The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-01
MISS HOWARD, HIS FIANCEE.
The Young Lady Present When the
End Came.

End Came.
Miss Annie Howard, the finance Of
Mr. Harrison was i'm the house at the
time Of the fatal shot was fired In ac-
cOrdance with the wounded mans re-
quest she was at once summoned to his
side and was present when the end
came. When IL became evident that Mr..
Harrison could not survive his injuries
and could live but "a few moments at
most, Miss Towards grief was pitiable.
She was completely overcome and was
led away by friends who feared for the
effect upon her of her grief. She was
taken In a closed carriage TO the home
of Carter H. Harrison. jr., where she
spent the night.
Carter III. Harrison, jr., was at Jack
son park when the news of his fathers
death reached him. AS soon as. possi-
bic after the shooting a messenger was
sent to the fair grounds to find him as
Il was known he had intended to spend
the evening there. He would hardly be-
lieve the news when 1t was told him,
but he Immediately left the fair grounds
and as quickly as possible went to the
family residence at Ashland-boulevard.
Mrs. Heaton Owsley, the mayors
daughter. resides at 504 Ernest. on the
north side, fully five miles from her
fathers residence. The news was con-
Veyed to her by telephone and she hur-
ried to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with all the
speed her horse could make. She came
too alte. however, to see her father alive,
as he had been dead fully twenty min
utes when her carriage stopped at the
doorway.
Peter Reicheiz, Mayor Harrison's
private coachman, was laboring under
great excitement when he returned after
making an effort to capture Prendergast.
when entered the house through
rear door," he said. II commenced TAX
ing off my overcoat. Suddenly / heard
three shots fired very rapidly one after
the other and I FASTENED at once 10 the
front of the house, from where l thought
the sound OF the shots came. AS /
stepped into the hall / saw the man
walking toward the front door with his
revolver in his hand. / did not see Mr..
Harrison, for he had by that time en-
tered the dining-room again, but drew
my revolver and fired four shots at the
man. 1 was so excited that my hand
was unsteady and although only a short
distance separated US none OF the shots
took effect. The man fired one shot at
me and then turned and started to run
out on the street. / was after him I'm
moment Shouted for him to stop and
also called the police. The man was too
swift a runner for me though, and he
ran up Ashland-ave he turned east on
Adams-st. and when / arrived at the
corner l could not see him and 1 re-
10 the nOuSe.
Harrison's Last speech.
The mayors of seventy American cities
were present today at Music hail. Heavy
delegations came from Illinois. Iowa and
Wisconsin, New England. the group of
southern state. New York, Michigan and
the West and Northwest. including Cali
fornia and Minnesota were all repre-
scented. Ex-President Harrison was there
and made speech. Mayor Harrison. so
soon TO fall under an assassin's bullet.
I'm his address declared Chicago 10 be
the greatest city in the United States,
and the best In the world in general
points. He favored reopening the fair
next year and said II IL was done ESQ.,
900 people a day would come to see the
fair for five months.
sketch of Carter Harrison's Life.
Carter III. Harrison, mayor OF Chicago
and editor of the Chicago Times, has
long been one of the city's most noted
Continued an Pane.