The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-30
MUST STRETCH HEMP.
PRIEDERGAsT, THE ASSASSIN,
FOUND GUILTY. OF MURDER.
The Murderer Of Garter I. Harrison
Breaks Down When the YER
dict is Road.
TIE JURY DELIBERATE AN HOUR OVER
TIE VERDICT,
The Condemned Man Listens With Trembling
Knees aud Psliid Cheeks 70 tbs
Polling Of the Jury.

Chicago, December %. --PrenderGaat. thu
murderer Of Garter II. Harrison, win be
hanged FOR the crime. The verdict OF the
Jury has said Il ana the people upprove
Il.
Ably defended MS tho ussussin has been.
as sircng na hiss boon THE evidence aaa,iscd
70 save his necie from the halter the Jury
found him sane md responsible Tor tho
not arl demanded thai he pay the highest
penalty for ehe ofIense ogninst the law.
This price, however, IL a sorry one a. best.
The vaine 70 the world or one lie, such
as that OF Garter ~ IInrrison. would
weigh down the scales against the exist
enoc Of one hundred OF such rs Prender-
east.
Nothing since the commission OF his
crime has so irritnted prsndcrHAst ns the
comparison between himself and Guitcan.
He has resisted II with energy ana aearn,
us though the ASSASSIN Of Garfield was
foul and creeping thing compared with
himself. but IN the court room this after
noon he showed that one trait existed IN
| cemmcn between Guictau and himself. Ae
proved himself an unmnuly miserable
coward. . creature who would have Ire
at any price, under any conditions, any
where. anyhow, only 10, 1t be iife
when clerk Fitxseraid PioDe @ read The
finding OF tho jury. the prisoner stood
ciutching the back Of a chair, cycling him
I with the most Intense eaEornust HIS
long, bony fingers ncryouaIy claspea and
unclpapcd the back Of the, chair. His
knees tremnled violently, hla face flashed
ana his spiteful looking mouth opened
and CLOSED as though lbs would auy sone-
thing, but lacked the power to speak.
sMe tnc jury, hnd the defcndRnt, PATE
rick eugene John prendefgasl. guilty OF
murder in the manner and form as
penalty ~ death"
cieril E'Itxgcrhld's voice. clenr and caiu
read oni The iinding and died away With
sli.sht eInplnris on tho iinal word,
Then rfendorgnHt rpvealea himself the
utter coward. His face turned pale AMI
he opened his mouth to speak, but only
Il faint fniltmur came from between mis-
hot, auiVerinE lips. He moved siighs,y and
wnuiu hays fallen ~ the floor hut for tue
aaeislnace OF il bailifl,
When ahe jury igas pollsa he listened
With nvidits ~ each aud every Asgwnr 10
Judge I;rentano'E qhegtions
EVAN this and e this now your YER
ldint9s
lis ~, BAiH Foreman JACOB hutters anu
1T IS" repeated every other juror.
Then hope ans the last vrHtige Of coti-
age faded utterly IN prepdefgtAt's BREAST,
He was half led, half easfied 90 his cell.
where. refusing TO speak, he threw himl-
self upon bia BUNK IN M attempt 10 hide
ficm his fellow prisoners, wiioHe express
Stone of Satisfaction oyer the verdict wore
more emphatic lhan Bfiocfiil. and more
sincere than polite,
Tho Jury was out oxactlg one hour M
Ter the jury had retired II neral diariis-
sion az tho testimony followed. ami The
jurors egpieRsed their individual opini0nH,
taftiehlsr attention being paid 10 tho
testimony Of liie Insanity experts. Then
tsYe ssiiota were taken, The first % detar-
mine guilt OF innocence or the prisoner.
nnd 4 resulted in nnanlmo.is verdict of
guilty Tho second ballot wiis ID deter
mine upon the penalty. end the twelve
mnn nl said .'hauging, 't'he foreman
tlien wrote the vcrdiet II was approved
by the other jurors and delivered 10 the
ss4tift