Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-30
TELEGRAPHIC.
MOST FOUL MURDER.
Ssyor Carter H. nrrisOn Of Chicago
AsSassinatd,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nlMsELFUP.
Tie Country Plunged in Grief'-lhe
Matter Discussed EyerJwhcre'--
No Public Man safe.

CmcAuo, oct. 2s.-Another crazy
crank has done his deadly WORK, anu
Garter A. Harrison, i've times mayor
of Chicago, and ono OF the best known
men In tho West, lies dead at ms homei |
2si South Ashland boulevard. Three
bullets entered his body, two making
wounds sufficient 10 cause dcath'
The murder vns committed by Eu-
gone Patrick Prendergast, papn car
rier, who declared that Mayor Hafri-
son had promised TO make him corpor'
alton counsel and had not kept his
word.
shortly before O'Clock the door bell
rang, and when Mary Hanson, 10
mcstic, opened the door, she was cou-
tronted By man about i've feoi, nVe
inches high.
"Is MI. Harrison ln2" asked the
man, ia uuet, pleasant voice.
"Yte, sir,0 responded the glrl as enc
threw open tho GOOr ~ admit his en-
trance. E,
al would like 10 see him, please"
said the man, rs he walked tOWaTu the
und OF the hall.
Harrison was IN tho dinlng room,
which opened into the roar Of the hall.
Hearing the man ask Tor him, no
stepped into tue hall and walked To-
ward Prendorgsst.
without saying word Pfendefg ast
drew revolver and commenced 10
nfo. He pulled the trigger but ihroo
times, ana every bullet mt the marx
One bullet shattered Harris0n's letl
a FHuaaftI NMfm lhE lower
flght slide OF tho abdomen, making n
wound that would have been mortal
within a few days. The third bullet
entered the chest slighuy above the
heart. THIS wound was the imme-
diate cause Of death.
A. soon ns PruudrTgast begant o IRE
Harrison turned anu walkul rapidly
toward the dining room. lie patHed
through the room iutO the butlet'H
Ian,Ty, where, weakened by loss Of
blood he fell TO the door.
The cries of Mary Hanson dir, c,ed
the son 10 wnete his father 10y. Tue
cOachmnn had revolver ana rs
quickly NJ he realized what had oc-
curtul he tcnt n ballet after the re-.
treating form Of the murderer. A
second time lao fred, but both bullets
went wild.
Across Ashland boulevard, directly
opposite tho Harrison rosideuce, Ia tho
home OF w. j. Chalmers, wealthy
maker OF mining machinery, Chhl'
muis was standing upon tho front HioIa
Of his residence when the shots were
nred. He dashed across the street.
care you hurt2" asked Chalmefs, ns
ho and tho sou OF tno dying man
HtTOye 10 raise him,
81 have got my death, Chalmers,"
responded the mayor. "l am shot In
the heart aui am dead man."
a moment later Harrison said, with
voice rapidly loosing strength. Uu-
button my vest; there's where the
trouble IT," by this time the stricken
nun was borne 10 u couch IN an ad.
Joining room, As he spoke Chalmers
reutly opened his waistoOgt, lhe
front Of his shirt was soaked la blood,
which wellgd rapidly from the wouul.
"ltIs through the hearth said the
mayor again, his voice scarcely above
whipper. a moment later mo sanK
into unoonsoiousness and twenty min
utea AFTER receiving the wound Mr.
Harmon was dead.
When young Harrison came down
stairs 20 learn the cause OF tue shoot
lug, he turned In tho burglar alarm
aud even before lao reached his fathers
side patrol wagon filled with Uillccrs
from tho Lake street station came
dgshing towards the mayors house.
by the time the officers arrived all
trace OF the murderer was lost, aud
even before the mayor bteathed his
last officers from every station In the
city were on the outlook for the muir
dercr.
About twenty. ivo minutes after tho
shooting, Sergeant Frank Mcdonald
was standing In the Office OF the Des-
PLANES street police station. Every
available officer had already hurried
out TO work on the case and Mcdonald
was preparing TO follow, The door
was pushed gently open,a and In walked
Rtmall, smooth shayen, poorly dressed
man carrying revolver In hts hand.
lie shook Ike man with the palsy.
HIS iace was white and drawn, great
drops Of Precipitation chased each
other down mis- face aud his lettering
limits seemed scarcely to hold him up.
Looking Mcdonald straight la the
eyes, he SID; al did it.O
"nld whal2" said tho OH Ger, as he
laid one hand on the fellow's shoulder,
ana with the other took this revolver
~ shot Mayor Harrison, anu that IA
what shot him with" was the reply.
"WhaI made you do ~" asked Nc.
Donald.
"he said he would make ms corpor
alton counsel and he did moi; that /,
what shot him for"
"rhe car did not so very fast" no
said, cor / would nave been here
nooutr."
The coll door had barely closed be-.
hind the murderer when an excited
crowd begun gathering about the
police station. Patrol wagons ratified
up to the place, cabs aud carringcl
came by the tCOre and the occupants
crowded and pushed their way into Ia,
ohioe. Personal friend1 Of the deaf
mayor city officials aud tho curiou.
crowded against each other IN wild
endeavor 20 learn n the story, whicl
hsd spread like wildhrs through IA,
CITY, was true. Au immense thrOng
gathered nnd !aboring men VINO st0ppe,
on tnoir way nome nuded their voice
TO the subuuta threats of vengeance
Tor Mr.. Harrison war popular with IN,
masses.
For time the man refused to an
Bwur any question:, aud then, in y
scarcely audible voice, SAID: "I'm
sick; Pm sick"
Chief Shea tod him that he was
doctor, and asked: "Why it'd you XII
the mayor"
"Well," the man responded fcobly