Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-05-02

was lying on settee In Rebman's store, with his
clothes on they had to enlarge the wound to
enable them to sew up the artery; Smith said
that Pratt did It, and witness thought he said Sin
Seventh street."
DIR. Draper. sro'n-Thought he could have
saved the mans life II he had seen him when first
wounded; there was but little blood lost during
the surgical operations; the loss of blood which
caused his death took place before the doctors
were called.
DR.. Porter, sms'n.-Said II was stated in the
report that the wound WINS about ~ inches in
depth; the witness then showed
THE KNIFE
with which the stab had been made 1t was long
dirk, III inches from the point of blade to the
top of the handle; the blade Is 7 11s inches long ;
1t has white bone handle, and a German silver
guard; inscribed on one side of the blade are the
words, "Never draw me without reason nor
sheathe me without honor" The knife looks us
though 1t had been carried for some time, but
never been used before; for ~ inches from its
point 1t Is marked by greasy, fatty substance
and here and there with small hecks of blood I;
above that the blade has the usual polish of new
knives untarnlshed.
Dr.Portcr called attention to the fatty substance
in the blade, and said 1t was produced by the
knife passing through the fatty substance which
enveloped the body of the deceased it was
marked thus to about the distance OF the depth of
the wound the knife did not penetrate the chest;
death ensucd from loss Of blood.
Benjamin c. Smith, sirorn.-Saw Rebman and
Others take Pussy Smith into the store witness
went in and asked Smith who did it, and he said
10 Pratt did it ut the house of Mrs. Pratt, No523
West Seventh street.
Joseph Glalts srorp.-Tks witness merely cor
roborated Rebman's statement concerning taking
the wounded man in the shop.
Joseph II. Greenman, svorR.-Was ut work
at No. 523 West Seventh st., papering the
back chamber in the second story about half
past O'Clock in the morning Pusey Smith, to
whom the house belonged, and who had ordered
the papering DONE walked in the house and came
up stairs he looked Mt the front room which was
finished, and remarked that the paper looked very
well remarked that the back room paper was
also very suitable said good morning, or some
thing of the kind and walked out. Witness
heard him then 90 up stairs into the third story
Almost Immediately he heard a scuflle and shortly
afterwards heavy fall, and thcna woman's voice
cried My Lord Joseph, what have you done ?"
Almost Immediately afterwards he heard heavy
footsteps descend the stairs, shortly afterwards
followed by light steps like a weman's witness
then went and shut the chamber door and saw
blood in the entry, and soon afterwards heard
man come down stairs groaning and kept on
grooming until the police came; witness thought
at the time that it was the wounded man who was
groaning witness heard no voices, merely heard
the scufllc and the fall, this commenced in less
than minute from the time Smith went up
stairs; witness had not seen any man about the
house that day but Smith. On Saturday about Z
O'Clock, he had helped man he did not know
down stairs with a table Smith was there, Sa-
turday at O'clock P. NJ. witness did not know
what had occurred until he had finished his work,
he had shut the door to keep from seeing any
thing so as not to be called on to give evidence.
VIM. L. Heal, (police officer Smorn.-Arrested
Pratt in his own house; found him lying in the
back room face downwards on the floor; his wife
was sitting In the front room; Pratt asked wit
ness who he was, witness told him an officer and
then assisted him to arise; prisoner was very
weak us they passed down the street he said he
" had suffered half u dozen deaths;'' Wilson
found the dirk
Sylvester Solomon, (oflicer) s,oorn.-Saw Heal
bring Pratt out of the house, and witness helped
bring prisoner to the Hall; Pratt seemed very
much annoyed at the crowd he undertook to
say something to witness about the affair." but he
told him he had not come to hear anything and
he had better not talk of it.
| Chalmers Wilson, sworn. = Board at Indian
Queen Hotel; heard that Mr.. Smith was stabbed
and ran to find him saw him in Rebman's store
proposed to officer Hyatt that they should go and
find the man who did ii ; saw the blood on Sixth
street, and followed 1t up Sixth to Woolaston, [s
squares and up Woolaston to the house in Seventh
near Jefferson, [about more squares. traced
him to the house by the blood; saw blood or
the oil cloth in the vestibule of the house and or
the door, and door knob Hyatt went down
town after more officers and witness staid at the
house until the officers came he then went
away but went back and up stairs to the room
where the stabbing took place and there found
the knife on the floor under the window and the
sheath lying by IL; took them down and gave
them to Mr.. Doughcrty (chief of police y Mrs.
Pratt showed wound on her hand and said she
had tried to prevent the stabbing; the room was
a third story chamber with bed in it; bed look
ed as though it had been occupied by one person ;
officer Hyatt was in the room and saw knife
thought the bed had been occupied
Joseph Henry Greenman, sron.-Mercly coro-
borating the other paper hangers statement.
Heard the woman's voice cry "Sly Lord Joseph,
what have you done ?" and heard the groanng
man keep saying ''oh, my God ! my God!" all the
time until the officers came.
Mrs. Susan Lynch saw the wounded man on
Sixth street, sitting on II. F. Pickles steps, and
got Mr.. Rebman to attend to him heard Smith
say, in answer to a question, that 10 Pratt did
it,"
Robert II. Cann sworn.-Saw Pussy Smith, at
about 81 O'Clock, going up Jefferson street from
Sixth towards Seventh street; supposed he was
going to Mrs. Pratts; on being asked why, said
he knew that he went there; witness had seen
him 10 there.
This closed the evidence before the Jury and
after short session they brought in verdict
that the deceased, ~. Pusey Smith, came to his
death by wound inflicted by dirk in the hands
of Joseph w. Pratt"
THE PRISONER.
Inc demeanor oil tile prisoneris still very much
subdued and agitated, but he does not continue
to exhibit the same paroxysm of fear aud re-
morse which he showed yesterday. His wife had
two interviews with him, one last night and one
this morning, both seemed very much affected at
meeting, but as their interviews were private, of
course we know nothing of what TRANSFERRED
This morning Mr. Dougherty, Chief of Police,
took Pratt to New Castle and delivered him into
the custody of the Sheriff and he was placed in
JAIL he will remain until his trial in May or
June.
Pratt is rather fine looking man, not very TIL
but pretty stout, he is about 46 or AZ years of
age. He was very grateful for the kindness and
attention shown him by the officers and thanked
them. He still appears very much cast down.
THE ALLEGED CAUSE
of all the trouble is rather nice-looking, bu
not apparently dangerously beautiful young wo
man with dark hair and pleasant face who is
always neatly and elegantly dressed. She ap-
pears very much affected by the terrible result OF
of her frailty or imprudence and seemed to SYM
pathize with her husbands position Stories