The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-01-06
IJST 81 ANG.
dergast the Slayer OF Carter
Harrison, Found Guilty.
Juryy Fixes His Penalty 1t Death--
Ghs Prisoners Attorneys Ask For s
4 New TriaI-Ths Condemns II
s5sS#ssss 5t tho Verdict.
LIFE FOR a LIFE.

New Tfial-They C0ndemn
bS$ss;SES s8sS tho Verdict. 55
II LIFE FOR a LIFE. III
.s CHICAGO, Dec.s so. Attorney Trudo
Anashed his argument for the state in
4 he Prendergast trial about noon on
Friday. At the opening Of the after
NEON session Judge Brentano delivered
Ills charge to the jury. The list of in
atEuctions was q long one, and they ia
"a v0red the prisoner. At las p. N. the
Jury retired to consider the evidence.
AZ 9:2s >. m they retr med and pre-
il aented the following verdict:
eve, the jury. hnd the defendant. Patrick
&qgene Prendergast guilty Of murder in man
aef and form as charged in the II lictment and
Ak hts penalty at death
Prisoners Strength Fails.
The prisoners strength seemed to
have failed him During the morning
and while the judge read the instruc-
tions he sat like one exhausted. Part
of the time he covered his eyes with q
black handkerchief II was praying, !"
he said afterward to his brother. His
4 face was pale and his lips quivered. AS
the jury passed out 20 settle has fate ne
east quick glance at his aged, tre,nb-
hing mother. Then he walked, slowly
back to await the final summons.
Made the Sign Of the Cross.
When the verdict was read, and us
the word death" reached the prison
,oner's ears he raised his right hand
slowly and made the sign Of the cross.
His eyelids closed for an instant, there
was slight tremor and that was all.
He betrayed no other motion of what
what was passing in his mind. The
people simply looked at the pris-
oner: Not a person whispered.
All at once the full force and
meaning Of the verdict struck them.
Every face showed a trace Of sympathy
for the man whose fate was decided.
The Verdict Approved
A life sentence was the most that the
friends of the Harrison family had ever
hoped for. A. s. Trude's face expressed
sorrow. Attorneys Wade and McGoorty
looked disconsolately at each other.
Some person near the door passed the
word downstairs and in a moment the
waiting crowds knew the sentence.
These persons had all come there with
a feeling of resentment against the
prisoner. but they made no demons ira
ton when the word finally reached
them. The verdict met with their ap-
prevail. That was all
Motion for New Trial.
The jury was polled and each mem
Der announced that this was and is his
verdict When the last man IF the
twelve had made this declaration the
prisoners jaw dropped little He
was Immediately taken back to his cell
in the county Jail. His attorney, Mr..
Wade, made a motion for new trial,
the crowd left the court room and the
celebrated case came to an end for the
time being.
: Attorney Wade Disappointed.
Richard A. Wade, chief attorney for
Prendergast, was sorely disappointed
over the verdict. He said:
II never felt so bad in my hfs. II wasn't
right to return such Il verdict Why, it's au
outrage human justice that poor insane
boy like that should be executed. l will bank
my life on II that that boy will not be hanged
yThe iurymen are q LOT OF cring!ng syccphants
Y have and will produce evidence that
one OF them perjured himself i'll order to
get or this jury He said that he Mhs only
slightly acquainted with Mayor Harrison, but
I will show thu. DC not only knew the late
mayor but was au applicant for othce l
thought 1t was 81 good jury. ali made up OF busi-
ness men. but don't believe they ever CON
stdered the evidence in the case at all have
made motion for q zsew trial and think We'll
get it, This Is a mortal blow at expert ties IT,
mony in insanity cases. IL Is y case OF wealth
against misfortune"
Two Ballots Taken.
1t took just sixty-three minutes for
the jury to reach verdict. After the
foreman was elected there was some
discussion ON the case 1t is understood
that but two ballots were necessary.
one as to the guilt or innocence and the
other as to the punishment The jury
men agreed among themselves, how
ever, that no one of them was to talk
about what had occurred in the jury
room. Carter H. Harrison waa muir
dered on October Is. On December 20,
lust two months and one DAY there.
after. sentence was passed ON tese mur-
t1erer.