Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1894-03-01
new TRIAL DENIED
Carter HarrisOn's Assassin Will
Get No New Trial.
TO Be HANGED ON FRIDAY mar. %.

| Chicago, Feb. "a -Predergasi, VIII,
assassinated Mayor Carter Harrison a
his home on the evening Of Octobe
% last, was denied n new trial b,
Judge Brentano, and was sentence
to be hanged on Friday, March %
On that day also, Thomas, alias buff
Higgins, will suffer the penalty O
murder, and unless tn. supreme eourl
interferres Prendergast and Higginl
will march to the gallows together and
drop through the trap the same 10
slant.
The decision Of Judge Brentano
overruling the motion for new trial
was clear cut in style, and when the
reading was finished a motion for
arrest of judgement, submitted by
Attorney Wade, on the ground that
the proof did not correspond with the
statements in the indictment, was as
promptly denied.
"Patrick Eugene Prendergast, stand
up" said the judge, and the miserable
prisoner stappered to his feet. He
would have fallen had not one Of the
bailihs caught him by the arm and
held him until he obtained 6rm
hold.
A death-like stiffness prevailed in
the courtroom as the prisoner drew
from the breast pocket half sheet of
not paper covered with penciled mem
oranda, which had been prepared dur
ing thesporning in his cell. He had
evsdently anticipated the ruling Of the
court on the motion Of his counsel, fol
in his remark. be dwelt upon one on
two points made by the court us lucid
y as though the decision had been
submitted to him ia advance. PIE.
facing his talk with the statement thar
he was not prepared at that moment
to properly respond, he went on IA .
rambling conversational way;
~ suppose You inaeirc You hav'
dons your duiy Ia denyinR lhis m0iio'
This plea eff insa riiy was set up With
out my consent Then after pause
he went on to say it was evident that
Murray, one Of the Jurors, who's bons
fdcs had bssn attacked, was anxious
to become y iu. or, and the same was
true e another member of the body.
Then, after repeating the statement
that the plea Of insanity wss not OF
his own choosing, he glanced arodnd
the court room, and in firmer voice
continued: The question was, and is;
Cid do right or wrong At that par
tieplar timey Did do my duty CT
did ! not' Did | do the will of God
or did | noty That question has never
been touched. II | did wrong |
should be convicted. If 1 did right ]
should be justified. So far as concerns
the doctors, they came to me without
invitation. did not come and ask
them to come aud see me in Jail and
say whether | was sane or insane.
They say that Harrison was q great
and good man, ! deny it. A great
and good man is generally faithful to
his friends, and he was not. Harrison
was not such a man. Had he been
he would not have shown such hostili.
ty to me"
All this was said in q jerky, frag-
mentary way, tine prisoners voice at
times dropping until those at his
elbow could scarcely catch bis utter
snces. lie went on to say that the
defense had been attacked 10y the
newspaper trust and that no doubt
the judge and every body else would
all he at it, merry. 1t would save no
mans characted. aud blackmail and
intimidation will thrive in the city.
The prisoer paused and slowly iol-
ded his sheet of notes. The Judge
looked at him inxuiringly. If the
court is ready, was all that Prender-
CAST said, US he rubbed his forehead
and fixed his eyes on one of the empty
jury chairs. The psisoner did not
finch when the day of his death fell
from Judge Arentano's lips. just rs
the last word of the sentence was
spoken, however, he made half step
forward, and fighting the air with hi
arms, said: "May it please the court
do not apologize fer the act. | only
did what ] would do again under SINH
lar circumstances. | did my duty"
Atthis point bailiff seized him b,
each arm, and IL another second h,
was hurried through the door into the
county Jail. In less than u minute
the door of his ce in murderers row
had clanked behind him.
Prsndergast's attorneys asked fol
and was granted thirty days in which
to file a bill of exceptions upon which
Is take the case to the supreme court
The bill of exceptions will probabl!
be filed within ten days.
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