St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 30, 1893

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er cell * b Prendergast, the Murderer 9 Carter Harrison. How the Assassin Looks, Acts and What He Says. MOODY AND TIRED OF DISCUSSING HIS TERRIBLE DEED. Expressions of Sorrow Over the Mayor's Taking Off From Citizens and Public Bodies—Formal Action ef the Council This Morning—The Closing of the Fair Devoid of Ceremonial Out of Respect to the Dead—Memorial Meeting of Commissioners and tsa on * the Grounds. . Om, Oct. .- Mayor Harrison’s mur- derer spent a quiet nightin hig cell in the County Jail. He slept soundly from midnight until s a. m. in Anarchist Louls Lingg’s old cell, This is in the first corridor of the main floor ot the cell rooms, It faces the main en-. casions. N 5. 2 = ioe DAVE “ia 2 — 122 14 B.. 155 MONDAY. f desk and chair, a deep fringe of biack hung down over the Speaker’s platform. The galleries were filled, but visitors tooꝶ their with none of the boisterousness which characterized their pe on ordinary oc- No gavel fell to call the Council to order;asimple word was sufficient. Alderman George B. Swift (Rep.) presided. Alderman Ryan then sentup to the clerk resolutions which,were not unduly lengthy, providing fora memorial meeting ot the Council and concluding as follows: Resolved, That all civic and military organizations in the city are hereby invited to attend the funeral of Hm who was ‘*first in the hearts’’ of the citizens of Ch „ end that as a mark ef re- spect to the gteat Mayor the city offices shall be closed from Tuesday morning until after the burial of our peoples dead. Alderman Powers moved that it be the sense of the Council that all the citizens of the city be asked to participate in the obse- quis. The citizens of Chicago will act spon- taneously,’’ said the Ohair. **The late Mayor was loved and endeared to all the people of Chicago. The manner of his death is such as to prompt all citizens to becomea part of the mourning congregation which will follow him to his grave.’’ Alderman Sexton then moved an adjourn- ment, and the Aldermen filed gqutetly out of the Council chamber. YESTERDAY'S EVENTS. Yesterday was a day of mourning in the city. The sad story of Carter Harrison’s assassination was discussed on every street corner and was the theme of every pulpit in Chicago. - oe f N +, fs 8 — " * * 5 — — * ‘ — — y —_- 7; ‘ (Lh * = i~ ~ , . , , ‘i ‘ Vi OS LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR CARTER HENRY HARRISON. trance from the big cage leading off the of. fice, and a guard 18 duty there day and night the year round. No special guard was put on last night. Everything by which Prendergast could injure himself or commit suicide with was taken from him when he was placed in the cell, The reguiar corridor guards watched him closely during the night. The man was apparently worn out by the ex- citement of the previous twenty-four hours. This morning the clanging of bolts and bars as the turnkeys passed awoke the prisoner early. - Prendergast yawned lazily ahd sat on the edge of his narrow bed, peering gloomily out of his cell. When spoken to by one ofthe guards he grunted an unintelligible reply, but did not move a muscle. When the man’s breakfast was brought him, however, he brightened upat once. He was hungry and ate the plain prison fare with a relish, drinking a large quantity of hot coffee. After the meal Prendergast seemed in a more agreeable mood. He moved up to his cell door and gazed out. The jibesand jokes ex- changed by other prisoners who talked to * gach other from adjoining cells interested thé assassin. He smiled as repartee and pun- gent sarcasm floated inthe air from cell to The situation and noise was new to Prendergast and he sat a sifent but attentive listener. When a reporter called the murderer d up sullenly. „Won, Prendergast, how are you feeling this morning?’’ was asked. „„What?“ replied Prendergast, the visitor curiously. The questfon was repeated. „Oh, I feel all right, I guess. right. * Had a good night’s rest, did you?’’ „es, I guess so. I always sleep all right.““ At this point Prendergast became silent, 2 looking at I'm an "and leaning halt back on his bed, partly 85 closed hig eyes. All efforts to gradually lead the man fnto a conversation about the as- a _ gassination failed. He sat doggedly silent, ~ Finally straightening up he said: say. ~ what's the use talking about the same thing all the time? Ihave talked about the shoot- ing all I'm going to. He deceived me and I Shot bim. He betrayed me and I got even on him. That's all. Iwas justified.’’ * ae A COUNCIL MEETING. ¥ officials and aldermen who entered the i chamber for the special meeting this E ng tound that the decorator with som. de 7 had preceded them, and their eyes met the mournful insignia of death at , from which bis bright and sallies have fiashed, was hung with deep Diack, the rod cherry furniture being en- maden beseath the thick, heavy t erepe. The desk, too. on which his * L with heavy The infection of gloom extended even to the World’s Fair grounds, where a meeting ofthe directors was held, and it was de- cided to abandon the pageantonthe last day. The remains of the dead Mayor will lie in state in the City Hall until Wednesday, when the funeral will take place. The Mar- rison house, on Ashland boulevard, was wrapped in gloom all day :yesterday, while mony, who made the autopsy, noting new tai oak e ae was developed. One of the bullets passed through the left hand, one entered the stom- ach and was found in the back, one passed | through the liver and was found in the bowels, and one entered below the right shoulder and was found under the four inches further down, Death was caused by hemorrhage. The Coroner’s jury ‘was ©. ©, Kohissat, foreman; Ulric oe 8. A. Scribner, W. J. * Eugene Patrick Prendergast, Mayor Harrison's Assassin. Chalmers, P. R. O’Brien, Charles P. Elmes, Their verdict held Patrick Eugene Prender. gast responsible. The assassin Prendergast refused to make any statement at the inquest and its close was hurried off toa cell in the County Jail, He is now in murderers’ row and oc- cuples the same cell in which Louls Lingg, the Anarchist, committed suicide, : Bro. Baldwin of St. Patrick's Academy, who taught Prendergast at the school, states that the boy developed into a kind of a crank about three years after leaving the academy, He was accustomed to pay visits occasionally to the academy, but was finally forbidden to enter the gates, as his senséless ravings made him a nuisance. Oscar D. Wetherell, the City Comptroller of Chicago,who becomes acting Mayor by the death of Mayor Harrison,is a Republican and about 60 years of age. n PRENDERGAST’S LETTERS. He Was a Contributor to the Mail of Senators in Washington. WasHINGTON, Oct, 30.—Pendergast’s bullets which took the life of Mayor Carter Harrison might have tound lodgment inthe heart of a United States Senator or even the Presi- dent ofthe United States. For ary! two weeks before the murder of Chicago’s Mayor the assassin had been directing messages through the mails to at least one United States Senator, which indicated that his mind was intensely wrought up against President Cleveland. The burden of all these communications was the silver question, The letters came to Senator Pubois of Idaho. The first letter cameabout Oct. 9 and since then a morning has not passed without the receipt ofaletter from Pender- “oo of the leaders of the repealers says he has received a dozen or more large postal cards since the silver debate began in the . These communications were in- variably begun in the upper teft-hand corner of the card and written diagonally across so as, apparently, to utilize all the space of the card and crowding the name into the lower right-hand corner. They were generally signed P. E. J. Pendergast,’’ but sometimes the name of James Pendergasted was used. Writing on the 2ist last, Prendergast said: **Repeal is effectually beaten unless eloture is resorted to to stile the voice of the people, and if this dishonorable, unconstitutional and unusual course is resorted to, the peace of the nation is risked, and no Senator who votes for cloture can justify his course from a patriotic standpoint. Irepeatthat repeal is defeated unless cloture is resorted to.’’ On the 24th he wrote: I notice wavering in the ranks of silver enemies. Your side is now the strongest. If you are determined, firm and patient you can win. The best thing to dois to fight it out. Look out for artifices on the part of your opponents. Re- member that the strongest an most intelli- ent leadership is on the part of the silver- te side. Grover Cleveland is impotent. The cry for re epee is simply a whim of his. Is the United states Senate going to yield to an irresponsible President’s whim?’’ On the 26th he wrote: Hold the fort. Tho President was about to give up the fight, when certain persons like John Sherman and Banker Benedict of New Yerk reanimated him. Ifyou holdout youare sureto win. They dare not attempt cioture. Hill of New York has no influence inthe Senate owing to his unsavory record in New York. The Pres- ident has become tired and will give up in despair if you delay a vote às long as poss!- ble, by every means at your command. MISS ANNIE HOWARD. (The young lady of New Orleans who was to have been married to Mayor Harrisen on Nov. 7.) 8 the little knot of crepe on the door an- . 7 postscript to to this note, in which nounced that death bad taken possession. Miss annie Howard, the dead Mayor’s affianced bride, stricken with grief remain- ed in her own room nearly the entire day. The remains were laid out ina chamber on the upper floor, where they were visited by a eee number* of friends and public at the late residence yesterday afternoon, 1 tosti · 5 *. have Gone and shall continue to do my duty ese gar 15 Senators paid no attention to — that since th * 292 been reel vin, 2 Wen. PAPER, On, V P a 4 ’ * el ay a cigar when told od oat ment. The prisoner o the cigar from his mouth and remarked ; **Well?** Last Official Day WoRLD’s Fair Gri will close to-day in fiag at half mast. I ips, Oct, 80.—The Fair rumg and with its mad ofthe festival of oratory and song ‘wh was to have filled in the afternoon, t ‘will be services of a memorial character. Instead of the scene of dazzling splendor t wasto have crowned a day of brilliancy Im speech and music, only necessary lights will burn, and the White City will be shrowdéd in darkness at an earlier hour than sines s opening. So with the death of Mayor Harrison the life and gayety ofthe Exposition went out forever. The sombre appearance that the buildings will wear and the golemnities that will be observed here in memoriam of the departure of Chicagn’s Chief M trate, who was also one of the life sinews ef the Fair, will bea singularly appropriat® way to close the greatest exposition history, whose dis- tinctive beauty will In a few more days be changed into a mass conglomerate ruins, The following was issued yesterday after a conference between Exposition officials: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, JACKSON PARK. In view of the assassination ef the Chief Magis- trate of the city of Chieago, the ceremomies which were announced te take place to-morrow, Monday, Oct. 30, in connection with the closing of the World’s Columbian Exposition, will be wholly dis- pensed with, exeept that all heretofore invited guests and the public generally are requested to Cc * . iD 7 JACKSON Sera „ lad ASHLAND «defend : Diagram of the & ie Bree. e——— | J J—Folding doors. 1 S pantry. H H—Hall D—Ntairwa N—Hat-ra E—Parior. S—Where Mayor Harrison steod. M—W here the assassin stood. K—Where Mayor Harrison feil and died. assemble in Festival Hall at 1 o’elock p. m. as originally intended. The Hon. Thomas Palmer, President of the World’s Columbian Commission, will preside, Prayer will be offered by the Rev. John Henry Barrows. Appropriate resolutiens formulat- ed by the following joiat committee which has been appointed for the purpose wilt be submitted by President H. N. Higginbotham: National Vommission—Thomas W. Palmer, D. B. Penn, P. A. B. Widener, R. L. Saunders, George V. Massey. A. H. Mitchell. Board of Directors—H. M. Higginbotham, Lyman J. Gage, Adwin Waiker, Ferd W. Peck, Robert A. Waller, George R. Davis. All the festivities arranged for the closing cere- monies will be omitted, with the exeeption of the fring of an apprepriate salute and the lowering of the United States flag at sunset. It is further ordered that the fags uper all buildings within the grounds remain at half mast until the closing of the Exposition. Grone R. DAVI6, Director-General. The reception to Mrs, Paimer, President of the Board of Lady Managers, which was to be given in her honor by the National Com- missioners to-night atthe New York build. ing, as been declared off at her request. There is no wish to keep people away from the Exposition to-day nor from now on, but it igordered that there will de no kind of demonstrations, The buildings will be kept open as usual, There isa fair number of people in attendance to-day, but the num ber will not be beyond the ordinary, It was hopedthat thisday might even surpass in attendance that of Ohicago day, The paid attendance yesterday was 146,821. The scene in Festival Hall this afternoon was impressive, There was no levity, The great audience 1 95 25 ever peat and occu: pring every foot of standing: room, were ushed, Some had come —— distant States to take part in what was intended to hour of Fe olcing over the success 0 Fair, and — 5 that the festal plane been changed, There was no *. Commlsestoners set of suitable. President Hi missioners kxposition were President sion „ ia th the Woria’ closed after ne Bt sunset, THR WORK OF HEMALITION, When the gates at Jae tan Park ape aiaged to-night and the sia life of thadaty — been brought d an end, the meant problem remataing e be ves will 06 best to dispose Of the hulldings, ive answers have been given, Hut Aa Fat A at all “tt , ae 1 25 „ Ir ai 0 ok, 95 = ath 15 ae to emphasize the greatness 0 vet tion now cloging, no words © rth the work of demolishing he beautiful ¥ buildings would anal am mence The ceremonies ees ing to" ra: gram, were made commemoratly ve af Uhl. cago’s departed Mayor, ‘lhe 6 oooh amen President 17 gginbotham had p epaned 4 to Mr. Harris en death wae oa consonant with the epiritoef the mee hat it was deemed Sitting to have it read’ he Kev, Dr. Barrows, Whe made the opening prayer, the Committee of Doster 6 wo bon 2. esalutio int am, he We 4 22 855 i, A? Fe 1 i ees atl ; 0 10 A ‘ N . Ne ; hien 11 110 "hd ; 9 II . rh) i y 11 main strong who have en- unanimously ‘approve the idea of pre- serving i." * DBALING WITH CRANES. Opinions of St, Louis Nervous Disease " Spectatists on Handling Them. . The dispatches from Chicago detailing the assassination of Mayor Harrison convey the impression that the murderer is one of the numerous class of individuals who, while not held sufficiently unsound of mind to be deprived of liberty, area standing menace to public men whoare firm epough in their ‘convictions of public duty to oppose the opinions of a strong minority. That society should be protected against this species of cranks all will agree, but the means which should be employed to secure this protection is a serious question. A Post- DIsPaTCH reporter to-day visited a number of experts in the treatment of the insane to get their views of the dest methods for pro- tecting society against cranks of the charac- ter stated. Dr. Le Grand Atwood was asked: ‘‘What changes would you suggest in the lunacy laws that would protect public men from the attacks ot Guiteau’s, Prendergasts and that of cran at laree. SGuee tae should — n of ay mptome, Anis man would ane the 2 @ the been written suck E the same She Is at Her Home, Pet Ra Interviewed. But | —— wazns wor A STATEMENT OF BROKER v — D The Chief Member of the Assigned ¥ Bas No Explenation to | Ovérsll’s Decision et Name of the Detective Who Get Away. Mrs. Louis J. Silva, who has boos Galea city since Friday, presumably with band, returned this morning and = her home on Cates avenue. POST-DISPATCH reporter rang the the I attended the races at the ae yor N * 5 — ue saw Silva at South 7 to wt. bess. 1 did not Icon ever — | wheat and the first 1 was from the papers. oe AROUSED MAJ,. RAINWATER’S warn. ** Maj. O. O. Rain water was seen tor day and asked why Col. Overall refusedt@ — give the name of. the detective oe is sald to have had the shadowing of Silva n : hand. Col. Overall is my attorney, and what he Says or aces is satisfactory to mo,. replied the Major g But. Ma * making litt funny that ur. known the name of the aetective lowed sulve to get away.’ **T see nothing in it for comment ata must refer you to Wr. Overall. 1 l — Mo, Oct. 9.—Portes Bias gort, an old resident of this city,