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CHICAGO. Oct sa-Carter H~nry Hsr-
Ft~ou- i've times mavow 81 th~ eitv IT
ehieago WAS aSSassinased at his horne
IA this city At 20 o'elr.k last night
The murderer. who 4. Enthusiastically de-
n~ntssl was Enx~as Patrick PrenA~~
CAST. a paper carrier on Mr. Harri~on's
journal the Times and who lived at
SOD Jane street The assassin. who wa.
parsurd toa poliee station. ~aid that
he Ind killed the nayow because he
bad promised him the cprporasion caun-
setship of the city 81 Chicago. and had
failed u keep his weird Mayor Harri-
sou was ~ have been married - Miss
Annie Howard Of New Orleans on the
9Th of November
The sssey Of sa- awfai crsm-.
CHrrkso Oct Sat zoo O'Clock
last evening a man ran up the froat
steps of Mayer Harrison's residence. at
No 81 South Ashland : ard
rang the bell Mary Hansen, the ser
Want answered the he'll. aud the nan
outside asked fsr Mr.. Harrison She
said he would hare 20 wait n moment.
a. Mr.. Harrison was asleep on the
~1fa in the pa~rISr. ~ the same time
going back through the hall 10 call
him. leaving th~ door open- Ia a mo-
rasnt Mr. Harrfsoa stepped from tho
psrto- into the hail In an in
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fred the shot entering the abdomen
Just above the navel Two more shots
rang out an instant later. thu 6rst of
whiea catered the mayors body under
the eft'arrn. p~nesratinx the heart Mr..
Harrison when the first shot was fred.
had started towards the d0or and the
SECOND shot struck him when within a
few fee, Of the assassin MIR. HARRISON
was so elo~e In the mnxzle of the 70
that the bullet shattered one Of the
knuekies u his left hand and the pow
der burnsed the flesh
Mr. Hsrrison-s eoaehmau. who was
IN the rear 81 the house when the srss
shot was fred. ran into the hall AMI
Sired three shots at the man a. he raa
out IT the front door. The murIerpr
paused for an instant. turned about
and Sired q parting shot at the eoa<h-
nsan- He then ran down the front
steps and passed rsp6tIy north on AsA-
lana avenue.
Mayor Harrison after the last shot
was fred. stepped into the parg.sr and
started toward the dining rsssun. He
aaa taken bat a few steps however.
whrn he r~~Ied and fell into the bat
lrrs pantry. whieh led 60 the rear of
the heu>e FiFs son Preston who was
upstairs at the time Of the shooting.
ran down aad was az his fathers sil-
in an Instant
Mr. Harrison <aid Il AN shot
Preston. ansl eana0t lire. Where =
AnrieT
Mr. Harrison hastily left his fathers
side and rushed cut upon the street IN
pursuit Of the asSaSsin
In the meantime Mr. and Mrs w. J.
Chalmers, who live arruss she street.
had started for the Harrison residence.
a. they had heard the shots. They
saw a man running up Ashland ave
nue. and met the son Preston. in pnr-
suit Young Nr. Harrison stopped
long enough 20 inform his neighborS Of
the terrible affair aud then started in
pursuit of the murderer Mr.. and
Mrs Chalmers hastily entered the
house. Mr. Chalmers at ouce making a
pillow OF his o~Tercoat. which he
placed unter Mr.. Harrison-s head
Pursued By the c~s~~nsasa-
Il have been shot AMI cannot Iive. :
said the mayor. As he gasped for
breath
-you wont die. said Mr.. Chalmers.
You have only been shat IN the ahsto-
mem
NO. I have been shot in the heart
and I know that I cannot live was
the reply.
These were the last words Of the
mayor. He Immediately became un-
conscious and died 1t s4a
The murderer. pursued BY the eoaxh-
man.Fan along Ashland avenue toward
Monroe at 4 break-neek pace. Com
ing TO Mouro< street he turned east
and started for the city The pursu~r.
who had been reinforced by an officer
and several citizens gained rapidly on
their man On they sped untiI De~-
plaines street was reached when the
hanted man again turned 10 the ucrtis
and In n f~w IN had reached the
Desplaines~ssreet police station He
walked in and approached the sergeant
at the de@k He Was about TO speak
when che foremost Of his pursu<rs
| rushed breathless into the station.
Lock hat man up. said the coach
man He has killed Mayoe Harri-
sonL
In an instant the sergeant was out
from behind his desk and catching
hold Of the man'sarm pulled him within
the wire inelosure. 30 as to preserve
his life froEu = crowd which was gath
erinx with astonishing rzpidity- With
out waiting 20 register the prisoner he
was quickly taken back and placed be-
hind the bar< The station was thea
| cleared Of the excited people aud the
sergeant went for n talk with the pris-
o1er-
Ny name i Eugene Patrick Prem
dergast- he said IN response to the
hrst inquiry
DO you know that you nave killed
Mayor Harrisong- said the sergeant
YES and 1 am glad of IT. was the
answer He promised TO give me the
corporation ~eounselship. and has not
KEEP: his word
Where do ron liver
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mother. said the prisoner.
This ended the interview. The ser