The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-31

that he thought he would receiv,
pIaise FRO mthe 'stalwarts' for hi
atrocious deed. He had a strong
hereditary disposition to insanity.
hut believed that it was tor the good
! the party and the country. ane
therefore Counterhalanced tho WRONG
n made his deed heroic. Their.
was Won OF conference In his thought
weakness in Judgment and reason. bu,
In perception and a 5000
him.
led a vagahond life. When Is
years OF age he gave up his studies
n necame deeply absorbed in reli.
s'ous excitement. He had Il %checkered
career. being once imprisoned 70,
keeptng money not belonging to. him
he was a religious fanatic. devoted to
Tree love socialtsttc teaching. and was
considered erratic. Ono paternal nm.
Gle Of the assassin died insane in al
insane ASYLUM. and the second was a
who finally became an i'm
oecile. one paternal aunt had an in
sane daughter. another paternal aunt
a an insant son. His only sister
was subject to petit NAL. The assassin
was a bright child. though unable to
10 certain words. At seven
Years "f age his mother died. and he
was left without paternal care. his
father treating him with great harsh
ness and neglect.
seemed to Enjoy His Trial.
~ seemed to enioy his trial. ex-
limiting throughout his extreme O n
eeit and posing as Il hero. He de-
nounced almost every II connected
with the proceedings. calling his law
yers and witnesses %atrocious IN
he was ready and quick to reply 10
REORGANIZATION, showing great
a~euteness. On hearing hat the Jury
had convicted him. he said: Ven
geance is mine saith the Lord: !
Will repay When told that $1,000
had been offered for his body to dis
one viii give $4,000; When starting
for the seaitold his face was pale. hut
composed. and his step was Arm. His
shamhling gait. observed so frequent
lN during his trial. had almost disap-
peared: He was unusually careful
ABOUT his personal appearance. hav-
ing had his shoes polished half an
walked holding his head erect. hut
stumbled on n OF the corners Of the
sea
After his prayer was read he be-
gan to chant his poem dolefully. At
the end Of the second verse he was
overcome and began to sob. Rally.
Ing very quickly. he continued until
manning verses We're spoken in quav.
ering terms: After his legs were pin
Toned and the black cap was put over
his head he shouted. glory. glory.
glory dropping a piece Of paper
which he held in his hand. as a e'cnaI
that he was ready. when the trap was
sprung.
Murder Of Mayor Harrison.
Garter Harrison. mayor Of Chica-
go. was murdered in his home on the
evening OF Saturday. Oct. IS. 1899. by
a newspaper carrier. to be rid OF
whom ne had promised a place in
the city government soon after his
election in the preceding april. The
assassin gave himself up after the
shooting: On arriving at the police
station he said. I worked hard for
promised he would make mo cor
poration counsel. He failed to d.,
this. and I have shot him. When he
handed his revolver to the officer he
shook. but appeared rational.
ut was found that soon after
Mayor Harrison's election he had writ
ten to the corporation counsel that
and that he (the corporation counsel)
u'as a usurper. He therefore demand
ed that the once be turned over to
him at once. The postal was covered
with daggers in red ink. He also
threatened the mayor. About four
weeks before the assassination another
postal card was received. reminding
the Office and hat he must do so at
once.
About a week later he called to
see the counsel personally. He was
bantered a little and left. but almost
every day he would put his head in
the Office and look around. About
four DAYS before his crime he wanted
look on his face was diaholical and
the counsel was told that the man
was a crank and would kill someone.
He would insist upon extolling Henry
George and celebrating upon his
theory in a tangled form. and while
in the midst of his talk he would 70
to some other subject.
His Sanity in Question.
"A former schoolmate said Of him
that he vas one of those sullen BOYS
who never mixed With others. When
his trial began the assassin sat near
the jury box and clasped and un-
clasped his hands. When the attor-
ney said he would ask for the infic-
ton Of the death penalty. If found
guilty. the prisoner did not seem at
first to comprehend. but a minute
later he turned in his saet. twisted
his fingers ~nervously. his hand went
to his neck NJ he seemed to be
choking. Then he grinned at his GUN
sci: but it took some time for him
to gain his composure. When a ques-
ton was asked as to punishment OF a
mar committing a crime while in
sane. the prisoner said. I object. your
honor. I do not want a Juror who
does o hink I am perfectly sane
An expert asked the prisoner how.
he could expect to be corporation
when he was not a lawyero'