time, to Miss Annie
Howard.