St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-29

The front Of his shirt was soaked in
blood which welled rapidly from two
holes, one Just above the heart, the
other In his abdomen.
''lt's through the heart" said the
mayor again, his voice now scarcely
above a whisper. A moment later he
sank into uncOns sciousness and in twenty
minutes after receiving the wounds
MR.. HARRISON WAS DEAD.
When young Mr.. Harrison came rum
ming down stairs to learn the cause of
the shooting, he passed burglar alarm.
He reached out his hand and turned in
an alarm, and even before he had
reached his fathers side a patrol
wagon filled with officers from Lake
street station, about third of mile
distant, was dashing toward the mayors
home. By the time the officers ar
rived, all trace of the murderer had
been lost, and even before the mayor
had breathed his last officers from
every station in the city were on the
outlook for q small. smooth-shaven
man, twenty-five years of age. Every
possible effort was made to secure
medical attendance for Mr.. Harrison,
but when DR.. Lyman, the first physician
to arrive at the house, reached the
mayors side, he was dead man. Drs.
Thomas, Foster ana Washburn followed
in quick succession, but they were
unable to do anything, and they
soon left the house. About TWENTY-FIVE
minutes after the shooting, Sergeant
Frank Mcdonald was standing in the
office Of the Desplaines street station.
Every available officer had already
been hurried out to work on the case.
and Sergeant Mcdonald, who had just
come in from other work, was preparing
to follow. The door was pushed gently
open, and in walked a small, smooth
shayen man, poorly dressed, and carry
ing revolver in his hand. He shook
like man with the palsy, his face was
white and drawn, great drops Of per-
spiratlon chased each other down his
face and his tottering limbs seemed
scarcely able to hold him upright. He
walked up to Mcdonald, who is pow
erful fellow, six feet tall, and looking
him straight in the eyes, said: 81
did it."
"You did it?" asked Mcdonald.
"Yes, l did it.''
ibid what?" said the officer, as he
laid one hand on the fellows shoulder,
| and with the other quietly took the re-
volver.
II shot Mayor Harrison, and that's
what l shot him with" was the reply,
as Prendergast made motion with his
hand toward the revolver.
"What made you do lt?" asked Nc
Donald.
"He said he would make me corpora
ton counsel, and he did not do it..
That's what I shot him for"
That was all there was about 1t,
| nothing dramatic, no bravado.
HE SPOKE OF HIS CRIME
as though it was nothing out of the or
binary, and matter entirely to be ex-
pected.
He was trembling 80 that he could
scarcely stand, and the officer led him
to chair and asked few more ques-
| tions, to which Prendergast had but one
| reply:
HE said he would make me corpora
tion counsel. He didn't, and 1 shot
| him. l meant to shoot him, and / went
there to do it,"
He said that after leaving the Harris
son house he had taken a street car and
started towards Desplaines street sta
| ton with the object of giving himself
| up. "The car did not go very fsst," he
| said. ''or would have been here
! sooner"
AS the station where he gave himself
| up is just four blocks over one mile
from the Harrison residence, he scarcely
| had time to do otherwise than as he
said.
The cell door had hardly changed shut.
behind the murderer when excited
crowds began gathering about the Des-
PLANES street station. Patrol wagons
ratified up to the place, their bells clang-
| ing as the officers jumped from their
seats and rushed into the station. Cabs
and carriages came by the score, and
| their occupants crowded and pushed
their way up the steps and into the Of
fee.
| Personal friends of the dead mayor,
| city officials aud the curious crowded
! over and against each other in a wild
endeavor to learn if the story was true.
An immense throng gathered on the
| sidewalks and in the streets about the
place. Lsborlng men going to their
homes swung off the street cars as they
reached the crowd, and when the cause
| Of the disturbance became known
added their voices to
TIE SUBDUED THREATS
of vengeance, for Mr.. Harrison was
popular With the masses. The streets