The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
CH1CAGo's MAYOR KILLED.
As~sassinated at His Door by a Former
Police Officer The Mayor Lived But
a Few Moments--The Murderer
Pursued by a Crowd and
Locked I'm.
% Locked Up.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3O-Carter Henry
Harrison, five times Mayor of Chicago,
ex Congressman, eX county Commits
sioner, editor, capitalist and author,
was aseaesinated in his own residence
in this city Saturday evening at 8
o'clock. Three bullets entered his body
and in less than one hour after the first
shot WIS fired death ensued.
The man who did the shooting was
arrested and locked up The man gave
his name as Eugene Patrick Prender-
grast. He was at n time a member
Of the Chicago police force. rhe Incl
dents that led up t the killing show
that it was premeditated and deliber-
ately planned. At Z o'clock a nan ran
UP the front steps Of Mr.. Harrison's
residence, and rang the bell.
Mary Fansen, the servant, answered
the bell and the man outside asked for
Mr.. Harri;on She said he would have
to wait a moment, as Nh. HarrfsOn was
asleep on the sofa in the parlor,H at the
time going back through the hail to
call him, leaving the door open.
In a moment MI. Harrison stepped
from the parlor into the hall. In an
instant the man had drawn a revolver
and fired, the shot entering the abdo-
men just above the navel. Two more
shots rang out an instant later, the first
of which entered the Mayors body
under the left arm, penetrating the
heart.
MI. Harrison, when the first shot was
fired, had started toward the door and
the second shot struck him when with
in a few feet of the assassin.
MI. Harrison's coachmen, WHO was
~ tho Noor Of tho 1oT110 uLo- 49, A.
shot was fired, ran into the hall and
started out of the front door. The
murderer stopped for an instant,
turned about and fired a parting shot
at the cOachman.
Mayor Harrison, after the last shot
was fired, stepped into the parlor and
started towards the dining room He
had taken but a few steps when he
fell into the buffers pantry, which leads
to the rear of the house. His son,
Preston, who was upstairs at the time
of the shooting, a down and was at
his fathers side in an instant.
Mr. Harrison said, Il am shot, Pres
ton, and cannot live. Where is Annie?"
Mr.. Harrison hastily left his fathers
side, and rushed out upon the street in
pursuit of the assassin.
The pursuer, who had been rein
forced by an officer and several citi-
zens, gained rapidly on their man, and
in a few moments he reached the De-
splaines street police station. He
walked in and approached the sergeant
at the desk. He was about to speak
when the foremost of his pursuers
rushed breathless into the station.
Lock that man up" said the coach
man; The has killed Mayor Harrison"
Without waiting to register the
prisoner he was quickly taken back
and placed behind the bars. The sta
ton vas then cleared of the excited
people and the sergeant went for a talk
with the prisoner.
My name is Eugene Patrick Prem
dergast, he said in response to the first
inquiry.
DO you know that you have killed
Mayor HarrisOn2" asked the sergeant.
Eyes, and I am glad Of it." was the
answer. He promised to give me the
corporation counselship and he has not
kept his word"
Where do you live2"
AT O9 Jane street with my mother"
said the man.
P~rendergast repeated at. the central
Office statement made previously,
that he killed Mayor Harrison because
he did not keep his promise to make
him corporation counsel.
Miss Annie Howard, the fancee of
Mr.. Harrison, was in the house at the
time the fatal shot was fired. In ac-
cordance with the wounded mans re-
quest, she was at once summoned to
his side, and was present when the end
came.