The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-07-21
PRENDERCAST HANGED
He Pays the Penalty Of His
Dastardly Crime.
SPIRITUAL ADVISER ATTENDED

The Asssssis As6s Net ~ Audible SsunA
From ths Ti.s He Left His Cell. Ap-
parsstIy Beisg Lost {. Cs.tsnpls.
tIos sf HE Awful Fate.
CHICAGO, July l8.-Within the gloomy
walls Of Cook county Jail to-day all wa
hustle and suppressed excitement - the
time drew near when Patrick Eugene
Prendergast, the condemned murderel
Of Mayor Carter Harrison, would expiate
the crime with his life. Jailer Morris
and assistants made the final test OF the
rope, trap and trigger At 1926. Jaile,
Morris At l0:46 said: "As near - I can
judge the march to the scafIold will begin
about IL 30" Prendergast rested well
last night and seemed calm and collected.
He refused until late last evening to re.
ceive spiritual consolation, but when
nightfail came he asked for Father Null.
doom. Between 6 and 7 O'Clock Prender.
CAST partoOk Of ham and eggs, and about
O'Clock sent word to JaiIer Morris he
was again hungry. The jailer had the
prisoner served with another hearty
meal, which he seemed to relish greatly.
The assassin talked freely with his spirit
ual adviser, and several times remarked
You must stay with me to the end"
As the hour Tor the execution drew
nearer Prendergast showed signs Of
slightly increasing nervousness, but on
the whole he was remarkably calm and
collected
Father Barry was in constant attend
ance upon Prendergast al morning.
The little ASSASSIN Was most deferential.
He announced with tri6e Of brsvado
I'm die game and set . great and shin
ing example TO my country" At ii A.
n. Prendergast was removed to the ante
room OF the Jail Office, where the last
kind Offices were performed. Prender-
CAST especially requested Sheriff Gilbert
to allow him twenty minutes to make q
dying statement, but il was thought he
would At the last moment forego the de-
termination.
The jury and physicians At IL 10 fled
in and inspected the scaffold and appur-
tenanoee. Fifty Deputy Sheriffs were
ranged around the corridor. At ii AZ
Sheriff Gilbert andJ ailer Morris appeared
Al the right Of the scaffold. The pris-
oner. pale and unsteady, walked behind.
He stood without apparent nervousness,
though q trifle weak and unsteady, a.
his arms were being pinioned. He looked
calmly out on the assembled crowd be-
low him. While the shroud was placed
about him, barring little restless move.
ment OF the eyee, he made no motion.
Jailer Morris placed the rope about his
neck, the white cap over his head, and
At II As his body shot downward. Hit
head twisted to one side, his neck havins
been apparently broken. A short, spas,
modic movement of the legs Was the
only sign Of life apparent. Surrounded
by the jury and physicians, the corps.
swung to and fro, and At IL 81, nine
minutes after the trigger was sprung, be
Was pronounced dead. The assassin made
not an audible sound from the time he
left his cell, apparently being lost in
contemplation OF his awful fate. He Wal
gently dissuaded by Sheriff Gilbert from
determination to make . speech. Al
IL IS Jailer Morris unlooeened the An.
chored end OF the rope, and the shrouded
corpse Was slowly lowered and laid ia
the coffin standing underneath the plat
form. The face was not badly distorted
though the mouth was open and the
tongue protrudine. The color Of the
features was q bluish tint, which. with
his unkept reddish hair struggling down
over the forehead, made . sight long te
be remembered.