Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Occupation
Newspaper distributor
Political party
Democratic
Criminal status
Executed
Conviction(s)
Murder
Criminal penalty
Death
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast (6 April 1868 – 13 July 1894) was an Irish-born American newspaper distributor who assassinated Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr., fatally shooting the five-term mayor on October 28, 1893. Following two separate trials, in which the defense tried unsuccessfully to have him acquitted by reason of insanity,[1] Prendergast was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to death for the assassination. He was executed by hanging on July 13, 1894, the only client of famed attorney Clarence Darrow to ever receive the death penalty.[2][3]
^Darrow, Clarence (1894). In Re Prendergast: Address to the Jury. pp. 920–1117.
^Johnson, Ray (July 13, 2015). "Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison's Assassin Patrick Eugene Prendergast was executed on this date in 1894". ChicagoNow. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
^Radeska, Tijana (July 30, 2017). "Famous lawyer Clarence Darrow, opposed to the death penalty, lost only one client to execution". The Vintage News.
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