Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-04
MAYOR CARTER II. HARRISON. or
CHICAGO. SHOT AT HIS RESI-
DENCE LAST NIGHT.
CRAZY MANS CRIME.
Dies Twenty Minutes After the Deed
d, Done. Murderer ConfesseS.


carrier.
I Mayor Harrison. who but a snort
tine previously had returned home
I from the festivities Of mayors day at
the worlds fair was lying on a sofa
In the front room.
About o'clock the door bell rang and
when a servant opened the door a man
rushed into the room where Harrison
was lying and fired three shots at him,
all Of which took effect
Harrison died in tw T." minutes.
Thus another crazy cralk has done
bis deadly work, ANA larter H. Halri-
son. FIVE times mayer Of Chicago and
one oil the best known men in the west,
lies dead at his home 23t South Ash
land boulevard Three bullets entered
his body two Of them making wounds
sufficient to cause his death
The murder was committed by Eu-
gene Patrick PrendergaSt a paper
carrier who had declared that Mayor
Harrison had promised 10 make him
corporation council and had not kept
his word This, he said, was his only
reason for committing the crime
The only persons in the house nc the
time Of the shooting, beside Mr. Harri-
Sun were HIS son Nllilalu Preston
Harrison, aged p his iiancec, Miss
Annie Howard. and the servants.
Shortly before S o'clock the door bell
'''L-, "n" "H'A Mary hansen 40
'HeSAe' aH>NeIeH 'he can, she was
couir"hl'1 by a man about hNe iecJ
'.'e Ii'cli'a H'-ll, Ni..""'h SH'Neh' WIN
'i''.a 'u' features Ht up ny u lE'lf Oh
dalN eyes
Is Mr.. h.lFiIs"h III asked the main
ia a quiet pheasant voice
rs slt' responded the sili as sile
tIfeW open me dols 10 admit the man.
Wouid IKE 10 see MN, please.
SAID the man as he walked toward the
BACK ena Ol Tie nan. Hearing the man
Hsh Tor him, Mt harrison stepped into
The Hll anu walked toward Premier
CAST
Without saying a word PreudcrgaSt
drew revolver and commenced firing
lie pulled the trigger but three times
ana every bullet hit the mar1.
one bullet shattered Mr. HalTisou's
left hand, another passed into the low
IN right side Of the abdomen, making
a wound that would have been mortal
within a few days, the third bullet
entered the chest slightly above The
heart This wound was the immediate
cause Of his death.
As soon as Prendergast began 10 fire
Harrison turned ana walked rapidly f.
toward the dining room. He passed .
through the room into the buffers T.
pantry, where, weakened by loss Of /.
blood. be fell to the floor.
PcnderTast did not follow up his vic I
tim, bat repla red the revolver in his .
pocket with the same delibcrati0n that /
marked an OF his actions and started f
toward the door
Just as he was passing out William I.
Preston Harrison came tearing down
the stairs ana the coachman ran into
the rear end of the hall The cries Of /
Mary Hansen directed the son to
where his father lay, but the coachman
vas after other game. lie had a re-
volver of his own and as quickly as
he realized what had occurred he sent
a bullet after the disappearing form of
the murderer The second time be
fired the bullet went wide of its mark.
Running to the door the coachman
prepared to continue hostilitles. but
several people were entering to learn
the cause Of the shooting ana by the
time the coachman reached the side
walk Pendergast had disappeared.
Across Ashland boulevard directly
opposite the Harrison residence is the
home Of ". 7. Chalmers. a wealthy
manufacturer OF mining machinery
Chalmers was standing unon the front
staps of his residence whom the shots
we're fired. He dashed across the street
and moi papdorrost NJ the pote
..Wbat is ma" said Chalmers The
man v,,lI,ad rani,flv AWAY without ~.
,Ivln., and Chalmers FASTENED into the
,6usa ami reached Mr. Harrison almost
.ba Same moment that Wm Harrison
found whore his fatbar law