The morning call., 1893-12-30
FOUND HIM GUILTY
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Garter. Harrison's Slayer
!. : :. " Convicted.
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pRENDERdAsr r MUST HANG.
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The wretched Murderer Came
g.: Very Near Painting.
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:PRENDERdAsT MUST HANG.
APPROVAL OF THE VERDICT.
Prominent Men and the Press Say
the Conviction Is Vindication
of the Law.

CHIcAeo. Dec. o. -. Prendergast the
murderer of Carter II. Harrison, will be
banged for the crime. The verdict of the
= jury said 1t and the people of Chicago ap-
prove it. Ably defended as the assassin
was and strong as the evidence adduced to
save his neck had been. the jury found him
sufficiently sane to be responsible for his
action and demanded that he pay the
highest penalty for the offense against the
law: This, however, is a sorry reeompense
for the life of Carter IL. Harrison.
Nothing since the commission of his
crime SO irritated Prendergast as the COM
parisop between himself and Guiteau, but
in the courtroom this afternoon be showed
that one trait existed in common between
e them. He proved himself an unmanly,
: miserable coward.who would save his own
life at any price. When Clerk Fitzgerald
arose and read the finding of the jury the
prisoner stood clptching the back of his
chair. His face flushed and his knees
:. trembled Violently: "We. the jury. find
70 the defendant, Patrick Eugene John Prem
dergast, guilty Of murder in the manner
Bnd form as charged in: the indictments
g snd fix the penalty at death, " read Fitz-
j.. gerald.
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: utter coward. His face turned pale, he
: opened his mouth to speak. but only faint
murmur:. came. He moved slightly and
:: would have: fallen but for the assistance
: of the haiiff. When the jury was polied
lie listened with avldity to each and every
ans wer TO Judge Brentaho's question, and
:. as each juror in. turn reiterated the verdict
tie Hast Yestige. of courage left Prender-
. CAST He was half led, half carried back
q ito: bis cell. where, refusing to speak, he
THREW himself upon a bunk in an attempt
: To hide :fr0m his fellow -prisoners. whose
: expressi ons of satisfaction over the YER
:;diet were more emphatic than graceful
and more sincere than polite.
=. In hfs closing argumentfor the ptosecuE
:. ton this morninE Attorney Trude took
occasion to refer 10 Henry George. the
!. .great sfngie-tax advocate, whom he char
aeterized as "a njgratory-and pestilential
-Ifara,I!te-'' Trhbe reviewed the -circum-
stances ofsthe. cowardly assassination of
= Cticag0's Mayor. and closed with an
=: eonnant plea for the conviction of the
prisoner, who, he declared had been pro ved
:: sane. by preponderance of evidence -.
The court then took recess till O'Clock
: ana promptly at that hour Judge Bren-
:: tan began to charge the jury. Prender-
:. CAST buried his face IN a black handker-
= cf ief and did not look up till at the close of
: The. judges charge the word death"
was uttered. and the prisoner.
'Inoked .uD;for an instant: Upon the ques-
:. tl0n OF Insanity, which was the main. point
.: at issue: Judge Brentanp- said If the jury
:: believed defendant committed the crime
q as charged, Knowing itwrong, it was the
duty of the jury TO find the prisoner guilty,
even th ough they believed. that at the time
=" the crime was committed the prisoner was
not perfectly. sane; but if the jury be-
= lieyed atthe time. the act was. committed
:; the pris s0ner was not of sound mind, but
= affected with insanity, and such affection
was efficient cause of the act. then the
prlsoneF ought TO be acquitted. If the jury
had any daubts as 10 the prisoners sanity
.: the. law gave him the benefit Of the doubt
:: H.the jury believed the defendant labor
ing under delnsiOn when deprived him
: of the power of choosing between right
and wrong, then the jury must acquit him.
=: 30 o'clock the jurors retired TO con-
slider q verdict Nothing was heard from
them for exactly an hour Then Baiiff.
Busse hurried through the room to notify
the jailorto bring the prisoner into court,
=. and few minutes later the Jurors fled in
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" AS Prendergast took a seat the Judge
: said 81 ave you agreed upon VERDICT"
: The twelve men bowed assent, and Fore
man Sufter bsnded "a paper containing the
verdict to Clerk Fitzgerald. When Fitz-
gerald read in measured tones fhe finding
= of the jaEy the prisoner had focused UPON
5 .hfHs the eyes of nearly every person in the
: ROOM and with difficulty he kept from.
breaking down. : : :
>: A ttorpey Wade made the usual request
that the jury: be potled, and then the pris-:
oner was removed and the Judge an
nounced that the jury was excused. and the.
proceedings were at an: end. Before the.
adjonr n1rent of court w ade made the.
! usual application for new trial, and: the
! Judge announced: that he would bear the
motion at a future. date. Z:
Fl he mother nf the prisoner did ot:trust
herself to remain in court TO hear the
: resuItof the trial. hut fingered around the
/: :c0rrldors waiting for the first. news. to
Come from the courtroona. When 1T came,
: sn:thssaat after the verdict was rendered,
20 net9ltered away. cifnging to the bannister
for sanDbrt as she descended the stairs.
: = = ohn .PrepderQast the prisoners brother,
Il ne was. IN court, left without attracting
attentfon. !. !. -. =.
: iTlde and bis associate, Todd, received
:: nearly coHgrAtulation9. Preston Harrison
i: pelpE one ct the first to thank I'rude for
:. hls .t eIofsst* Befote announcing the verdict
:, tpezlurym men agreed not to make public the
scenes y me lury-room, and after their
g atslnissaf: tney positively refused to talk.
=: rom: TOM q court official. however. it was
ieainsd tHe JuFY Was unanimously In favor
OF the death sentence:.:.
8 UNDER 'I['l THE ! DEATH WATCH:
.Frendergasf Regains His Composure,
:: = :::..::: :. but Declines to Talk. s:
:. CHICAGO. Dec. 29-"Please: ask. the