The record-union., 1893-10-30

murderer had been lost. But even before
the Mayor had breathed his last, officers
from every station in the city were on the
lookout for the murderer.
Every possible effort was made to secure
medical attendance for Harrison, but
when DR.. Lyman, the first physician tc
arrive, reached the Mayors side, the pa
tient was a dead man.
Meantime the tidings of the murder
swept like an electric shock through the
city. Every body seemed to gather about
the central station. Bulletins were posted
in prominent downtown places, and
about them eager crowds surged and
struggled. Newspaper offices were be-
sieged by eager questioners and business
for time was at a standstill.
THE ASSASSIN sURRENDERs HIMSELF.
About twenty-five minutes after the
shooting Sergeant Frank Mcdonald was
standing in the Office of the Desplaines-
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 and in walked small, smooth
shaven, poorly dressed man, carrying a
revolver in his hand. He shook like a
man with palsy; his face was white and
drawn; great drops of perspiration
chased each other down his face, and his
tottering limbs seemed scarcely able to
hold him up. Looking at Mcdonald
straight in the eye, he said:
Il did it,
''You did it ?" asked Mcdonald.
es, did"
Ibid what ?" said the officer, as he laid
one hand on the mans shoulder and
with the other took the revolver.
II shot Mayor Harrison, and that is
what 1 shot him with" was the reply.
'What made you do it ?' asked Nc
Donald.
HE said he would make me CorDo-
ration Counsel, and he did not; that is
what [ shot him for"
PIendergast was trembling so that he
could scarcely stand, and the officer led
him to a chair and asked him few more
questions, to which Prendergast would
only make the reply he had first given as
to the cause of the shooting. He said that
after leaving Harrison's house he had
taken a street-car and started toward the
DeSplaineS-S station with the object
OF giving himselfup.
The car did not go very FAST" he said
''Or | would have been here sooner"
When Pendergast was lodged in the
County Jail he was not disposed to talk,
but to-day asked to see the papers. They
were handed him, but the local pages
containing the story Of the crime were not
given him, and be quickly asked for an
account of the murder. He read it in a
mechanical manner, and then said: u
did my duty"
did Harrison say anything to you
when you met him in the house?" was
asked.
mo, drew my revolver and fired AT
the first shot Harrison shouted: Muir
DER but did not hear him say anything
else.'
MIR. HARRISON'S FIANCEE.
Miss Annie Howard, fiancee of Mr..
Harrison, was not in the house at the
time the fatal shots were fired, but, in ac-
cordance with the wounded mans re.
quest. she was at once summoned
Miss Howard's grief was pitiable. She
was completely overcome, and was tax en-
to the house of Carter Harrison, IT., where
she spent the night. Carter Harrison,
Jr., was at Jackson Park when the news
Of his fathers death reached him, and he
fastened home.
Mrs. Heaton Ousley, the Mayors
daughter, who resides nearly five miles
from her fathers residence, received the
news by telephone and fastened to Ash
land boulevard, but her father was dead
twenty minutes before she arrived.
BIOGRAPHY OF MAYOR HARRISON.
Carter II. Harrison was born near Lex
ington, Ky, on February 10, 1928. His
great-great-g was the father OF
Benjamin, who was the father of presi-
dent William Henry Harrison, and his
grandfather was a first cousin of John c.
Breckenridge and of Benjamin Harrison.
By the death of his father he was left at
the age of years to the care of his
mother, who was daughter of Colonel
William Russell of the United States
army, the great Northwestern pioneer.
Dr. Lewis Marshall, brother of the Chief
Justice and the father of Tom Marshall
prepared him Tor Yale, where he gradu-
ated IN 1915.
After graduating in law at Pennsylvania
and travelling abroad for two years he set
tied in Chicago in 1885, invested in real
estate and became wealthy. He was
Commissioner of Cook County from 1871
to 1874, when he went to Congress, serv-
ing two years. He attracted attention
during the Hayes-Tilden contest, when
he introduced resolution for a siX-year
Presidential term and making Presidents
eligible for one term only but Senator for
life at the expiration of their term. He
was elected Mayor of Chicago in 1879,
1881, 1888, 1885 and 1893. In 1884 he was
the Democratic candidate against Oglesby
for Governor of Illinois, and in the same
year was delegate-at-large to the National
Convention that nominated Cleveland.
After completing his fourth term as
Mayor he made trip around the world,
and wrote "a Race With the Sum-" In
1850 he visited Alaska and the National
Park of the Yellowstone, and his book,
Summers OUTING" added to his literary
fame In 1891 he purchased the Chicago
Times, which he edited until elected
Mayor last April. and which his sons
now own. He was married in 1885 to
Supley Preston. She died in Europe in
1876.
In 1882 he married Marguerite Stearns,
who died in 1887, and he was to have been
married in a few days TO Miss Anna How
ard of New Orleans. At the time of his
death he was a candidate for United
States Senator. During the past six
months he has received the officials and
delegations visiting the Worlds Fair, and
the different congresses and conventions
from all parts of the country and the
world, and his welcome addresses consti-
tute a volume of happy thoughts and
suggestions. His last address was deliv-
cred yesterday 10 the visiting Mayors and
municipal officers.
FUNERAL TO TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-The inquest on the
body of Mayor Harrison was held to-day
at his late residence. Except for techni-
cal description of the wounds but little
new was elected. The verdict was in ac-
cordance with the facts, and recommended
that Prendergast be held for murder until
discharged by due process of law. Prem
dergast was present at the inquest, and
maintained a stolid Indifference, except
when attracted by the presence of Mrs.
Chalmers. He asked ii she was Mrs.
Harrison, and ssaid he wanted to tell her
he was sorry for her trouble.
The Harrison residence was thronged
with sorrowing friends all day, and the
sidewalks in the vicinity were impass-
able. Members of the family denied ad
mittance TO all but intimate friends. All
of them bore up bravery under the terri
BILE afflietion, the real significance of
which could hardly be realized by them.
Miss Howard, the late Mayors fiancee,
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