New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-30

however the funeral will take place on iuesnay,
from the City Hall. and the CONN VIII DE tenn
porarily placed in the vault of Graceiand Gene
terry. Unless the CITY Council should decide
otherwise at its meeting to-morra" morn
ing. the body Will be taken to the City Hall
tomorrow evening and will lie In state until
noon Of Tuesday The pa!bearers Will be com
posed Of the captains Of ponce Eighteen
honorary pallbearefs were designated az the
family council this evening Thomas w.
Palmer president o.. The Worries Columbian Ma
tiora: Commission heads the list. Then come
in the order named II y. Higiabotham. Cen
eral Nelson A. Miles. ex-governor flchafd -
Oglesby Ferdinand w. Peck Judge Iruihpuil'
F. II. Winston. eX-Minister to Persia "eheiai
II. Fitzsimons II. J. Jones. {. n u bil'ings'
CORPORATION Counsel Adoph Kraus Philip ID.
Armour Frank Wicker. eXMayor = joseph
Medili. of The Chicago Tribune j. H. kocne.
Homestead Washburn. Judge Frank Adams
and X. \. Waller
A massive floral design in the lo'ih OF
star was receiyed at the home late this evening.
the card attached bearing the name OF state
Attorney Kern. The family. however is de-
sirous that tokens of sympathy IN inns form
should be omitted. and request to that effect
will he communicated to the friends OF the de-
ceased through the morning papers
pRryDEEGAST At THE INQUEST
Once to-day Prendergast showed feeling over
the death of Mayor Harrison IL was Wi'ic ne
was at Mr. Harrisons house ana waning out
side the room in which the coroners Jur!
was celebrating on its verdict lie was Si''i''s
near Lieutenant Haas, and his ATTENTION was
attracted by the presence of Mrs W. j.
ChaIp,ers For a moment his stolidity was
broken and he pulled the lieutenants sleeve;
The officer bent toward his prlSonnti anu "e"'u
him ask rs that Mrs Harrison.
No" replied the lieutenant. IL IL ho'' why
did you ask ,,,
Il wanted to tell her" replied Prendergast'
chat | was sorry for her trouble
With that remark he relapsed into silence
and returned TO all other questions vacant
stare. Lieutenant Haas drove ms prisoner
from East Chicago-ave. s .aiio,, anconn,aring
rison house this morning without ehcouh'erlhs
any incident 3, -, 49,,
lie has refused to talk all day. said the
lieutenant, except to give utterance 10 lew
sentences now and then in response TO qles-
ton. He was asked why he did the shooting
and made the SANE statement apou' 'lc NAY
crs refusal to appoint him CORPORATE counsel
Last night H.. made some threats about beating
his brains out against the cell bars. but think
he intended nothing of the kind he spent a
uuiet nirht at East Chicago-aNe. station
Arother object of interest at the inquest was
the revolver with which Prendergast had com
mitted the murder. II is 52-cahpie aiiali' Oh
/ the Harrington pattern, and breaks AT the
breach IT has evidently seen considerable ser
vice: for the plating is well worn ana 'he
weapon has the marks OF nara usage IL
worked perfectly, however, anu hdu peen re-
Gently oiled.
! RECEIVED At THE COUNTY JAIL
prendergast arrived at the county Jail from
the inquest about o'clock this afternoon. AT
! that hour a closed carriage drove up to the
| Dearborn-ave side OF the criminal jail build
| ing From it emerged Prendergast, VINO was
/ handcumed to Detective Murphy OF the cen.
| trail Station. Behind them came Lieutenant
! Haas of the Central Station. The TWO oiilceis
hurried their prisoner down the stairway ana
across the courtyard leading to the JAIL " NJ"
! they reached the Jail door they were I'M
medatelv admitted by Turnkey Wallace. CLERK
Price was on duty in the jail once. he iecus
nized the officers and intuittvely knew VINO
the prisoner was. He went up to Prendergds.
and looked him over closely with an experienced
eve Then he ordered Wallace To search Iren-
dergast: which was done av. b his eyes iS1 and
| anneared very composed He did not say "A
! word to the people surrounding MN az MS,
A search was made OF his clo,n'ns, ,.,,,n shirt
a black coat. gray trousers ana while SIN M !.
| Ills necktie and suspenders were MISSING ,hey
being evidently taken from him by the Doll,
One dollar in money was iouha ar M to be
! tired and after ne had been searched sat gov !,
on chair in the Jail Office and rested ms nea =,
| unon his hands In the mean time Leutehall
| has took from his coat pocket the mittimus
| given nv the coroner for the confinement vi
Prendergast in the jail. and the prisoner was
formally turned over 10 the court authoiiu :,
Durin, this time Prendergast did not speak
and was not apparently interested in the pro-
ceedings He proceeded TO race up me- ,bc
which had been taken from his feet l1f ,iie
nurnnse ~ searching them. ON signal from
clerk Price he shook himself together ana ioI-
lowed Price to the cage and was lo ou ~, ~
in cen No H. No II is historic cell beins
the one which contained Lingg. the Anarchls,
when he committed suicide. Dr. ScudIer wa
also an occupant Of the sane, same r mnrp Mr
rur ASSASSIN TALKS ABOUT MS DEED.
While the cell was being cleaned Prendergas'
cat down on a bench in the cage. He bright
ened ND and asked for morning paper con-
tanning an account Of the murder TINS was
handed to him and he read down the Columns
In an apparently mechanical manner lher
he dropped the paper and SAID: u'u Ivy
duty" repeating this sentence seVt,d' -. u'' ~,
After this he relapsed into silence. lie ate IN.
meal which was served to him in his cen WIZ
apparent relish. and did not leave a vestige Il, 81
When asked how he felt he replied;
II am very tired. having been bothered -
much by so many people to-day But = Iro
greatly relieved, as great strain - o ,h S
mind | have done my duty. and think ,nc
majority of people when they know ms VII
be on my side. ! shall get out clear; don
mind the physical confinement at all anu n'S
mind is now clear" ,, -,
What was your reason LOT hi'''"s WV
Mayor was asked. -, 1900 ;,
Prendergast replied emphaticaly: 1 was !,
have had the position Of Corporation Couns,,
but he played false to me. and only dld rish,
In killing him | did not know that nae
fired three shots at him until ! read II III w Wv
paners | was Of the impression that hreo
two shots at the Mayor. | fired another sho
as went away to prevent any one from follow
ing me. as l expected large crowd 10 io'
low me-. H.,
did Mr.. Harrison say anything TO you wher
Won met him in the house"
Prendergast replied: mo, drew my revolver
and fired After the first shot Mr. Harrison
shouted Murder but did not hear him say
ANYTHING else. / ran away pretty quickly ah'
caught street car. IT.,
Prnndcrgast at this point said he tired
and declined to talk any more. Clerk Price
and Jailcr Gould sure they had seer
Prendergast before, Price being positive ina
he had been an inmate OF the jail on
previous occasion. Neither OF the ofiicial'
could however recall under what name or cir
cumstances he had been there
THE ASSASSIN's FAMILY BELIEVE HIM SANE