Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-04
HARRISON IS SLAIN.
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peared down the boulevard. What
each had TO tell was eagerly devoured,
each narrator becoming the center of
little knot of willing listeners. The
widest and most improbable theories
were advanced as motives for the
shooting.
Politics Forgotten in Sympathy
The news spread to big Republican
campaign meeting being held at the
North Side Turner Hall and the meet
ing terminated suddenly. The men
were wild enough to rush to the iail
and hang the murderer to the nearest
lamp post. Another crowd gathered
around the Desplaines street station,
but the police were all out and the men
were kept back.
Prendergast was taken to the City
Hall and examined by Inspector Shea
and three other officers. He gave
clear statement concerning his
deed. From his own account
it was a cold blooded action. delibe-
rately planned and carried out. Here.
again, another crowd waited to catch
a glimpse of the murderer. After the
examination the murderer was kept at
the City Hall under heavy guard, to
prevent.any demonstration. The crowd
soon dispersed, but it would have BODIED
i'll for Prendergast if he had been taken
back to the Desplaines Street Station
Threats of Lynching.
While the civilized world wondered
at the infamy of the deed and the law
abiding citizens paced the streets and
asked each whether lynch law was not
justifiable under certain circumstances,
the cringing wretch covered in cell
at the Central Station, He had made
a bold front before Chief Brennan and
Inspector Shea, but when thrust back
into his cell he skunk into corner like
a beast at bay 1t was nearly mid
night then. A crowd had gathered in
the street. 1t gathered with the primal
object of hearing authentic news of the
assassination and when the notification
of the rumor came to them there were
hotheads who talked of lynching.
Never in the history of the city since
the great calamity of 1871 were such
serious threats ST lynching INDUCED in
as on Saturday night and Sunday
morning. In a crowd of men gathered
at the corner of La Sale and Washing
ton streets on Sunday morninag was
burly lrishman who lowered above
every other man. 81 say" he shouted,
that we lynch the dog | am Re
publican and have fought Harrison in
politics, but he was an American and
the first citizen of Chicago. This isno
town for anarchists and assassins. Kill
the dog" His shout was taken up by
score of men, but the picket men of
the Cent? al station marched out and
told the people to move on. Their cool
determination was enough and they
went.
The Inquest.
Five bullet wounds were found in the
body of the murdered Mayor. A cor
oner's jury, composed of G. G. Kohl
saat, Uric King, S. A. Scribner, w. J.
Chalmers, =. II. O'Brer. and Charles
F. Elmes, impaneled by Coroner Me-
Hale, rendered verdict of murder
without delay. The inquest was held
at the Harrison mansion Sunday
morning. The assassin was present un-
de- heavy guard and Il line Of stalwart
policemen surrounded the house guard
ing every gate and door. There were
but few witnesses to examine. and the
proceedings occupied short time
Previous to the inquest a post norton
examination had been made. and the
testimony of the surgeons was the only
information differing from that printed
in Sundays papers.
Excepting a technical description of
the wounds little was added to the in
formation already at the disposal of
officers of the law. The verdict rec
commended that Prendergast be held
for the murder until discharged by
due process of law.
Sketch of Carter Harrison's Career.
According to a recent biographer,
Carter Harrison was born in kentucky
in 1925, but traced his ancestry back
to Cromwell's Lieutenant General. His
official life began. as County Commits
sioner in 1871. In 1872 he ran for Con-
gress against Jasper D. Ward, and was
defeated In 1874 he ran again. and
was elected. He was reelected in
1876, George K. Davis being his oppo-
nent In 1873 Miles Kehoe def ated him
for the nomination. He was nominated
for Mayor in the following spring, was
elected, and served four terms. In
1884 he ran for Governor on the Demo-
cratic ticket. He has since been a
Mayoralty candidate twice, in 1891 as
an independent, and last spring, when
he was elected He had been twice
married. 1t was announced on the day
of his tragic death that his marriage
to Miss Howard, of New ORLEANS, La,
"a nj uf
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