St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-30
TIE INQUEST.
One Of the Bullets Punctured the
Victims Liver.

One cf the Bullets punctured the
Victims Liver.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-The inquest on
the body of Mayor Harrison was held
today at his late residence, on Ashland
boulevard. Except a technical descrip-
ton of the wounds but little new was
ELECTED. The verdict was in accordance
with the facts, and recommended that
PrendergaSt be held for the murder
until discharged by due process of the
law. Mary Hansen, the domestic, and
Coachman RiSberg held to the stories
previously told, and identified Prender-
CAST as the mayors aSSailant. When
the prisoner encountered them at the
inquest he made no attempt to deny the
Identification, and in the instance of
Mary Hansen assented to it verbally.
He maintained a stolid Indifference
during the hearing. Once, how
ever, he betrayed little feeling
over his crime. He was sitting
near Lieut.. Haas, and his attention was
attracted by the presence of Mrs. W.
j. Chalmers. For moment his stolid-
ity was broken, and he pulled the lieu
tenants sleeve. The officer bent to-
wards his prisoner and heard him ask:
"Is that Mrs. Harrison?'
No" replied the lieutenant, sit is
not. Why did you ask?"
81 wanted to tell her," replied Prem
dergast, ''that l was sorry for her trou-
ble."
With that remark he relapsed into
silence and returned to all other QueS-
tions vacant stare. William Preston
Harrison, the mayors son. related what
he knew of the case, was questioned but
little, and quickly retired from the
room. He said: II heard shots fired,
but was in an upper room and did not
see any one shooting. l hurried down
to my father, and spoke to him and
asked him what the matter was. He
said he was shot and dying. Get Annie
over at once was his only reply. He
died in about twenty minutes after l
had found him.
John Wheeler, police officer who
who was i'll charge of Prendergast at
one time during the night, testified that
the murderer had confessed the crime
to him, saying that he did 1t because
the mayor had not made him CORPORA
ton counsel.
Other witnesses examined were Off
GERS at the DeSplaines street station. f.
A. Mcdowell, patrol sergeant. identi-
fed the revolver he had taken from
Prendergast. o. z. Barber, desk ser
geant at DeSplaines street station. saw
Prendergast surrender to Mcdowell
and heard him say that he had shot
Carter Harrison because the mayor, he
said, had broken faith with him in fail
ing to appoint him corporation counsel.
Prendergast had told him he lived at
609 Perry street. According to
the post mortem examination, the
results of which were submitted
to the jury, five bullet wounds
made by four bullets were found in the
mayors body. Three balls remained in
the body, One lodged in the muscles of
the back. Another passed through the
liver and was found in the bowels. The
third struck near the shoulder and.
ranging downward, lodged under the
skin. A detailed report of the exam
ination made by DR.. l.. j. Mitchell, and
concurred in by DR.. Ludwig Hektoen,
reads as follows:
81 have made post-mortem examina-
tlon of the body of Carter 81. Harrison.
The body was that of man five feet
nine inches high, and weighing about
225 pounds. l found five round OPEN
ings on the body such as are usually
made by bullets. No. passed through
the left hand, breaking the bone
! of the little finger, and came
out In the palm, forming wound No. 2,
! No. was in the middle line abont
five inches above the navel, passed once
through the bowels and lodged in the
muscles of the back. Here leaden