The herald., 1893-10-29
MURDERED BY A CRANK.
Mayor Carter II. Harrison
Assassinated.
Shot Without Warming in His
Quiet Home.
The Crime Committed by Grassy
Young Man.
He Immediately Surrenders to the Po-
Iice-The Widest Excitement Caused
He immediately surrsnders to the Po-
1ice-The Widest Excitement Caused
by the Tragedy-The Dead
Mans Career.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-Another crasy
crank has done his deadly work, and
Garter H. Harrison, five times mayor of
Chicago, and one of the best known men
in the west, lies dead at his home, 231
South Ashton boulevard. Three bullets
entered his body, two making wounds
sufficient to cause his death. The MUIR
der was committed by Eugene Patrick
Prendergast, paper carrier, who had
declared Mayor Harrison had promised
to make him corporation counsel and
had not kept his word. This. he said,
was his only reason for committing the
crime.
The only person in the house at the
time Of the shooting, beside Mr.. Har-
rison, was his son, William Preston
Harrison, aged 25, and the servants.
Shortly before o'clock the door bell
rang, and when Mary Hansen, domes-
tic, opened the door she was confronted
by man about five feet five inches
high, smooth shaven, clean-cut features
lit by pair of dark eyes.
"Is Mr.. Harrison in ?'' asked the man
in quiet. pleasant voice.
Eyes, SIR" replied the girl, as she
threw open the door to permit his en-
trance.
II would like to see him, please"
said the man, as he walked toward the
back end of the hall. Harrison was in
the dining room, which opened into the
rear of the hall. Hearing man asking
for him he stepped into the hall and
walked toward Prendergast.
SHOT WITHOUT WARNING.
Without saying a word, Prendergast
drew revolver and commenced to fire.
He pulled the trigger but three times.
and every bullet hit the mark. One
bullet shattered Harrison's left hand;
another passed into the lower right side
of his abdomen, making a wound that
would have been mortal within 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 to fire,
Harrison turned and walked rapidly
toward the dining room. He passed
through the room into the buffers pam
try. where, weakened by the loss of
blood. he fell to the floor.
THE ASSASSIN ESCAPES.
Prendergast did not follow up his vic
tim, but replaced his revolver in his
pocket with the same deliberation that
marked all OF his actions, and started
for the door. Just as he was passing
out, William Preston Harrison came
tearing down the stairs and the coach
man ran into the rear end Of the hall.
The cries of Mary Hansen directed the
son to whore his father lay, but the
coachman was after other game. He
had revolver OF his own, and as quick
ly as he realized what had occurred, he
sent bullet after the disappearing
form of the murderer. A second time
he fred but both bullets went wild.
Running to the door the coachmsn pre-
pared to continue hostilities. but several
people were entering to learn the cause
of the shooting, and by the time the
coachman reached the sidewalk the as
sassin had disappeared
THE DEATH SCENE.
Across Ashland boulevard, directly
opposite the Harrison residence, is the
home OF W. ]. Chalmers, the wealthy
maker'of mining machinery. Chalmers
was standing upon the front steps of his
residence when the shots were fred. He
dashed across the street and met Prem
dersast at the gate.
"Wbat is it ?" said Chalmers.
The man walked rapidly away with
ont replying, and Chalmers hastened
into the house at almost the same mo-
ment that William Preston Harrison
found whore his father lay.
'Are you hurt?" asked Chalmers. M
he and the con of the dying man surovs
to raise him.
"I have got my death, Chalmers" re-
sponded the mayor.
Il am shot in the heart, and am .
dead man."
A moment later Harrison said, with
voice rapidly losing strength: 'Unbut-
ton my vest, there's where the trouble
is.'
By this time the stricken man Was
borne to couch in an adjoining room
and as he spoke Chalmers gently opened
his waist-coat. The front OF his shirt
WAS soaked in blood which welled rap
idly from the wound.