Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-30
was because the mayor would not appoint

was because the mayor would not appoin
him corporation counsel"
Interest conferred about the story told BY
Mary Hansen, the domestic who admitted
Prendergast. She saidi
cat about 7 O'Clock last evening there
was ring ct the door bell. I went to the
door and found a man I did not know. ]
asked the man what he wanted and he said
he wanted to see Mayor Harrison. told
him Mr.. Harrison was eating supper and
asked him to call again. About 7:45 he
came back and i went to the door and let
him in. Mr.. Harrison was sitting in the
second room to the front. I told him
there was q man in the hall who wanted to
see him and left the man in the hall and
| went to the kitchen. just as got in the
kitchen heard several shots and ran out
to where had left the mayor. / saw the
unknown man running out of the door,
Mr.. Harrison staggered into the second
| room and out of the door to the hall, where
| he fell"
"Dld you see the man who called" asked
| Deputy Kelley.
The witness hesitated, aud the coroner
| was more specific.
SIS that the MANI he said, pointing to
Prendergsst.
Still the witness was not sure, but Prem
S6es uelpcu O9t WIN Ill
ton: 81 saw you last night" he volun-
teered. He was told to put on his hat and
face the witness.
eyes," she answered, "thst is the man
left standing with Mr.. Harrison, and that
| is the man who did the shooting"
P. Eliason Risburg, the mayors coach
man, who was frat to start In pursuit of the
assassin, and who was a target for one of
his bullets, identified Prendergsst.
l. A. -
pointing his revolver at some object in the
second room of the house, and as I opened
the door to go in he pointed 1t at me aud
fred. But shut the door before he could
take aim at me and ran back to the barn
after my revolver, so that / could 60 to
catch the man. Then ran around to the
front to see If could find him, but could
not see him."
F. A. Mcdonnell, patrol sergeant, iden-
tilted the revolver he had taken from Prem
dergsst.
o. T. Barber, desk sergeant at Desplsines
station, said he saw Prendergsst surrender
to Mcdonnell and heard him say that he
had shot Garter Harrison because the mayor
had broken faith with him in failing to sp-
point him corporation counsel.
According to the post norton, results of
which were submitted, five bullets wounds
made by four bullets were found In the
mayors body. Three balls remained in
the body. One lodged In the muscles of
the back. Another passed through the
liver and was found In the bowels. The
third struck near the shoulder and rang
ing downward lodged near the skin. After
hearing the testimony the jury went into
secret session and in few minutes agreed
upon a verdict as already stated.
On the verdict formal death certificate
WAS issued. The finding of the jury Is
also the basis of mittimus for the deten-
ton of Prendergsst.
During the inquest Deputy Coroner KEEL
ley asked Prendergast If he had a state
ment to make, but the prisoner refused to
speak. When the jury had announced its
readiness to go into eecret session, the
prisoner was taken from the room and
given a place on the hall seat at the foot of
the stairs, facing the visitors who were
calling to see the family. He was pointed
out to some, but most of them left without |
noticing him. He sat with his head rest
ing against the chair rail and his eyes fixed |
above the heads of the visitors. At one
time his attention was attracted by the |
presence of Mrs. W. J. Chalmers. For |
moment his stolidity was broken and he |
pulled the lieutenant's sleeve and asked: |
sis that Mra. Hsrrisonp NO." replied |
the lieutenant, at is not. Why did you
aska" "I wanted to tell her," replied Prem
dergast, THAT 1 was sorry for her trouble" |
With that remark he relspsed into 81 |
lence and returned to all other questioners |
a vacant stare. When the verdict was an
nouncsd he made no comment and was |
hurried out the back door again by Lieuten- |
ant Haas.
Lieutenant Haas said tina. Prendereast |
last night made some threats about beating /
his brains out against the cell bars, but he |
thought the prisoner intended nothing of |
the kind.
An objsct of interest at the inquest was
the revolver with which Prsndergast com
mitted the murder. 1t Is .32 caEbre sf /
fair of the Harrington pattern and breaks i
at the breech. 1t had evidently seen con-
service. 1t worked perfectly, |
however, and had been recently oiled.
None of PrenderRast's family believe i
him insane. They have always regarded |
him as quite a model young man. His /
habits were good aud he has never ex- |
hibited lack of industry. Since he WAS a 1
mere boy he has cared for himself and by /
his relatives is thought to have saved a
snug sum of money. He has one hobby,
however, viz: single tax. Nothing that
has ever come from the pen of Henry /
George has escaped his notice.
According to the plans already decided |
upon, the funeral will take place Tuesday |
ltoH sue cLty uhii, Ano Iu0 CAskeG Will DC Il
temporarily placed In the vault of Grace
land cemetery. Unless the city councils
should decide other wise the remains will be /
taken to the city hall to morrow and will lie |
in state. The pallbSarers will be composed |
of captains of police.
Eighteen honorary pallbearers were des- |
ignsted this evening, including Hon Thomas |
w. Palmer, president of the worlds Col |
umbian exposition, General N. A. Miles, !
Ex-Governor Osesbee, Judge Trumbull,
Pnilip d. Armour and eI Mayor Msdill, ]. |
b. Roche and Eemp stesd Wsshburns.
kilograms of coincidence have been re
ceived by the family from nearly every
state in the union and from men of No
tional reputation, including Secretary
Gresham and United States Senator Hill.
The cards of Vics President and Mrs.
Stevenson, with verbal message of gym
patty, were left at the house during the
afternoon by one of their daughters.