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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America: The Assassination of Carter Harrison Sr

The Assassination of Carter Harrison Sr.

From the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle News

Article on the assassination of Mayor Carter Harison from the October 30th, 1893 Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle News

Article on the assassination of Mayor Carter Harison from the October 30th, 1893 Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle News

Carter Harrison

The Prosecution

Alfred S Trude, Lead Prosecutor

James Todd Sr., Assistant Prosecutor

The Prendergast Trial

Carter Harrison's Mansion: the Scene of the Crime

Patrick Eugene Prendergast

The Defense

Clarence Darrow, Defense Attorney

Clarence Darrow, Defense Attorney

James S Harlan, Defense Attorney