Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-03

SETTLE Declared the Mayor Had
Promised to Make Him Corpora.
ton CounseI-The Mayors Fian.
&C with Him When He Died.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-Another GRAZ,
crank has done his deadly work, ant
| Carter II. Harrison, five times Mayol
OF Chicago, and one of the best known
men OF the West, lies dead at hi.
house, 231 South Ashland Boulevard
Three bullets entered his body, two
making wounds sufficient to cause
death. The murder was committed
by Eugene Patrick Prendergast, pa
per carrier, who had declared tha
Mayor Harrison had promised to make
him corporation counsel, and had no
kept his word. This, he said, was hi,
only reason for committing the crime
The only persons in the house a
the time of the shooting beside Mr.
Harrison, were his son William Pres
ton Harrison, aged %, and the ser
wants. Shortly before s o'clock th,
door bell rang, when Mary Hansen, /.
domestic, opened the door, she wal
confronted by man about five fee
high, smooth shaven, clean cut fea
lures, lit up by pair of dark eyes.
ais Mr.. Harrison in?" asked th'
man in quiet, pleasant voice.
Yes, sir" responded the girl as she
threw open the door to admit his en-
trance.
would like to see him, please,
said the man as he walked towarc
the back end of the hall. Harrison
was in the dining-room which opened
into the rear of the hall. Hearing
man ask for him he stepped into tht
hall and walked toward Prendergast
Without saying a word, Prendergas
drew a revolver and commenced firing
He pulled the trigger but three times
and every bullet hit his mark. One
bullet shattered Harrison's left hand
Another passed into the lower right
side OF the abdomen, making a wount
that would have been mortal withir
. few days. The third bullet entered
the chest slightly above the heart
This wound was the immediate caus,
Of death.
As soon as Prendergast began tt
fire, Harrison turned and walked rap
idly through the room into the but
ler's pantry, where, weakened by losl
of blood, he fell to the floor.
Prendergast did not follow up hi
victim, but replaced the weapon in hi
pocket with the same deliberation tina
marked all of his actions, and startet
toward the door. Just as he was pass
ing out, VIM. Preston Harrison came
tearing down stairs, and the coachmar
ran into the rear end of the hall.
The cries of Mary Hansen di
rected the son to where his father
lay, but the coachman was after othel
game. He had q revolver of his own
and as quickly as he realized what had
occurred he sent bullet after the dis
appearing form of murderer. A sec
ond time he fired, but both bullets
went wild. Running to the door, the
coachman prepared to continue his
hostilities, but several people entered
to learn the cause of the shooting, and
by the time the coachnlan reached
the sidewalk the murderer had disap.
peared.
Across Ashland Boulevard, directly
opposite Hsrrison's residence, is the
home of w. J. Chalmers, a wealthy
maker of mining machinery. Chal-
mers was standing upon the front
steps OF his residence when the shots
were fred. He dashed across the
street and met Prendegast at the gate
"What is it?" asked Chalmers. The
man walked rapidly away without re-
plying, and Chalmers hastened into
the house and reached Harrison al
most the same moment that William
Preston Harrison found where his
father lay.
"Are you hurt" asked Chalmers
as he and the son of the dying man
strove to raise him.
~ have got my death, Chalmers
responded the Mayor. "I'm shot in
the heart, and am q dead man."
A moment later Harrison said with
q voice rapidly losing strength: Un
button my vest; there's where tht
trouble is" By this time the stricken
man was borne to a couch in the ad
joining room and, as he spoke, Chal
mers gently opened his waistcoat
The front of the shirt was soaked ir
blood, which welled rapidly from th'
wound.
cts through the heart" said tn,
Mayor again, his voice scarcely abov'
a whisper. A moment later he sanl
into unconsciousness, and twent,
minutes after receiving the wount
Mr.. Harrison was dead.
When young Harrison came dowr
stairs and learned the cause of tn
shooting. he turned in burglar alarm
and even before he reached his father
side, q patrol wagon filled with officer
from the Lake street station, wa
dashing toward the Mayors house
By the time the officers arrived al
traces of the murderer were lost, an.
even before the Mayor bresthed hi
last the officers from every station IL
the city were on the outlook for tn
murderer. Every possible effort wa
made to secure medical attendance TO
Harrison, but when DR.. Lyman, tn
first physician to arrive reached til
! Mayors side, he was dead man.