Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-29

At 10 O'Clock this morning Mistrss,
Pritchard was examined o. 10 her com
plicity with ]. T. Pritchard in the muir
der Of Humphrey symons. The do
PENDANT was present with Counselor
Tildsn.
The defendant. to . casual observer,
might pass for an attractive brunette o,
twenty. She Is tall and fairly formed
A deeper observer would, however. sec
In her face much determination and
some danger should she Be crossed II
her earnest desires. Hsr jaws are broad
and heavy, her lips small and pressed,
her eyes cold and gray and rather heav'
lily frinsed. There 10 . rsstlsssnssI
about them that bstrays her ii . woman
Of the world. She was dressed In ,
faded and dirty walking suit Of dark blut
jsoonet cambria. elaboratsly trimmed,
and wore c~lose-Atting gloves to match,
On her head was Q suudown, plain
white and wresthed With red roses
During the examination she was oontin.
ually settling q fold OF her dress, adjust
ing a cuff, smoothing . glove. pulling
down Q sleeve. and looking about a. u
d~ssirous Of making q new mash
There IL something In her cold, gray
eye, Arm jaws. pressed lips, and general
appearance which would indicate thai
she would stop at nothing In her on.
deavors to attain an end.
Next to her sat Mrs. Wall, her mother,
q woman Of middle age, with the air and
manner OF o girl Of sixteen. Her dres,
was Q gray linen duster, and her hat. 9
pied sundown, wresthsd round the sidel
and bowed on the top. A sillier, more
simpering. conoeited and foolish old
woman Ia not probably In the town.
The first woman examined was Mrs.
Della Casey. the woman In whose house
Symons was shot, and where the do.
PENDANT lived with ]. T. Pritchard when
the ARRAY occurred. She testified thai
Pritchard and the defendant commenced
auarreling in the morning OF the
2lst, and he broke the doors
with q stick OF cordwood and
stopped him. They confined quarreling
aud In the evening Symons came. The
rest Of her testimony oorresponded with
the particulars OF the murder o. already
published. After the shooting she At
tempted to get into the room where the
shooting occurred, but the doors and
windows were fastened, and witness
could not get In. The defendant came
10 the front door and said she had shot
Mr.. Symons; that they should 60 In and
get him out, and got the doctor: that he
had no business In there. Pritchard
then came. aud had his pistol, and said
he would shoot any one who went In to
get him out. It vas an hour. nearly.
after Symons was shot before any one
dared 60 In to get him out. The do.
PENDANT. Pritchard and the defendants
mother were the only ones in there dur.
ing all this time.
On cross-sIamination she said It was
not O minute after Symons entered DO.
fore the shots were fred. The watch
was held and she marked the time at 10
seconds from the time Symons went In
to the firing OF the shots, which followed
one another In quick succession. Wit.
ness heard no conversation. Symons
had no time to talk. Defendant first
came to the door after the shooting.
When defendant came to the door she
said she shot Symons. She said: ~
shot him; I shot him; take him out and
get Q doctor; hs had no business In
there" She said ~ shot him" three
times. She was not crying; she came
out and used those words and went back.
To the Court-Dsfendant came out
Immediately after the shooting; never
saw defendant have . pistol; It was, ]
think, thrss.quarters OF IN honr after
the shooting before defendant came out.
Thomas Wooley testified that about 2
O'Clock Mrs. Casey called to officer By.
mons to come over and arrest those par.
ties next door, a. they had been hghting
all day. He told her she had better
swear out o warrant for them and then
he could arrest them. Then . boy came
over and said they were fighting In there.
He then went over and talked with Mrs.
Casey, ! should judge, ten minutes.
Witness went up street, and was subse-
quently told that some q was shooting
down there, and heard two reports OF q
pistol; went there; wal told not to stand
there, as be (Pritchard) would shoot
him. After q little Constable Donovan
came out with Pritchard. Witness after
that went into the house; he there saw 9
pool Of blood and Symons' club; picked
up the club and went into the next room
and saw Symons lying on his face. his
head resting ON his hand; asked him II
he was badly hurt; could not make out
his answer; asked who shot him; could
not tell what he said; he was then placed
on q table. and shortly afterward the
doctor came.
Cross examined-It was between ten
and fifteen minutes after I got down be-
fore I got In to Symons.
Marshal Folsom next took the stand
and told his story. II has already been
published In the News.
J.. A. c. Moore testified that after the
shooting OF Symons he saw q woman
come ont ON the porch OF the house and
20 O short distance up the street. When
she came back witness asked her who
did that shooting; she said. II did u
and I don't deny It." Some one said.
"You lie; he did IT," She replied, mo.
I did 1t, and I don't deny IT,"
Cross examined-Don'tk know who said
"you lis;" he was . b~ystandsr; cant
say II defendant Is the woman who said
III did it;' she was dressed different;
had on a linen buster. thought she
was calling . boy. A bystandsr re-
marked that she was drunk-as drunk
as she could bs. She went up opposite
70 my place. Her hair was hanging oil
down her back. I called her pretty
drunk. This woman said she did moi
deny doing the shooting. This was BE-
fore the defendant was arrested. She
went back into the house and then came
on. and stood by the man Pritohard, and
then went into the house with him.
Alfred Smith testified that from the