New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-29
CARTER HARRISON KILLED.
from First PaGeD

serving this he again CALCULATED. this time with
still greater vehemence.
eyes I will kill him. Mind what say. O"-
ess he does it he is a dead man
Not imagining for a moment that Prender-
vast cherished any thought of murder Ia MS
heart. Secretary Graham adroitly changed the
subject. the mans excitement gradually sub
sided and when he left the place ne had
annarently forgotten what he had SAID IN the
heat of passion a few moments before Neither
If the men thought any more Of the SUBJECT
and Secretary Graham regarded II as so TRIVIAL
that so far as is known. he did not menuoh
the subject to his chief.
LETTEE TGON HIS SLAYER
In the early mail that was delivered in the
,rst-or a. nl.-delivery at City Hall this
morning there was letter from Prendergast
addressed TO Mayor Harrison, In which he
urged upon the executive the necessity OF I'M
mediate action upon the elevation Oh the
tracks Secretary Graham, upon whom the
duty of opening and classifying the mayor
mail has always devo!ved, Iaid the coi'i'"uhi-
cation to one side regarding 1t as iackihs SUI
eoiant innortance TO bring to the personal at
tention Of the Mayor hut rather as emahauhg
from, one of the small army of cranks that day
q, o,d dov ont deluge the Mayors office with
recommendations ana propositions ana sugges-
films Of all kinds and things innumerable'
After the mail had been sorted, secretary
Graham who had an appointment at the
1,or,ds Fair with the man in whose company
ha had been when Prendergast forced his COM
many unon them started for jackson Park.
,,bore he s,,ept the day. He had just returned
o,d reached the house Of a friend on the North
cide ,hen the news Of the shooting reached
hin, and he realized that Prendergasts talk
a conple of days before was something more
than rho vaporings Of an excited but harmless
individual
INTENSE EXCITEMENT on THE STREETS
Whom the news of Mayor Harrison's assassi
nation reached the downtown streets, immense
crowds gathered around the newspaper build
inrs reading the bulletins posted from time 10
time with eager interest The building occu-
MED bv THE Times" of which Mr.. Harrison
was proprietor. is at this hour the gathering
place Of the most excited throng. and rurmurs
against the life of the assassin arc heard on
every hand.
The home of the late Mayor at Ashland
Boulevard and Jackson-st. quickly sur
rounded by an intensely excited mob of peo-
pie. attracted by the news of the shooting.
which spread in the immediate vicinity with
great rapidity
not such as to attract attention. but his talk
and manner since he placed under arrest
leave no doubt as to his insanity.
A Republican meeting. held in the interest OF
the judicial candidates of this county. was in
session at the Turner Hall at o'clock this
evening. the house being uncomfortaby
crowded. Ex-Governor Richard j. Oglesby was
in the midst of an address when the announce
ment of the Mayors death was made The
north side is the great German section of this
city, ana has always been the stronghold OF
Mr. Harrison's political supporters. Party lines
have always been obliterated in this section
when Mr. Harrison candidate for office.
The Garter Harrison men," they are known,
focked TO the standard Of their idol by the
thousands. and all opposition vanished.
Mayor Harrisons great hold on the people
of this city was never better illustrated than
IL was in the manner in which the announce
ment of his death was received by this gather
ing of men called together to work for his
political opponents ]. V. Farwell, the wealthy
drygoods merchant. of this city, arose. and in
a voice filed with emotion, said:
Another murder to be avenged"
The reputation Of the man, and his manner.
forbid the thought that he intended to counsel
lynching. Nevertheless the utterance was taken
up instantly by the hundreds present, and. as
if by mutual understanding. they arose as a
body and without formal adjournment, marched
out Of the building and headed for the west
Side, the home of the late chief magistrate
OF the city
From all parts Of the city bodies of men have
been collecting. and moving toward the scene
of the murder and toward the City Hall.
Wherever the news became known small
group Of men. astounded at what they had
heard, got together to discuss the tragedy and.
as if by common impulse. started on their way
10 the City Hall. where the murderer was most
likely to be confined, or TO the Mayors home.
That the thought uppermost in the minds of
these men was to take the life of the assassin
it needed questioning To discover.
POLICE RESERVES BROUGHT OFT.
The common movement at once alarmed the
authorities. and all the reserves We're massed
in the heart Of the city. There grave fears
that some outbreak may occur before the night
has passed but despite the excited condition OF
the steadily increasing crowds efforts Will he
made L. protect the prisoner from violence,
and 1t seems hardly possible that if IT shall
become necessary to remove him from the
city the authorities can be prevented from ac-
such Il coup.
SKETCH OF TIE DEAD MANS CAREER