Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-30

Music hall a, the White City. II intend TO
live half n century yet" and no one knew
that he was making his last public speech;
that Few shor. hours wowld see him n
white city to which some day we will all
In our turn nc horne.
Dead Before Eight O'Clock.
But so it WAS. and at the announcement
a wave Of grief and anger swep. over Chi
eago that has rarely had Il parallel. So
deep was the anger and SO threatening the
manifestations that the bastard who did
, the deed was secretly taken from ;he Cen
| trail police station to an outlying station
in the apprehension that mob might at
tack the city building intent on lynching
| the murderer. The facts Of the tragedy in
briefes. for.: are these: Mayor Harrison
Wa. shot three times while standing in
the hallway of his home AZ c3l Ashland
boulevard Saturday evening 4. 80 O'Clock
by a man giving his name as Eugene Pat
rcA Prenderg;ist. He died at .:4o o'clock,
fifteen minutes later. Prendergast after
firing the shots. the last Of which was
fatal, went 10 the Despiaines street sta
tion, where he gave himself up.
Called fro.a His Dinner to Die.
Mayor Harrison had been at the Worlds
fair all day and was lingering over his
dinner at s:25 p. M. when the door bell
rang and moment later the parlor maid
came in aud said young man who said
he was a city official desired to sec Mr..
Harrison. The mayor was 4 man who
never refused to see anybody and be i'm.
mediately left the table and went into the
hall, which was brightly lighted. He ad-
vanced to within a.few feet Of the assassin.
when the latter pulled out pistol and be
gan firing without q word. Three shots
were fired rs rapidly rs he could pull the
trigger and two Of the bullets took sffec,
in the victims body.
He'd Several Shoss 1t the Assassin.
Menu bers Of the family in the house, the
servants and neighbors heard the report.
and within an incredibly short time the
dying man Was surrounded; not soou
enough TO capture the assassin, however
who had stood at the main entrance of the
hall aud did not pursue his victim wher
he saw the result Of his deadly work
w sui0u AAAtLtsous tuC bl0y W > eOu
who was in his room ON an uppe. floor
heard the shots, turned in q call on q
police alarm box, and hurried down Il
learn the cause Of the disturbance Tn,
coachman, who had heard the triple re
port. came promptly to the rescue ant
hred several shots at the rctreating form
Of the assassin, but without result.
''Jhis Il Death, Chalmers.'
The stricken man vas soon surrounde,
by the people in the house, but he wake,
without assistance to the dining room b.
had just left and started to gain his bed
room by rear stairway when he fell &
the floor. It was there he was found b,
w. J. Chalmers, who lives opposite Mayo
Harrison. Mr.. Chalmers had heard tn
sound Of the revolver, and saw the mul
derer running away. Fastening to tn
Harrison mansion he found the front doc
open and entered. Proceeding into tn
dining room he saw through the ope
door Mr.. Harrison lying on the door @
the pantry.
''This l. death, Chalmers, /" said Mr. Hal
sison, II am shot through the heart"
Making hasty examination Mr.. Cha
| mers said, You ere mistaken, Mr.. H|rr
son. You are shot in the stomach"
''No. through The heart, tell you,
saiA the dying Daa. With return Of hi
leaseg0asy vlUos. asd thsa rslapsed into