Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-03
KILLED BY A CRANK.
MAYOR CARTER II. HARRISON, OF
CHICAGO, SHOT AT HIS RESI-
DE\CE LAST NIGHT.
CRAZY MANS CRIME.
Dies Twenty Minutes After the Deed
Is Done. Murderer Coutesses.

Chicago, Oct. 2S.-AIayor Garter III.
Harrison was shot and killed ut his
own residence tonight by Il crazy paper
carrier
Mayor Harrison, who but a short
time previously had returned home
from The festivities of mayors day ut
i'll the front room.
About O'Clock the door bell rang anu
when Il servant opened the door 4 man
rushed into the room where Harrison
was lying and fired three shots at him,
all OF which took effect.
Harrison died in twenty minutes.
mus another crazy crank has done
his deadly work, and Carter III. Harri-
son, five times mayor Of Chicago ana
one of the best known mon i'll the west.
lies dead at his home, o31 South Ash
land boulevard. Three DUETS entered
his body, two of them making wounds
sufficient to cause his death
The murder was committed by Eu-
gene Patrick Prcndergast, Il paper
/, carrier, who had declared that Mayor
HARRISON had promised 10 make him
corporation council and had hot kept
his word. This, he said. WAS his only
reason for committing the crime
The only persons in the house ut the
time OF the shooting, beside Mr.. Ilarri-
son, We're his son, William Preston
Harrison aged %, his tiancee Miss
Annie Howard, and the servants
Shortly before 5 o'clock the door bell
rang, and when Mary Hansen, Il do
nestle, answered the call she was
confronted by man about five feet
five inches high, smooth Shayen, with
clean cut features lit up by IL pair Of
dark eyes.
is Mr.. Harrison in: asked the man
in quiet, pleasant voice.
Yes, sir" responded the girl, us She
threw open the door to admit the man
Il would like to soc him, please"
said the man as he walked toward the
back end of the hail. Hearing the man
ask for him, Mr.. Harrison stepped into
the hall and walked toward prcndcr-
CAST.
Without saying a word Prcndcrgast
drew Il revolver and commenced firing
lie pulled the trigger but three times
and every bullet hit the mark
One bullet shattered Mr.. Harrison's
left hand, another passed into the low
er right side of the abdomen, making
a wound that would have been mortal
within Il few days, the third bullet
entered the chest, slightly above the
heart. This wound was the immediate
cause of his death.
AS soon us Prendcrgast began to fire
Harrison turned and walked rapidly
toward the dining room. He passed
through the room into the buffers
pantry, where, weakened by loss of
blood, he fell to the floor
Pendergast did not follow up his vic
tim, but replaced the revolver in his
pocket with the same delibera ton that
marked all of his actions and started
toward the door.
Just as he was passing out William
Preston Harrison came tearing down
the stairs and the coachman ran into
the rear end of the hall. The cries of
Mary Hansen directed the son to where
his father lay, but the coachman was
after other game. He had revolver
Of his own and as quickly as he realiz-
ed what had occurred he sent a bullet
after the disappearing form of the muir
derer. The second time he fired the
bullet went wide of its mark
Running to the door the coachman
prepared to continue hOStilitieS, but
several people were entering to learn
the cause of the shooting and by the
time the cOachman reached the side
walk Prendergast had disappeared
Across Ashland boulevard, directly
opposite the Harrison residence, is the
home of w. J. Chalmers, i wealthy
manufacturer of mining machinery.
Chalmers was standing upon the front
steps of his residence when the shots
were fired. He dashed across the street
and met Prendergast at the gate.
What is it?' said Chalmers. The
man walked rapidly away without re-
plying, and Chalmers fastened into the
house and reached Mr.. Harrison almost
the same moment that VIM. Harrison
found where his father lay.
care you hurt?" asked Chalmers, as
he and the son of the dying man strove
to raise him.
L have got my death, Chalmers"
responded the mayor. I'm shot
through the heart and am dead man"
A moment later Mr.. Harrison said.
"Unbutton my vest; there's where the
trouble is
By that time the stricken man had
been borne to a couch i'll the adjoining
room, and as he spoke Chalmers gently
opened his waistcoat. Inc front of
his shirt was soaked in blood which
welled rapidly from the wound.
Its through the heart" said the
mayor again, his voice scarcely above a
whisper. A moment later he sank into
Inconsistencies, and twenty minutes
after receiving the wounds Mr.. Harri-
son was dead.
When young Harrison came down
stairs and learned the cause Of the
shooting, he turned in a burglar alarm,
and even before he reached his fathers
side patrol wagon filled with officers
from the Lake street station was dash
ing toward the mayors house.
When the officers arrived all trace
of the murderer was lost, and even
before the mayor breathed his last, Off
GERS from every station in the city
We're on the lookout for the murderer.
Every possible effort was made to
secure medical attendance for Mr.. Har-
rison, but when DR.. Lyman the first
physician to arrive, reached the may
or's side, he was dead.
MURDERER CONFESSEs.