The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-03

rang and n moment later the parlo. maid
came in and said n young man who said
Ne was n city official desired to see Mr..
Harrison. The mayor ;Sas q man who
eevsr refused to sec anybody and he Inn
msdiAtely left the table and went into the
hail, which was brightly lighted. He ad-
vanccd to withina few feet Of the assassin,
when the latter pulled out a pistol and be-
gan firing without n word. II rec shots
were fired m rapidly rs he could pull the
trigger and two Of the bullets took effect
In the Victims body.
The Bullet Had Done Its Work.
Within a few minutes after the shots
were fired DIR. Foster, who had been sum.
moncd, arrived, and almost simultaneous
ly came Drs. Lyman, Washburn and
Thomas. There was nothing to I've done.
The Rssassin's bullet had accomplished its
purpose. Death was doing its work. The
dying mar spoke very few words after the
doctors arrived. To DIR. Foster he ex-
claimed just before no died: "Whcre IL
Annie (his intended wife, Miss Howard:
why don't somebody fetch her." Then q
moment later he asked for water and
spoke no more. DIR. Foster says that the
bullet that killed Mr.. Harrilon was one
that entered just above the navel, II hav.
ing caused internal hcmorrhage. The
other body wound was in the right side
Just under the arm. One shot took effect
In the left hand.
1t ID not too much TO say that "politics
did It," For the assassin shot because he
was rs he claims, disappointed in getting
city of1cc, and the mayors presence In
the city Mt the time was caused by the
xr,.t, ata,t.,, 10. .I..l. L. l.l -
pOned his marriage. Had he carried out
his original intention he would have been
mt New Orleans ut this time and-but
who knows what might have beenp His
flance Miss Howard. Of the Crescent City,
was here and arrived at the mayors resi-.
dcnce soon after his death. She had been
notified Of the shooting Immediately by
telephone, and did not know 1t wa fatal
until she arrived at tho scene Of the
tragedy, where on being told the awful
truth she sank half fainting into tho arms
OF Mrs. Chalmers.
The Assassin.
And the man who shot, who was her A
crank perhaps, but not nearly SO crazy "a
Guiteau. A man Of - with u face that
has viciousnoss printed all over 1t Is the
way he Is described by the city press. At
AAA ukc uo hhu Jun hutiiiik buttcu " uld
talents higher than carrier OF newspapers,
and he did that 80 poorly that one paper
discharged him. lie was not worth to
the community or to mankind as much IN
. month AS Mayor Harrison was in a
minute. He went to tho Desplaines Street
station and told the policemen he had shot
Mayor Harrison, and they took him to
headquarters where for au hour he was
questioned and cross-examined% apparently
with a view to ascertaining whether he
was insane or not.
For. rs the mayors son says, ''The man
who Killed my father must lave Teen in
sane" There are a good many people IL
Chicago, however, who believe that this
particular Kind OF insanity should always
insure its possessor a quick and certain
death instead Of u term ut Kankakee, to
be followed by release and freedom to kill
some one else. To the questions PROFOUND.
cd the assassin said his name was Eugene
Patrick Pre- ndergast; that he shot the
mayor because the mayor had betrayed
his confidence (said betrayal consisting a.
near rs 1t could be made on, in refusing
to appoint Pr, ndergast to the position Of
corporation ~counsel); that he expected 70
be acquitted, because lac was justified IN
shooting.
SehSsS -hSA1aiC hCii Vu luuutbt Nt tlS
Harrison residence and Prendergast wa,
held to the grand jury. lie wat hurriedly
takento the county Jail, where no now &C
cnpief cell No. IL, in which Anarchis,
Linn committed suicide.
Carter II. Harrison's Career.
From young manhood to the hour When
the assassin's bullet put an end to "a lf,
filed with years and with honors tn,
career Of Carter Henry Harrison has beer
closely interviewer with the history Of Chi
cago. Born in Fayettc county. Ky, sprung
Of u stock represented at the signing Of
the Declaration Of Independence, Carter
ii. Harrison led ill his Goth year the flu,
life oi "a son of one of the gentlemen plant
ers OF the old commonwealth. Aud no III,
could be more pleasant. The date of hi
birth was Feb. IL, ISIS. After completin.
his common school and academic educa
ton he studied under DIR. Marshall, ol
Lexington, brother of Chief Justice Mar
shall and father of the celebrated wit Ton
.issshall, preparing himself for his Uni
Ns:sity course.
His political career began In ls7l. ant
those v hu have only known Garter" Har
IiAcs-as hc was universally known herr
--sir,e that time will lind some difficult!
~ sSliurs,.x that he was ever timid aboul
SyscErE. For d nian moro ready 10 Bpeal