The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-11-01


which had been taken from the muir
drer was given into the keeping OF the
officer in charge.
Shortly after IL o'clock the patrol
was again brought into requisition for
the purpose of conveying the prisoner
to the county Jail. The news that the
murderer had been apprehended spread
rapidly down town and when the Off
GERS emerged from the station in the
big county building, they found
crowd of nearly 500 persons assembled
about the entrance to and the walk
from the station. The prisoner was in
stantly brought back into the station
and consultation held. The officers,
fearing violence to the prisoner from
the crowd without, feared to make the
trip and asked for reinforcements. A
detail of six officers was summoned and
at ll:15 the prisoner, closely guarded,
was brought out of the station, hurried
through the long passage-way to the
street and hustled into the wagon in a
jiffy. The officers were barely seated
before the wagon was in motion and
amid the mutterings of the crowd was
hurried off to the North Side, where
he was lodged in the county jail for
safe keeping.
Carter Henry Harrison was born In Fayette
county. KY. February Is, 1928 Richard A. Har
r!son. Cromwell's lieutenant general who led
Charles 10 the block. is his earliest ancestor
preserved in the family archives. The name
was conspicuous In Virginia during tho colonial
period and Carter I. Harrison, his greatgrand'
father, aud mis- brother Benjamin Harrison, the
signer Of the Declaration OF Independence and
father OF President William Henry Harrison,
are enrolled In the annals OF the infancy OF the
United States OF America
Carter II. Harrison graduated at Yale In l84o,
read law, engaged in farming, Travelled for two
years In foreign countries md after receiving
his degree from Transylvania law school, Lex
ington, Ky. settled In Chicago, where he en-
gagged In real estate operations. After the great
hre OF is7l he served ns county commissioner
for three years After returning from second
European journey In 1874 he was elected TO con-
gress
He vus afierward chosen mayor OF Chicago,
IN " hlch oftlce he was continued for four bi'on'
NAL terms. In 1890 he ran for mayor OF Chicago
as IN independent against Dewitt @. Creigier,
the regular democratic nominee. and Hemp.
stead Washburn, republican. The three-cor'
nerCd fight resulted in the election OF the repub-
lican candidate Again, In 1892, notwithstand'
ing the fact that he was generally held respon'
sible for tho democratic defeat in 1890 in this
strongly democratic city, he secured the regl
lar nomination OF that party for mayor after 0
memorable fight, backed solely by his own per
sonality The campaign was one Of the most
n N ronnVd and MnyOI
Harrison held his ONCE as result Of that fight
his majority reaching almost $1,000, one OF thu
greatest personal triumphs recorded In Ameri
can polite cs.
After completing his fourth term as mayor,
Mr.. Harrison made trip around the world and
wrote "a Race With the Sun" In 1900 he Wis
tied Alaska and the national parks, and his book
on "a Summers Outing" also aided 10 his liter
airy fame. In 1891 he purchased the Chicago
Times. which he edited till elected mayor lasl
April, and which his sons, William Preston
Harrison and Carter Harrison, IT., now own.
He was married In issS TO Sophia Preston
She died In Europe In 1879. In 1881
he married Marguerite Z. Stearns, who
died In 1887 and he was 70 have beer
married n few days hence TO Miss Anna How
ard, OF New Orleans He was at the time Of hi
death a candidate for United States senator
d ring the past siK months he has received
onicials and delegations visiting the worlds
fair and different congresses and conventions
from all parts OF the country and world, aud hii
welcome addresses cons titute volume OF happy
thoughts and suggestions His last address o
welcome was made Saturday TO visiting mayors
and municipal officers
Patrick Eugene Prendergast, the
crank who assassinated Mayor Harri
son, is In secret custody, the place o.
his custody being known only to the
police. There is no longer any fear o.
lynching, but the higher officials Of the
police department thought 1t best to b,
on the safe side, and at 7 o'clock Sun
day morning Prendergast was removed
quietly from the Central station, WHERE
he was first confined, TO one Of the out
lying police stations.
Up TO the time of his removal Prem
dergast maintained the sullen, defian
and indifferent attitude that he haC
shown ever since he gave himself up
Despite the assertion Of DIR. Laidlaw
the Prendergast family physician, tina
! the assassin had never shown any indi
cation of mental alteration, there i
no doubt in the minds of those whit
have seen and conversed with him tha
he is insane.
History of the shooting retold ant
statements Of physicians occupied tn
attention Of the coroner's jury at tn
Harrison residence for an hour yester
day morning. Excepting a technica
description of the wounds, little wa
added TO the information already a
the disposal Of the officers Of the Law
The verdict recommended that Prer
dergast be held for the murder unit
DISCHARGED by due process of law.