Patrick Eugene Prendergast
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Date of birth | April 6,1868 |
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Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Inishbofin |
County Galway | |
Ireland | |
Date of died | July 13,1894 |
Died | Chicago |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Criminal penalty | Hanging |
Conviction(s) | Murder |
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ID | 953770 |
About Patrick Eugene Prendergast
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast 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, Prendergast was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to death for the assassination.