The sun., 1893-10-30
vas taken through the kitchen out OF the rear
doorway to the alley in which stood the car
rlage The prisoner was then driven directly
,Hs PRISONER IN l1yoc,s CELL.
After tb~ inquest Pr"nderrnst Asked for
the NeMsnnprr.-Mls Eormer LLr.

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After tb. Inquest Pr~nderenrt A.ked for
the Newspnprr--ui- Former Lhe.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2o.-.Ths assassin Prendoreast
slept little last night. He was taken from the
Central station Mt 1890 o'clock TO the Chicago
avenue station and placed In coll. This was
thought advisable because OF the grent crowd
about the CITY Hall watch was set upon
the murderer. He Law upon n narrow bench
and slept n little lie was taciturn after he
awoke. This morning he ate the break fast
offered to him with relish. At 10 o'clock
he was told that ho would be taken to
the inquest He wns taken in q
carriage by 1icut Haas and Policemen Fla
| herty and Murphy. lrenderCast was hand-
! cufreh to flaherty when he started for the
scene OF the tragedy. Several thousand per-
sons had gathered about the Harrison resi-
donce. and II was thought best to take the
| prisoner In at the rear door.
After the inquest. Haas. the two police
! officers, and prendergast were driven back
! through the alleys and uuiet streets TO tho
! county jail. The Coroners commitment was
produced and read 10y Acting Jailer frice who
took charge of the prisoner, 1t was then l2:+5
| o'clock. During the drive Prcndergast had re-
! mained silent declining to converse about the
murder or anything else lie was placed in
| cell II. In which Anarchist Louis LinGg COM
| mitted suicide. There he was watched and
| guarded like n condemned murderer.
| Tho key had scarcely been turned when
| Prendergast asked to see the morning news
papers. Price gave him tho supplements and
| advertising sheets OF several. but the prisoner
asked for the account or the murder These
were given to him later. but he made no COM
ments. He did not lose his appetite for dinner
but answered questions in u scarcely audible
| and not ut all Ineligible voice. About all
that could be gathered from his mutterinRs
was that he felt justified in what he had done
and thought the law would acquit him. He
said he was tired out from watching and from
| the talking hs had already done. No extra
force of men was deemed necessary at the
Iail.
prendergast was roomer for eight days at
ia tuEenis street: on the North side. He
room in the family Of John AI"recht. n dealer
in cigars. who lives on the top floor of three
st95 Drsk sh Ths aoTsa hin to
I've never saw Prendergast until he came
knew nothing ABOUT him Whatever. He ate no
meals aud never had anytn pg to say to any Of
him 10 be n laboring man. One day asked
him what his occupation was. but he made no
feared that he was not all right. He left his
room in such a disordered condition, that
asked him to leave. He did not talk with any
one. He went out to neighboring saloon
nearly every night for pail OF beer and drank
lrendergast was bogy man to the syarms
OF small children in the neiEhborhood: His
appearance Is said to have frightened them.
IrenderGast made no acQuaintances during
the brief time lie roomed IN the neghDofhood,
and the saloon keepers whom he patronized
Mrs. Ellen Prendergast mother OF the muir
% Jane street. she is elderly MY ' SON has IA not not
lived with me for two years" she said to-day;
with money that he earned. him self he com
pleted course at st James's Academy OF this
hse ago and snee that ms has besn
in business for himself. He acquired the cir
enlatng route oi several T I'm morning n papers n
triSa.ins ti1 : eisssafs " H'f lie has siways been
HHdf H. him ss
man. He has had many, compliments on his
scholarly tendency. and has always been n
time to reading. Inever noticed any symptoms
Of insanity about him. and no one ever told me
with the single exception Of the great interest
he has lately taken in the single tax theory Of
th ass year s readng Henry
works. He has ulways favored single tax. but
not Sn Lately did he ,aS shSw
make them crazy to listen to him argue the
subject one day.
not permit him to talk on the subject In my
presence. hence ! am not fully aware OF the
extent to which this su beet has possession OF
his mind. He never made practice OF using
Intoxicating liquors or tobacco. and in daily
habitt have always regarded him as being
extremely temperate. sometimes 1t mas oc-
CURED to me that he went to the extreme in
this matter. He always seemed to be greatly
concerned about the intemperance OF those
about him Since he grad duated from the acad-
envy he has visited me quite often. He usual
ly called at my house about once In ten days
or two weeks.
The fact is none OF Prendergast's family be-
lieves him insane. They have always regarded
him as II model young man. since he WAS a
mere boy he has cared for himself. and his rel
ntives think he has saved snug sum OF money.
Neither his mother nor his uncle. Patrick King.
who is his mothers brother. say anything
have both declared that he differs from other
young mon only in being more Intelligent than
the average person Nothing that has ever
come from the pen OF Henry George has
statement or n proposition in Progress and
Poverty" with which he is not familiar.
When hoy he attended ST. PatricR school
on Desnlain1es street; ana ne applied hhmSieit
school to go and earn II living Tor himself his
education was advanced much beyond his
years; since leaving school hs has not neg
contided that he intended to read law. With
this purpose he paid some attention to polti-
cal questions. This line Of reading naly led
him to study Henry Georges theories OF tax
ation
Speaking OF Prendergast's day Lieut.. Hass
said He has refused 10 talk all day except
to give terance to n few sentences now and
why no did the shooting and made the same
statement about the Mayors refusal to ap-
point him Corporation Counsel Last night he
made some threats about beating his brains
out against the cell bars, but think he In
tended nothing OF the kind