The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-07
THE INQUEST,
The Jury Says Poison WAS Administered to Mrs.
Pruey by Cnknowa Hands

| The Jury Says Poison WAS Adm Mustered to Mrs
Pruey by Cnknown Hands
The remains of Mrs Pruey were laid to
rest yesterday, but it sill rehAins IN
known whether she took poison herself or
! whether IL was given TO her by other par
ties.
Pruey seems 70 be anxious to deny that
/ he has been mistrea,ing MS wife but there
! is the evidence Of Cap5aia Tony Bruhu to
| show that be absolutely beat her on many
! occasions. Further evidence shows that
/ she Was out ia the streets about Christ
( mas night, with her baby in her arms, and
/ only thinly clad, escaping the wrath OF her
/ husband who, she said, was beating her.
! She escaped through the window on the
night in question. One of the EAGLE
! force saw her and this paper contained
record OF the fact at the time Officer
/ Harmon also saw the woman aud, after
! listening to her story ne went to
| Pruey's house where he found him
celebrating over jug OF red
| liquor He arrested him but did not take
/ him TO the cooler as be put up a cash bond
which he afterwards forfeited 20 the city.
/ In justice to Pruey. however. let it be said
( that the testimony of Hugo Richwald.
! sixteer-year OLD boy WHO lived with him,
stated IN evidence that he never saw him
/ beat his wife That he has been very un
kind to her there is no doubt as the evil
( dence of Captain Bruhn will show and
! Captain Braun is a reliable man,
At 9o'clock yesterday morning the
coroners jury met in the. cnr0uers Office at
the court house. IL consisted OF J. X.
J I'll " -
Fl. Covington. Jesse DeLong and James
( Beard. with E Z E Enock as clerk.
The first witness examined was Anton
Pruey. the husband OF he deceased He
testified that they were married four years
ago and that they lived happy life; that
he was not a drinking man bat would
take glass of beer occasionally, and that
he never heari her say she was tired of
life or threaten to commit suicide. He
stated how he first a>certaiGed her cond-
ton before her death, which is substan-
italy the sJne as WIS stated
in yesterdays EAGLE. The burden of
his testimony seemed 20 De that he aud hi
wife were enjoying happy life, particu
larly happy in anticipation OF another
child being born unto them soon.
Hugo Richwald testified that he was 10
years old, a harness maker by trade ten
months over from Germany, and that h.
has lived with Pruey and his wife ever
since. he said the relations between hus
band and wife We're friendly and that ne
never saw P-uey abuse her. When she
was mad he said she would tell hard
stories about him and that an hour or SO
previous to her death he heard her say that
she would take her I3- months-old boy and
kill him.
Mrs. Mary Schenfeid, the sister OF the
deceased, testified that she heard her talk
OF committing suicide before marriage and
also since marriage, but that for the past
six months she seemed to be reconc.led to
life; that the couple seemed 10 be living a
more happy life during that time than
previous, and that she frequently heard
her say that she did not care to live but
for her child.
Tony Bruhn said il testimony: 81 lived
next door to them about two years ago and
knew them we'll I was in my yard
one day aud heard a great rum
pers in their house. I was deputy sheriff
at the Ii me and the vile came running
out of the house and said. I want you TO
arrest M husband he is beaticg me, A
bout two months afterwards he was beat
ing and kicking her again. This fighting
would occur between them two or three
times week. Both OF them were veryex-
citable and nervous, l think be was too
much of a coward 70 kill anybody. The
balance OF the evidence was given by DIS.
Hoffman and St. Johuwho held the post
morten examination and DR.. Taylor
who was called in 10 attend her
when she was found sick l. was
in every material point, the same as stated
in yesterday EAGLE. Upon the jung be
ing given the case they delibeyaJei care
fully and returned the following verdict:
State of Kansas, Ssdgwick county. -:
An inquisition holden az the cOurV house
in Wichita, Sedgvick county, Kan, on the
9th day OF April, 1S32. before me, NJ VI
McCollister, coroner OF SesiEwick county
OF the dead body OF Fsr1.as1de PrEy,
there living dead. by the jurors whose
names are hereunto subscribed The said
Jurors. upon their oaths. do say thar from
the testimony given, the deceased czraz 20
her death by poison administered o. W.
known hand J. X TT3NEE.
JOIN u FAasAAS,
! d 4 Az
B h CONVICTION,
JESSE DIS Long,
JAMES BEARD,
jury
IL witness whereof the said jurors hsye
hereaato - their baads the dag aud year