Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-30

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ssss the fzcs Of thslr friend ard lssliss.
TIE MON IN which ths inquset s1s n
progress ep~ned on the hall Through
- hall epen doors the group around tbs
tabs wzs visible. ban their loo voices
fziled % attract attention and fs~ of
the sisitors aotieed the proeseding
ifzrri.oass sra Te.sifhsf
William Prsston Harrison. son OF the
mayor and paollshsr q the Times. do
seribcd brlshy his oxistge OF the
tragic sIskF tie testified that Mayor
iiarriscn sas @ years II sxe and ns-
tive % lsxington. hy.
The last time 1 s4s him alive. con
tinued the witness In reply 10 sn invita-
ton O. recount the affair. ~was about
7ia O'clock las; nighL About two min
utes past o'clock 1 found HIN lying
upon the foor. hzving been shot
heard shots tifed. bat vas IN an upper
room and did not ses any one shooting
harrisd down 20 asy father. and spoke
10 him znd asked him xhat the matter
ea<. he said he Was shot add dying.
Get Annie over at once VAS his only
request he laid 90 the floor where l
found him twenty minutes and died
Some one called a physician. aud others
came in before be died.
John Wheeler. q police officer who
conducted Prendergast from the Des-
plsines street % the central station, WAS
Questioned about what words had
passed between him and bis prisoner.
Ills testimony was short and added
little 90 previous Information.
What did he say.' asked the cor
oner.
Il ssked him." replisd the officer.
why ne had shot Carter Harrison lie
said 70 Was because the mayor would
not appoint hlm corporation counsel
servant Girls story.
Interest centered about the story told
by Mary Hansen. the domestic who ad-
mitted Prendergast. She told OF her
position IN the household. saying she
bad been employed as second girl
Early last evening she continued.
there vas a ring at the door bell.
Nent 10 the door and found man | did
not know. That was about O'Clock.
asked the man what he wanted and
be said hewanted &c see Mayor Harrison
! told him Dir. Harrison VAS eating sup
per and asked him 10 call again. About
quarter u eight be came back and |
went 10 the door aud let him in. Mr..
Harrison was sitting IN the second room
q the front | told him there was
man in the hall who wanted 20 see him.
aud left the men IA the hall and went
% the kitchen. just as | got 10 the
kitchen heard several shots tired. and
then l ran out from the kitchen 10
where | had Jeff Mr.. Harrison and the
man. i saw the unknown man running
out o; the door. Mr.. Harrison staggered
into the second room and out OF the
door % the ball where ne tell
do you see the man who called."
asked Deputy Kelly.
The witness hesltated. and the cor.
onrr was more specific. lis that the
man." ne asked. pointing 10 Prender-
CAST Still the witness was not sure.
out Prendergast helped her out with an
exclamation: -Yes. | eaw you last
night. he volunteered.
he was told 10 put on his hat and
face the witness. -ies.7 she answered,
that - the man | left standing with
Ar. Harrison. aud that Is the man who
did the shooting. After ne ran away"
eonfinued the witness. "they went for
dortors. who came right away. Mr..
hsrrison died ABOUT twenty minutes
after the shooting. When saw him be
Mas bieeding.
Coachman Identified Prendergast.
l.. Eliasou Risburg. the mayors coach.
nan. who was first % start Ia pursuit of
the assassin and was target 81 one IL
bis bullets. identified PrenderCast.
-When heard several shots fired" said
he. Il ran out and saw nan standing
rsrsk ~ hun.l
DO you see him nows" he was asked
THAT is the man. he answered.
p0iDting az Prendergast "He was
pointing his revolver at some OBJ
lect ir the second room OF the house.
and as | opened the door to 20 Ia he
pointed at me and fred. but | shut the
door before be took aim at rae and ran
back 70 the barn after my revolver so
thft ! could catch the mao. Then |
ran around 20 she front to soc n | could
ind him Lut | could not zee him | saw
one man out u was not the one | saw IN
the house. When I went back 20 the
house. saw MIR. Harrison lying on the
floor with spme doctors He died about
tWenty minutes Afterwards. | was eat.
vhen the shooting began"
Other witnesses examined were officers
- the Desplaines street station. +. 4.
Mcdonnell. patrol sergeant. identified
the revolver be had taken from Prender-
gast
%. T. Barber. desk sergeant al Des
PLANES station. saw Prendcrgast sarren.
der 20 Macdonald and heard him say
that he had shot Carter Harrison be
cause the mayor. he said. had broken
fzith with bin IN failing 70 appoint him
corporation counsel Prsnderzast had
told him he lived az No Gp Perry
street
Five Bullet Woands Found.
According 10 the post mortem exami-
natiou results % which were submitted
10 the Isry. i've bullet wounds made by
four bullets we're found in the mayors
body. Three halls remained In the
body. One lodged IN the muscles q
the hack. Another passed through the
liver and vas found IN the bowels The
taird strucS near the shoulder. and
ranging 3ownward. lodged under the
skin- A detailed report % the sxami.
nation made by Dr. l. ~ Mitchell. and
co8currcd 10 BY Luiwig Hextoon.
reads a. follows n have made
pcst uortsm examination Of the
ts3y % Garter II Harrison The body
vac that q a mao feet . inches
high and Neighing about - pousds 4
found I've wound openings on the BODY.
sect ~ are usually made by bullets