The morning call., 1891-10-10
ACROSS THE BAY.
Itching Ears Rewarded in the
Pratt Case.
A Warrant Which the Treasurer Would Not
Pay-Tindell's Body Found-Foul
Play Suspected

with the exception of the one of the argu-
nient, were rewarded yesterday, and evil
IDENTIFY, from appearances, highly enjoyed the
testimony. No doubt during the period of
the time that the evidence was so low that
only the court reporter and the Judge could
hear it, they would have liked to have had the
ears of a certain animal. They crowded up
to and leaned over the rail and, in the corner
of the lobby nearest the witness-stand,
stood up on the seats in their anxiety to see
and hear Miss Barnes story Of what Mrs.
Pratt had told her.
At the opening of the court it was an
nounced by Mr.. None OF Mr. Lloyd's Office
that that gentlemen was engaged in an argu-
ment in q case in San francisco, and lt
would be impossible for him to attend during
the day, but he would arrange to attend on
Monday. 1t was then agreed that Mr..
Lloyd would be called on Monday after
noon.
Mr.. Foote sent downstairs for Miss Bessie
Barnes, who came up into the courtroom,
accompanied by her sister, Miss Zillah who
took a seat oy table while Miss Bessie
took the witnesS-chair. Mr.. FoOtp, know
ing evidently what he expected to bring ont.
suggested to Miss Zillah Barnes that she had
better retire. She wanted 10 remain SO as
to encourage her sister, but on Mr.. FOOte
again telling her she bad better not stay,
Sue went DdCk TO the CHeTfu OHlce'
In answer to questions by Mr. Foote,
Miss Barnes said that on the night before
the shooting ana after Mrs. Pratt had been
carried up to her bedroom by Mr.. Pratt she
was talking about Cromwell, and she said to
her that she had better be careful and not
be talking about Lew. She then said she
wanted George and witness went down and
sent Mr.. Pratt up. She did not say any,
thing more to her that night. The Court
asked who Lew was and was Informed that
Cromwell was meant. In reply to QueS-
tions, the witness said that Mrs. Pratt was
always talking about the two men-Brom-
well and Wadsw orth.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELATIONS.
Prior to the shooting she had knowledge
OF the relations of Br0mwell and Mrs Pratt
from what the latter had told her in her
own house. The first time she told her any
thing was at a Thanksgiving dinner, in
forming her that she did not know what
life was, and when asked what she meant
Mrs. Pratt told her that she (witness) did
not know anything about French dinners.
She had told her about going TO the Hermit
tage in hack with Cromwell, WadSw0rth
and Miss WhittOn. On another occasion she
told about when Mrs. Pratt said she had
gone to dinner in San Francisco with Brom-
well where there was parlor and bed
room.
She told her how beautifully Bromwell
carved and how spenddiy he did at the
ldUlc, Dul Sllt ulu HUI MdHl W tell W llil ciSe
Mrs. Pratt had told her about the occur
rences after dinner. She was informed by
Mr.. FOOte size must tell, and on appealing
TO the court she was told she would have to
relate everything. 1t was fully five minutes
before the whole story was told, and that in
so low voice that only the Court and short
hand reporters heard il. The ears of many
OF the lobby were much too short tn suit the
wearers. The witness almost broke down,
tears came into her eyes and it was with
difficulty she could talk She told about
another time when the quartet went to a
dinner together. either at Market and Third
streets, or on kearny, opposite The Vienna
bakery. Some of the details OF this es-
caDade as told the witness by Mrs. Pratt
were related, but not with so much hesi-
fancy as the other
The witness was then given tie alleged
confession and pointed out the changes in
words and punctuation made by her. On
cross-examnatiOn by Mr.. Redfy il was
ascertained after long time that the date
of the first statement 10 her by Mrs. Pratt
Cromwell was in November, 1888, and
the next time in January, 1889. She spoke
TO her SO many times after SHAT she could
not fix dates. but it was all before the shoot
ing. She denied that she knew that Mr..
Pratt or Mr.. Foote had knowledge Of the
fact that she knew Of the statements OF Mrs.
Pratt to her until the questions were asked
by Mr.. FoOte of her GU the witness-stand
this morning. No one connected with this
case so far as she knew had asked her
about the statements she had made that
morning.
She had told friends about these state
ments of Mrs. Pratt to her, but she had
never told any man. She was very en-
platte about that. To the court she said
she had told Mr.. Pratt that she knew all
that was In the alleged confession, and that
Mrs. Pratt had tod her a great deal more
than was in the p2OPr
At y 20 p. NJ. the case went over until 2
7. NJ on Monday, when Mrs. Pratt VIII be
recalled for brief crosS-examination by MIR.
Foote, and Mr.. Lloyd will he called to tes-
t!fy to Mrs. Pratts statements to him.
NOT REGULARLY PASSED.
At the meeting of the Alameda County
Board of Supervisors ON Monday resolu-
ton was passed authorizing the payment of
q bill presented by Cotton Brothers IL Co.
for S6778 for building bridge near Niles.
Auditor Whidden drew his warrant for the
money, but County Treasurer Huff refused
To pay the money. The Treasurer holds
that the bill was not passed in a legal man.
ner. He says that the law declares that all
bills must be presented before the meeting
of the Supervisors and audited by the
Auditing and Finance Committee and passed
at the next meeting. A new claim will be
presented and be allowed TO take the usual
course.
The examination of Henry Woolcock on a
charge of setting fire to his grocery store
will take place to-day in the Police Court
1t is understood that a strong case will be
made out against him.
The body of Fred Tindell. who went with
his fellow plumber. Joseph Swalley, on the
bay in a whitehall boat on Sunday, was
picked up mt HOward-street dock, San Fran
cisco, yesterday afternoon.
FLOATING IN THE BAY.
AT 8 o'clock yesterday the body Of
Chnaman was found floating in the bay be-
tween the narrow-gauge trestIe and the sea-
wall opposite the Perata-street Wharf.
The body was taken to the Morgue, where
it was identified as Fnng Guy Chung re-
Gently from Los Angeles. He attended
supper on Thursday evening on Eighth
street, near Franklin, and started to go to