Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-11-03
MAYOR ASSASSINATED.
CITY OF CHICAGO LOSES HEN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
At tho Hands of Crank Who Claimed
Mayor Harrison Had Broken Promise
The Worlds Fair I'm Mourning.

Another crazy crank has done his
deadly work, and Carter Ii. Harrison,
five times mayor of Chicago and one of
the best known men of the west, is
dead.
The terrible deed was committed in
the mayors own home. Shortly be-
fore o clock in the evening the door
bell rang, and when Mary Hansen, the
domestic, opened the door she was
confronted by man about five feet
five inches tall, smooth shaver, his
rather clean cut features lit up by
pair of dark eyes.
SIS Mr.. Harrison imp" asked the man
in a quiet, pleasant voice.
Eyes, SIR" responded the girl, as
she threw the door wider open TO per
NIT his entrance.
IL would like TO see him, please"
said the man, as he walked toward the
back end of the hall. Mr.. Harrison
was in the dining-room which opens
into the rear end of the hall. Hearing
the man ask for him he rose, and step
ping into the hall walked toward the
fellow who by the time he caught
sight of Mr.. Harrison had advanced
about 10 feet from the doorway. With
and commenced TO fire. He pulled the
trigger but three times, and every bull
let hit the mark. One ball shattered
Mr.. Harrison's left hand, another
passed into the right side of the abdo-
men, making a wound that would have
been mortal in few days, the third
bullet entered the chest slightly above
the heart. This wound was the imme-
date cause of death. AS soon as the
murderer began TO fire MIR. Harrison
turned and walked rapidly toward the
dining-room. lie walked through the
door, across the dinrng-room and
passed into buffers pantry opening
off the room where he fell to the hoor
The murderer replaced the revolver
in his pocket and deliberately turned
to walk out when Mr.. Elarrison's pri-
vate coachman who had entered rear
door just as the shooting occurred
rushed into the hall and fred two
quick shots at him. but missed both
times. William Preston Harrison came
running down the stairs, neighbors and
passersby hurried into the house to see
what the trouble was and the villain
escaped in the confusion which reigned
for the next few minutes. Mr.. Harri-
son was carried into another room and
placed on couch by neighbors and
friends. "'m shot in the heart and
I'm a dead man., said the wounded
man. Mr.. Harrison sank rapidly and
in 20 minutes after receiving the shots
he was dead. Miss Anna Howard, Of
New Orleans, to whom Mayor Harrison
was to be married in few days was in
the house at the time and her grief was
most pitable.
When young Harrison came running
down stairs 10 learn the cause of the
shooting he passed burglar alarm.
lie reached out his hand aud turned in
an alarm, and a moment later a patrol
wagon filed with officers from Lake
Street station, about third of mile
distant, was dashing toward the
mayors home. BY the time the of
ficers arrived 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 the small, smooth
shaved man, % years of age.
About half an hour after the shoot
ing Sergeant Frank Mcdonald was
standing in the Office of the Desplains
Street station. Every available officer
had already been hurried out to work
on the case and Sergeant Mcdonald,
was preparing to follow. The door
was pushed gently open and in walked
small, smooth-shaven man, poorly
dressed, and carrying revolver in his
hand. He shook like man with the
palsy. His face was white and drawn,
great drops of perspiration chased each
other down his face, and his lettering
limbs seemed scarcely able TO hold him
upright lie walked up TO Mcdonald,
who is powerful fellow, six feet tall,
and looking him straight in the eyes,
said: II did it,"
Ibid what?" said the officer, as he
laid one hand on the fellows shoulder
and with the other quietly took the
revolver.
81 shot Mayor Harrison, and that's
what | shot him WITH was the reply,
as he made motion with his hand to-
ward the revolver. From that instant
he was prisoner. After considerable
questioning the fellows story was OBJ
tanned. 1t was simply that his name
was Eugene Patrick Prendargast, a
paper carrier, who declared that Mayor
Harrison had promised TO make him
corporation counsel and had not kept
his word. This, he said, was his only
reason for committing the crime.