| Show CARTER CAM H i HARRISON m the worlds va fair mayor of chicago assassinated EVIDENTLY A CRANKS CRANES WORK tho the murdered man ijan one of the brightest public men in tho the city of chicago Chic igo 0 president woodruff received a telegram sunday morning announcing nou noun la cing the of carter H harrison arrison II mayor of chicago 1 by the hand of an as assassin till THE JOURNAL promptly posted a bulletin and all day lorin long g passers by read the terrible news belts the press reports give the particulars of tle crime crime in full I 1 e shortly before 8 the door bell dell rang and when mary hansen domestic opened the door she ay iy was as confronted by a man about five i feet five inches high smooth shaven clear cut features lit a pair offart of dark eyes Is mr harrison in asked the iho man in a quiet pleasant voice yes sir cir responded the girl is as she threw orien open the door to admit his entrance 1 I would like to see bi in ai said tho the man inan as he r 1 the back ond end of the liall hall harrison arrison II was in the dining room which opened into anto the rear of the hall hearin hearing the man ask for him lie he stepped into the hall ball and walked toward the tha visitor without saying a word the man mail eugene prendergast drew a revolver and commenced to fire lie ile pulled the tri trigger r yer but three times and every bullet hit ahe mark one bullet shattered harrisons left hand another pasted passed into the lower right side of the abdomen makino making a wound that would hare been mortal within a 1 few days the third bullet entered the chest slightly above tho the heart this wound was the immediate cause of death As soon as prendergast ast benan began 0 to fire harrison turned and walked rapidly toward the dining room ile he passed through the dining room into the butlers pantry where weakened by the loss of blood he be fell to the floor prendergast did not follow up his victim but replaced the revolver in his pocket with the same deliberation that marked all of his actions and started toward the door just as he be was passing 0 out william preston harrison came fearing 0 down stairs and the coach coachman nian ran in at the rear end of the hall the cries of mary hansen directed the son to where his father layl lay but the come coachman binan was after other game ame ile he had a revolver ver of his bis 0 own wn and as quickly is as lie he realized d what had occurred lie he sent a bullet after this disappearing form of the murderer A second time lie fired but both bullets went wild lun running L nina to the door the coachman prepared to continue hostilities but several aeple entered t e r C d to learn tho the cause of the shooting and by the time the coachman reached the sidewalk the man had disappeared across ashlaun boulevard directly opposite the Harri harrisod sou residence is the home of IV J chalmers a wealthy maker of iii mining ining machinery chalmers was standing upon the front steps of his residence when the were fired lie ile dashed across lie street and met prendergast at the gate what is it said chalmers the man inan walked rapidly away without replying and chalmers hastened biao into the houe hou o and reached II arrison almost the hie same moment that william preston ilar rison found where his father lay are arc you hurt hurl asked chalmers rn ere as lie a and n 1 t the lie so eon n of th the C dying ayin man inan strove to raise him J have lave got in my death chal 1 iners responded the mayor 1 I am shot in the heart and iam I 1 am a dead man il A moment later II arrion said with avith a voice rapidly losing strength unbutton my vest theres where the trouble is ia by this time the die stricken man had been borne to a couch in the adjoining room and as li lie spoke Cha lincis gently opened his waistcoat coa t its through 0 the heart paid caid he mayor again his voice scarcely y above a whisper A moment later lie sank into and twenty inin minutes after receiving the wound sir II arrigon Lon was wai dead when young harrison arrison II came caine down stairs to learn of the shooting lie turned the burglar alarm and yen before he reached hi his A ditth e rs side the patrol wagon filled with officers from the lake street station canie came bashin dashing toward the mayors house by the time the officers arrived all trace of the murderer was lost even before the mayor breathed his last officers from every station in the city were on the outlook for tho the murderer every possible effort was made to secure medical attendance for harrison arrison II but when dr lyman the first physician to arrive reached the mayors mavors side lie was a dead man about twenty five minutes after the shooting sergeant frank mcdonald was standing in the office of the desplainis Des plains street police station every available officer had already hurried out to work on the C case ase and MCDO mcdonald A Dald was preparing to follow the do door L was pushed gently open and in N walked v a small smooth shaven poorly dressed man carrying a revolver it in his hand ile he shook lik like e a man mail with the palsy his face white and drawn great drops of perspiration chased each other down his face and his tottering limbs jims seemed scarcely to hold bold him up looking mcdonald in the eyes he said 1 11 I did it you did it asked 4 mcdonald yes I 1 did it did what said the officer as he laid one hand on the fel fellows lowA shoulder and with the other took the revolver 1 I shot mayor harri II arrison son ant and that is what I 1 shot him with was the reply what made you do it asked mcdonald lie ile said lie he would make me carpo corporation po ration counsel antl and ho he did not that is ia what I 1 shot him for prendergast was trembling inz so 0 o lie he could hardly stand and the officer led him to a chair and asked him a few more questions to which prendergast would only mak mako ko the reply he had first given as to the cause of the shri shooting otina 0 lie ile said after leaving the harrison house he had taken to the street car and started toward the desplaines street station with the object of giving himself up mr chalmers said late tonight regarding the shooting 1 I expressed to harrison arrison II the hope that he was not badly wounded but he said eaid im a dead man he repeated this several times and sank bank so eo rapidly wo we knew there was no hope for him the family of course is utterly prostrated young harriton harrison said to me 1 I told father long 0 a ago 0 O Eom something ething like this would b happen a p ile he was too easy in lettin letting c people in to see him cranks and everybody after we carried ilar biar rison to his couch continued chalmers he said laid it was useless to try and do anything for him and his last words nearly as I 1 can remember were give uie me water send for annie give me water 11 prendergast is crazy said carpo corporation po ration counsel kraus who perhaps was the closest friend harrion harrison son had bad 1 I knew him and ana he be said ho he was going to be appointed my successor the man was so EO palpably out of his mind I 1 di did d not consider it worth while to talk seriously with him 1 I spoke to the mayor about it and ho he said lie ho had received threatening lel letters from the fellow but paid no attention as the man was insane miss annie howard tho the finance of mr harrison arrison II was in the house at the time the fatal shot was fired in accordance with the wounded mans request she was at once sumino need and was present when the end came miss howards grief was pitiable she was nas completely overcome and was taken to the house of carter harrison arrison II jr at jackson park when the news of his hia fathers death readied reached him and he be hastened homo home mrs airs gleaten ousley onsley the mayors daughter 0 who resides nearly five miles from her fathers residence received the news by telephone and hastened to ashland boulevard but her father was dead fully twenty minutes before she arrived |
