Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-09-18
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
THE JURY ON THE SEDUCTION
CASE DECLARE HIM GUILTY.

Pratt Sentenced to Pay Fine Of $500
and Costs and TO be Imprisoned for
Three Years-samueI Poe, Charged
with Murder. Arraigned.
The first case tried at yesterday after
Moons session Of court was that of the
State VS.. Michael Fahey who made an
assault on jeremiah O'Toole on June s.
last. The fight took place beyond the
Third street bridge and Fahey cut
O'Toole in the neck with a knife w.
Smalley, Esq, the prisoners counsel,
called as witnesses Pierce Mcdowell,
Thomas King, John Gray and Harvey
Riggin The sentence was two months
Imprisonment.
Attorney General Biggs stated that
Thomas +. Hanlon, against whom there
were three indictments for violating the
insurance law. desired to enter plea of
guilty in the first case, and in considera
tion Of which, he (Mr. Biggs) moved that
the other indictments be nolle prose
quied. The charge was that Hanlon was
doing business without tie authority Of
the insurance commissioner. Hanlon
was permitted to make statement.
which probably reduced his fine, which
was placed at 500.
Rogers to be Tried October 10.
Senator George Gray stated that yes
terday for the first time he had been
consulted in regard TO defending Thomas
Rogers. who is indicted for the murder OF
the Hungarian at New Castle on Sepsem-
Der z. He made a motion that the trial Of
the case be continued until the Novem-
Der term Mr.. Gray pleaded the parvis
and Stewart cases, in which he Is counsel
as an important reason for asking for de
lay. The attorney general argued against
delay, but after consultation the court
fixed upon Thursday October 10, as the
time for beginning the trial.
seduced 1a-year-oId Girl.
The FIRST jury case OF the term was
that Of Alfred Pratt, charged with SO.
duction. The extreme penalty for vic.
lating the law provided in this case is
81, 900 fine and seven years imprison-
meut, or both. The indictment charges
that the prisoner, used Rose Ellen Whit
ley, whose home was on Riddles Banks,
for immoral purposes, The girl is under
| 10 years Of age.
Rose Ellen Whitley, the prosecuting
witness who is a prepossessing young
girl, was put on the stand. She said she
was IA years OF age. knew the prisoner,
who lived next door to her. and had a
wife and three children. He was fel.
low workman in Riddles's mills With
an abashed and shamed deineanor she
told the story of her criminal intimacy
with Platt. both at Riddles's Banks and
at Philadelphia. where he took her, and
where she lived with him for two weeks
as his wife
Platt, who had no counsel, asked the
girl few questions in cross-examination
in shame-faced way.
Mrs Mary Whitley, the mother Of the
girl, was next put on the stand. She
had been sitting in a chair behind the
witness box while her daughter testified
and when she stepped into the box th'
girl sat down in the chair and cried
! Mrs. Whitley added her testimony 4
that Of the girl and told the means usel
to find her daughter in Philadelphia
When. Pratt attempted TO crons ques
tion the witness, she broke out in
p TRADE OF scolding and showed him up /
! his true character as shiftless laz
! wretch.
Thomas G. Crawford. a Phi adelphi
detective officer testified to arrestin
n Pratt and finding the girl.
Chief Of Police Swiggett also testife
a for the state.
The prisoner put James Fulton Stepto
9 on the stand In an effort to prove tha
! the girls character was bad but th
] effort was failure. Stephen Neister, tn
baseball player, was also called, but h
knew nothing Of advantage to the prii
oner.
The prisoner made point in his favo
by raising a question about the girls ag,
in connection with an insurance policy
, but the mother quickly denied that an
policy had ever been issued on the girl
: life The Jury were not charged las
evening, but at $50 o'clock discharge
q until this morning.
. Charles Layton and Alfred Loga
= pleaded not guilty to the charge of carr,
: ing concealed deadly weapons and c0ul
adjourned until this morning.
+ This Mornings Session.
The court room was CROWDED wit
people this morning, who were intereste
in the murder trial that was expected
q be tried. The case of Alfred Pratt, o
a trial for seduction was resumed. Corn'
II liza LaPierre took the stand for the pri
oner and was put in dangerous pos
| bious Tor bhe prisoner euuehNOitu
% make the witness testify that he ha
IL been criminally intimate with the your
girl
is The prisoner made a statement TO q
99So jury and the chief justice delivered b
AZ charge He stated that the case was Il
80 first under the new law. and explain
an the same The jury retired at TO-
G5 o'clock.
90 Election Cases Continued.
90 The cases of illegal registration and
lg legally Offering to register, we're all co
IS tinued unsil the November term. I he
IS, were three OF them, all colored Jam
Id Miles, indicted for illegal rsgistrati'
he and Thomas Tillman and Frank Tillers
at for illegally offering to register. Hen
@. Conrad, Esq, is counsel for Miles q
on Tillman and Walter II. Hayes, Esq,
In Fellison. Mr.. Conrad stated that it "
OF impossible TO obtain very material WI
ee ness for this term, consequently {
nd cases were continued.
Alfred Lopez, a colored man W
charged by Sergeant Peterson with Ct
rying a concealed razor. Lopez stat
ed that he had the razor and pair Of SC
at sors with which he had been barberi
err other colored men. The jury rendered
he verdict Of guilty without leaving the bS
be He was sentenced to pay a fine Of
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