Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-04


o'clock the doorbell rang and when
Mary Hansen, the domestic, opened the
door, she was confronted by man
about feet 5 inches, smooth shaven,
his rather clean cut features lit up by a
pair of dark eyes
SIS Mr.. Harrison in?" asked the man
in quiet, pleasant voice.
Eyes, sir" responded the girl.
81 would like to see him, please" said
the man, as he walked toward the back
end of the hall.
Mr.. Harrison was in the diningroom,
which enters into the rear end of the
hall. Hearing the man asking for him,
he rose and, stepping into the hall,
walked toward Prendergast. who, by
the time he caught sight of Mr.. Harri-
son, had advanced about 10 feet from
the doorway. Without saying a word
Prendergast drew his revolver and COM
menced to fire. He pulled the trigger
but three times, and every bullet hit
the mark. One ball shattered Mr..
Harrison's left hand, another passed
into the lower right side of the abdo-
men, making a wound ,that would have
been mortal within few days, and the
third bullet entered the chest slightly
above the heart This bullet was the
immediate cause of death AS soon as
Prendergast began to fire Mr. Harrison
turned and walked rapidly toward the
dining room. He walked through the
door, across the diningroom and passed
into a buffers pantry opening off the
room, where, weakened by the loss Of
blood, he fell to the floor.
Prendergast did not follow up his
victim or make any attempt to ascer-
tain how deadly his aim had been. He
replaced his revolver in his pocket with
the same deliberation that had marked
all of his actions and started toward
the door Just as he was passing
through the doorway William Preston
Harrison, the mayors son, came tear
ing down the stairs from the upper por-
ton of the house just as Mr.. Harrison
coachman ran into the rear end of the
hall. The cries of Mary Hansen di-
Iected the son to where the father lay,
but the coachman was after other
game. He had revolver of his own
and as quickly IS he realized what had
occurred he sent a bullet after the dis
appearing murderer, second time his
revolver spoke. but both bullets went
wild
/ Every possible effort was made to So
cure medical attendance for Mr.. Harri-
son. but when DR.. Lyman, the first
physician to arrive at the house, reached
1 the mayors side he was dead man.
/ Miss Annie Howard. the fancee OF
| Mr.. Harrison, was in the holse at the
/ time the fatal shot was fired and at the
/ request of the dying man she was sent
/ for and remained with him until death
+ came.
About % minutes after the shooting
small, smooth shaven man. poorly
dressed and carrying a revolver in his
/ hand, walked into the Desplaines street
| station and told Sergeant Mcdonald
that he had killed Mayor Harrison.
/ The news that the murderer was in
the station soon spread. and in short
/ time the street was packed with people.
and frequent cries of lynching were
/ heard. The officers feared the mob
would take the law in their own hands,
and hurried the prisoner to place OF
safety,
| Garter H Harrison was born near Lexing-
/ ton. Ky, Feb Is. 1921. His greaf -great-grlnd-
father was father Of Benjamin, who was
father Of Pre- ident William Henry Harris
son. His grand father was frs. cousin OF
/ Thomas letters and he hmse was cousin
Of John c. Breckenridge an Benjamin Har-
/ rson. By the death of his father he waI left
when years old to the care of his mo her
who was daughter Of Colonel William Russell
| Of the United States army and northwest
Urn pioneer DR.. Lewis, Marshall bro. her Of
] Chief JUSTICE and father of Tom Marshall,
prepared him for Yale where he graduated ia
/ isi5. After graduating at Pennsylvania In
law and travelling two years abroad he CANT
10 Chicago in 1915. invested in real estate and
became wealthy. He was commits oner o.
/ Cook county from 1871 TO 1874. when he went
/ To congress.
/ He was elected mayor of Chicago in 1879
/ 1881, 1888. 1881 and 1898. In 1881, lie was the
/ Temperate candidate against 0glesby fol
! governor of Illno and the same year dele
1 gate:at-large to the ,tional convention that
/ nominated Cleveland. After completing his
/ fourth term as mayor he made trip around
! the world and wrote "A Race With the Sun
! in 1890, he visited Alaska and the natona
/ PARKS ana his book On "A Summers Outing,
/ also added to his literary fame. In 1891. ht
/ purchased the Chicago 1imas, which he edited
till elected mayor last April. In 1855, he wa:
I married to Sophy Preston. She died in Europ,
! in 1873. In 1882 he married Marguerite e
/ Stearns. who died in 1857, and he was o havs
been married a few days hence TO Miss AIMS
| Howard Of New Orleans.