The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-29
Where He Said He Killed Mr.. Harrison
Because the Latter Wouldn't Make
Hin Corporation Counsel.
MANY THREATS OF LYNCHING
The Prisoner Secretly and Hur-
riedly Taken to the City Hall.
Where He Was Examined and Reiter-
atef His Previous Statement
HarrisOn's Career.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2s.-Another crazy crank
has done his deadly work, and Carter II.
Harrison, five times Mayor of Chicago,
and one of the best known men in the West,
lies dead in his home, No. 231 South Ash
land boulevard Three bullets entered his
body. two of them making wounds suf-
ficient to cause death. The murder was
committed by Eugene Patrick Prendergast,
Harrison had promised to make him cor
poration counsel, and had not kept his
word This, he said, was his only reason
for committing the crime. The only per-
son in the house at the time, besides Mr.
Harrison, was his son, William Preston
Harrison, twenty-five years of age, and the
servants.
Shortly before o'clock the door bell
rang and when Mary Hansen, the domestic,
opened the door she was confronted by a
man about five feet five inches high, smooth
up by pair of dark eyes.
"Is Mr.. Harrison in?" asked the man, in
a quiet and pleasant voice.
'Yes, sir. responded the girl as she threw
the door wide open to permit his entrance.
81 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
stepped into the hall, walked toward Prem
dergast' who, by the time he caught sight
Of Mr.. Harrison. had advanced about ten
feet from the doorway. Without saying a
word, Prendergast drew his revolver and
commenced to fire. He pulled the trigger
but three times, and every bullet hit the
mark. One ball shattered Mr.. Harrison's
left hand; another passed into the lower
right side of the abdomen, making a wound
that would have bean mortal within a few
days. The third bullet entered the chest,
slightly above the hearth This bullet was
the immediate cause Of death. AS soon as
Prendergast began to fire, Mr.. Harrison
turned and walked rapidly toward the din
ing room. He walked through the door,
across the dining room and passed into the
buffers pantry opening off the ROOM where,
weakened by loss CT blood, he fell to the
floor
THE ASSASSINS ESCAPE.
Prendergast did not follow up his victim
make any attempt to ascertain how
deadly his aim had been. He replaced hi:
revolver in his pocket with the same de
liberation that had marked all Of his ac
tions. and started toward the door, Just
as he was passing through the doorwa,
William Preston Harrison, the Mayors son
came tearing down the stairs from the
upper portion of the house. At the same
time Mr.. Harrisons coachman ran into the
rear end of the hall. The cries of Mary
Hansen directed the son 10 where his father
lay. but the coachInan was after Other
| as quickly as he realized what had oc
| CURED he leveled his weapon and sent Z
| bullet after the disappearing form of the
murderer. A second time his revolver
spoke. but both bullets went wide. Run
| ning TO the door. the coachman was pre-
pared to continue hostilities. but severa
people were entering to learn the cause o.
! the shooting, and by the time the coachmar