The trial of Patrick Eugene Prendergast was held in December 1893 in the Cook County Criminal Court. Prendergast was tried on the charge of murder in the first degree for his actions in having assassi
Illustration of Prendergast during the trial
Photograph of Prendergast
Illustration of Prendergast
Illustration of Prendergast assassinating Mayor Harrison
A. S. Trude
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Alfred Samuel "A. S." Trude was a British-American lawyer. Trude was one of the most noted attorneys in his time, working on a number of high-profile cases. He resided in Chicago most of his life. Whi
Trude circa 1899
Sketch of Trude circa 1895
Sketch of Trude, circa 1910
Trude requests the death penalty for Prendergast at the end of the murder trial