The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-14
PRENDERGAST HANGED.
SILVER or MAYOR HARRIsON PAYS
THE PENALTY or MS CRIMH
lie walked TO tho ScaToId showing Little
Nervousness, Ihough Tgine Weak
and Unsteady.

/ N
nine months have elapsed since the bullet
of an assassin deprived Chicago Of her
/ Mayor, the State Of one OF her most
/ illustrious citizens. and the country al
large OF statesman and patriot. To-
day the crime was avenged, AMI Patrick
Eugene Prendergast suffered an ignomin-
Gus death at the hands OK the hangman.
Tie execution was devoid of incident. for
me assassin went 10 his death Ike an OK
eolh5 % the shambIes. Up o. the last mo-
HeHt luc nope VI mtcrpDS from some
/ source or another uil not desert htrl.
II'HouBn me- was fully cosniZlnt Ol tie
| ldct tudt all efforts in hOtl State and
Federal courts aud in the executive cham-
her had been exhausted. When IL came 20
the end he ncrvcd himself for a supreme
effort, and paid the penalty of his crime
without Whimpcr and without word.
HIs LAsr Hous-.
Prendergast laid down - rest for the
last time az midnight, and in five minutes
was asleep. he slept s0unlly uutI D.lO
y clock when he awoke with a start and
i'm sury mood. In a few minutes he
was dressed and asked for his breakfast
He was asked what Dee would Ike 10
have. His order was for ham and eggs,
fried potatoes, and coitee, but when II was
put before MIN IL did not suit him, and
bee called FOR pOrterhOuse steak, French
iIiei potatoes siicel t'Watoe7, c.culhoct'
hot biscuit, and biz pot OF chocolate.
and then he cleaned up the dishes During
the morning DE- drank Two quarts OF
c"ocoidle IN a4IltiOn 10 what he hdd dt
breakfast.
IAe waiting lline was spent n COM
Idhy Win dlAef barry. hcH lle
deatn warrant was read % nlm at 10
priest: '.Weu yet hear from the Gov
Those vino Witnessed tha execution were
the cxiuinin~ nhvsi.i4r he rand iurv
now in session. and about two hundred
tiCkot-h0.ierz. among whom were iuclud-
ed the newspaper men.
r.,. ,y,,.,.r,o,,
AZ II clock lhe procession ID tAe
s.aI.II moved, IIehdeI-'7i Wa.hlNb
HyhHIy 'iht''N tld Rtfr h, 7l--l OF Nt t>-
,Hl"-. just ass tic "lile SNfDud was D'-
iI5 yea ~ 'oi.i l.i7 Ii'cn Hr 1o ia 81 l'tE
wi .'''' 't- "'' i''.i7 '''. '''''' ''l
wa 4"D"l 10 -,''N' H'-.,. 1T '
v".'' nov ttti Ir Na1 smut JUS '.." l'
s.i.tr' WINE ms race gre" ir. ana
NNll- h+ Turns. lN. Two b'pNNra ltl
nun I'D l-r centre ol lAr lii' lul,hy
alJurlei .hr il'-'' aga ore" lh' ",Il9
cap over ms hc1A itlr imbs seemed 10
uemble Tor second, ana there was
d movement from uAirf lnc WLli. f0nr
as though he was ort,lns hliuse.I. me
-i-hal Va gwen I'D thr unseen eNecu-
lt'u1i' Ih' u''l S" "ui' io4Hu ahu I'|Ii''
lnrir was one hfleL t1hFulsiFe suuSElei
anu lAe muir Yi Ca,lrr harrison uai
lt-l avenged Iur D"tf was 7ui""ld.d
.y 'n' pu5a'DlaIl' a"' pr 9V3H "7 "tt
4ti htru lioH'AllDtt tANir- ll was cut
down.
Ihn gam oIilcldis sall aitef the e&ecu-
upn tldi the coudeuucl man uai lr-
quested an indulgence VI twenty minutes
dItei Ira-hlhB inc Httii3Id lol tl' pal-
pose oi making a speech. lie was d,5-
sudded from this ntenton, however ny
dlAei barry
HISTORY or THE CRIME.
,rt ,-t,,,. ,,.ir,b r.friof- r-faanp Prem
5,r.-,. .,,.i,tai u,lb bis me- today was
,',+ Ii.toii,.sl Inn tha history
.o. -t,, ,,erti, ON ar.ounf OF thc
Sioh 'otIici9yi anj UTivate standing of the
nl7H ON. i"l "il- D., ,i ,'.,,, 7,tnca-
ylcs.', e,,,- i, r,tri a,tr,. 5nfry
"vI ~ 80 o1 -o 80 ,na oioI'. and 1artN bs-
On lHo i-D' 80. ui ''.o o,,',r,.J tb. cIo.ir.
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Ia Mia'c Hay ~ N'o1 o.,at. M - IN Diil7rr
the afternoon be had taken part IN the
ceie .tau9n ot amer an a.. ',, '1l'5 "''; o.,
'-r " Y' 't'' -, ~ , ,r,i,,..r.. allli-
a.. I.i,,'r.d ., sna.eh tyhich tho.a
I '''. ~ l,f5 ,-Is ti'o Lsst erfnrt
M"o H. m ,.bi.5 bfs ,o,,ers of orafor,,
5lS ,I4,1I uo inconsnicIoils Dart. De- /
,,it. bi.- -.f.t,, ,-oar4 b, seemed uossessal
~ .u a.. ,.f,, and anargy and activity
III t +t. ,.,l,r,, of bt. az
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a., SorriG I.tie The family were at The /
r'.t,u hand, ana t5 NIL /
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Mt. hd IIs'u 7HdIP gar Dau-"- .'1
words cll} olH-liL ana Il5iaS from t..'
couch, he came udl lo"a!d lhe htH-
way between the nail dH4 tlr dl"lHs
room. The man IN lhe meantime haa
pushed past the mdld servant dul the
latter, little dreaming Wnat was lJ nap
pen, closed me door ana returned ID lne
Kitchen. What actually tfanspiied ODD tue
next Few seconds. no one knows. a lew
WORDS passed between me caller ana the
Mayor. buJ the purport oI the conFer-a-
ton could not be distinguished by tne
people upstairs. suddenly On" sharp |
crack or Il revolver rang tnr5usn me /
mousse tle' aHo lnet, Ah" n lHlI'i o4H"i-
-, I5ar,n h,ri Io,.n ,,',,
,i')' s'"'' Do'.i.tI1' ,9"
through the hall and our I'M the 'front.'
door. The family butler pursued him;