The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-18

as follows: please find out Immediately
state of Mrs. Patrick Prenty's health.
Is she dangerously i'll? Answer.
Mrs. McMurray
This showed that her first solicitude up
on recovering her liberty was for her
mother.
A reply was wired Mrs. McMurray last
night, stating that her mother is in such
a state both of health and mind as de-
mand her daughters return to Savannah
at once. Mr.. Smyth has received in
structions to furnish Mrs. McMurray with
whatever means she needs, and there is
nothing to prevent her from returning
10 Savannah at once.
Mrs. Prenty is IA years of age, and her
mental sufferings on account of her
daughter, together with her bodily in
firmlties, have almost unbalanced her
mind. The news of her daughters res
toration to liberty was broken to her
gently. The old lady was overcome with
joy and invoked a thousand blessings up
on the heads of those whom she believed
had saved her daughters life.
The charge of larceny after trust against
McMurray is based upon the claim that
he made the collections of the rentals Of
the trust property belonging to Mrs. Nc
Murray and her daughter, and also of
the Prenty property, which he afterwards
got Mrs. Prenty to deed to him, for several
years without making any returns to her.
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which he thus unlawfuny withheld was
used to pay up the mortgage on the Prenty
property, this being the condition on which
he obtained the deed from Mrs. Prenty
about a year ago.
Before old man Patrick Prenty's death
he made over the block of property owned
by him and bounded by Houston McDon-
ough, East Broad and Perry streets, in
trust to his wife during her life and af
ter her death to her daughter and TO the
daughter heirs, with the provision that
should there be no heirs the property
should go to his brothers and their heirs
After making this trust deed and havingH
had himself appointed trustee he securedN
permission from the court to borrow $4,000
upon the property for the purpose of max
ing improvements, including the erectionI
of two new houses. His death occurredI
shortly after. There was one piece oil
property, a lot at Houston and Perry
streets, which was not included in thel
trust, and after Mr.. Prenty's death thisI
was set aside as a years support for thel
widow. About the time of McMurray'sI
marriage to Miss Prenty $1,000 was alsoI
borrowed upon this property for the pur-
pose of making improvements, dwelling|
and store being erected on the corner and
three tenement houses in the rear onI
Houston street.
After McMurray's marriage he, with his
wife and mother-in-law, occupied the|
house on the corner, while McMurrayI
opened a grocery business below. Mrs Nc
Murray had been appointed trustee to sue
coed her father after the latterS death,
and had collected the rents. She contin-I
ued to do this for time after her mar
rage, but finally all the collecting was
done by McMurray The trust property IS
now paying a monthly rental of $3.50
month, while the property formerly owned
by Mrs. Prenty is now rented for $1,500
a year. McMurray had a neat pile comingI
in in rents. Besides, he was making money
in the grocery business.
When the mortgage on Mrs. Prenty's|
property at Perry and Houston streets
fell due, about year ago, she was sur
prised to find that no payments had been
made upon it, and that the full amount of
principal and interest was due. McMur-
ray then stepped forward and offered to
take up the mortgage on condition that
his mother-in-law make him deed to the
property, which she agreed to do. This
was done, the consideration named in the
deed being $500.
Shortly after securing the deed from
Mrs. Prenty, McMurray sold the property
to his brother, John McMurray for $4,000.
and Immediately took a mortgage from
his brother for the amount of the pur-
chase money Shortly after this John Nc
Murray executed to Patrick McMurray a
power of attorney to sell this property at
fit. Under this power of attorney, Pat
rick McMurray sold the property to F.
Wachstein for $500. This sale will be at
tackled on the ground that the title to the
property was acquired fraudulently and
that the manipulation just stated shows
fraud throughout At an annual rental
of $1,000, the property is estimated to be
worth $4,000,
Mrs. Prenty was left in a most desti-
tute condition by her son-in-law. Not
only all her daughters property, but all
her own property, which she had in tho
house, even to her clothing and personal
effects, was removed by McMurray when
he prepared for his departure to New
York.
Mrs. Prenty stated to a Morning News
reporter that her daughter was taken to
New York under the impression that she
was to look at a piece of prop
erty that her husband had purchased
there where he expected to open a busl-
ness. The mother naturally expected to
go to New York with her daughter. After
the property had been sold and all prep.
arations made for the removal to New
York, McMurray informed her that he
would take her to st. Josephs Infrmary,
where he would pay for her keep. He took
her there one afternoon and left her there,
promising to pay IS a week for her board.
He left her no money and no money has
been received from McMurray for her.
Mrs. Prenty stated yesterday that she did
not have so much as a towel to call ner
own or a change of clothing. She also
confirmed the story that on Christmas day
all that she and her niece, Mrs. Martin,
had for dinner was couple OF
cold potatoes and glass Of
buttermilk while the McMurray
family, consisting of McMurray and his
brothers and sisters, sat down in an ad-
Joining room to roast turkey, with all the
usual accomplishments of a Christmas
dinner. This. too, in the house which she
had but recently owned and where she had
expected to spend the remainder Of her
days in comfort
Mrs. Prenty also narrated incidents Of
the cruel treatment Of his wife by Nc
Murray, and of his brutal treatment Of
herself. Before Mrs. McMurray's depart
ure for New York, she said, the entire
house was locked and barred. every win
dow being kept fastened and no exit left
except through the bar room. Mrs. Nc
Murray was never permitted 10 leave the
house. on one occasion she escaped when
McMurray saw and pursued her, knocked
her down In the middle of the square aud