St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-29

quickly as we could" said Mr.. Moran,
"but we were unable to do anything
more than help raise Mr.. Harrison onto
a couch. We didn't think he was badly
hurt at first, and when the little gentle
man (Mr. Chalmers) said he thought he
would get over it. the mayor said: No,
my heart is hurt, and
AM A DEAD MAN.
"'I can feel the blood flowing inside,
and cannot last long,
1--WE did what we could for him, but
he sank rapidly, and IN a few minutes
he was dead.
"The whole thing was so quickly
done," said Mr.. Chalmers late tonight,
''that really don't know thing about
1t. 1 was standing at the top of my
steps when I heard the shooting, and
about the next thing 1 knew L was in
the house and helping young Mr.. Har-
rison to care for his father. expressed
to Mr.. Harrison the hope that he was
not badly wounded, but he said: i am
dead man; have got it through the
heart He repeated this several times
and sank so rapidly that we knew there
was no hope for him. he simply bled
to death, and passed away so quickly
that it was utterly impossible to help
him.
The family, of course, Is utterly pros
trated. and they know nothing about
the matter anyway. Young Mr.. Har-
risop told me that he was up stairs, and
that when he heard the shooting he
started to run down stairs. AS he passed
burglar alarm he turned in signal,
without knowing what really was the
matter. He had found his father min
ute before reached there. He said to
me: 81 told father long ago that some
thing like this would happen. He was
too easy In letting people in to see him,
cranks and everybody. and all the
other members of the family often told
him to be careful, but he only laughed" :"
"After we carried Mr.. Harrison to
the COUCH" continued Mr.. Chalmers,
''he spoke once or twice, saying that it
was useless to try and do anything to
PRoLoNG HIS LIFE,
and the last words he said, as near as l
can remember, were: Give me water;
send for Annie; give me water His
articulation was not distinct at that
time, but that is what l think ne said.
1 really don't know anything about how
the occurrence took place. was de-
voting all my time to Mr.. Harrison.
THAT man Prendergast is crazy"
said Corporation Counsel Kraus, who
was perhaps the closest friend Mr.. Har-
rison had. 81 know him well and have
seen him several times. He called at
my Office twice and told me that he was
going to be appointed as my successor,
and that I should resign. l laughed
and told him that l was ready to quit at
any time, and if he would let me know
when he received the appointment from
Mayor Harrison would gladly let him
so palpably out of his mind
that l didn't consider it worth
while to talk seriously with him. l
spoke to the mayor about it at one time.
and he said that he had received threat
ening letters from the fellow, and that
he had paid no attention to them, as
the man was insane and there was no
use in bothering with him. l never
thought of the matter again until l re-
ceived two postal cards from the fellow
a few days ago. They were both writ
ten in red ink. and gave me the infor-
matioh that he was ready to have me
resign and step into my position. I
always knew that Prendergast was in
sane, but never thought that he would
do such an awful thing as this"
Mr.. Kraus was we'll nigh inconsola-
BILE over the mayors death. When the
news reached him that the mayor was
dead he was in his carriage going to
ball. He at once ordered his coachman
to drive back to his home, where he re-
moved his dress suit and then hurried
over to Mr.. Harrison's residence, arriv-
ing there short time after the mayors
death.