Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-28

her business and would tend to his hut
the relations were cordial, the two
sitting side by side at the table.
/ That woman's heart and soul were
y. her son Henry, " declared Mrs.
| Alexander.
- have something more to tell, 1"
remarked the witness, when j. Harvey
| Whiteman was about to turn her over
to Mr.. Constable. She then related
that on the Friday before the death of
Mrs, Pritchard. she asked Mrs. Alex
ander If she had any holy water and
told her she had beads and would say
her prayers. The witness, who is a
Roman Catholic, told her she had some
holy water, and when she left, Mrs.
Prltchard said; GOOD bye, and God
bless you.p
When Nh. Constable was cross.
examining Mrs. Alexander, she do
clared that he had made fun OF her at
her mention Of holy water at previous
trial, but the attorney said he had
mnde fun only In relation to the idea
of Mrs. Pfitchard having holy water.
| Tho attorney asked Mrs. Alexander
II there had not been some Unpleasant
ness between her granddaughter, Mrs.
Reichart's child, and Walter Hender-
son after previous trial in Maryland.
| The witness admitted that the young
| people had q tiff but1ieclared that it
| was not worth two pinches Of snuff and
| there were no hard feelings at all
over it,
| Then Mr.. Constable asked her if she
did not say to Mrs McNamee that
she had perjured her soul AID bad
not been able to make peace with her
God since testifying, aud the IIender-
SONG, after all that, were treating her
granddaughter as beneath them.
| Tho witness denied this vehemently,
declaring that such talk must have
"peon the attorneys or Mrs. McNamee's.
while this was going on, Mrs.
Reichart, the witness daughter, left
her seat and went to where Mrs.
McNamee was sitting in the middle of
the courtfoom, and presumably called
her to task for the question asked by
Mr.. Constable. The conversation be-
came SO animated that the court
raped for order and BailifT George
Smith took hand, and had Mrs.
Rechaft GO into the womsn's room.
Charles Is Evans OF counsel Tor
Henderson, assisted in restoring quiet
ness.
John j. Cook, who runs on train
between Delaware City and Newark,
but formerly kept store here, was
tenant of Mrs. Pritchard's betN cen
1884 and 1887, and found her very
businessiike. She was close in money
matters, and he thought she was as
| smart as q lawyer.
Emory Lee also testified that she
held onto money, and he believed she
had good mind.
Michael Rooney said that she traded
q farm for a city property which he
had and she got the best, of him in
| doing It, She transacted her business
without the aid of a lawyer.
| Many persons, who had business
dealings with Mrs. Pritchard, testified
4 Mt the aft moon session that she was
/ OF sound mind. = -. ...s-
:, On Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Henry
Henderson, wife of the defendant, testified
that Mrs. Cnrolipe O. Pritchard was, in her
| opinion, of sound mind. She denied telling
| John l'fitehard thar Mrs. Pritchard made
| no Will She declared that her husband and
Mrs, Pritchard got along all right, having
only such differences as are not infrequent
in families.
On one occasion john Pritchard went to
the Henderson store and asked Mrs.
Pritciiard for money to buy place, where
| upon Mrs. Pritchard said he hnd no right
to ask her for money because lie was not
| her son, but was the son of Lydia Brockman.
| Charles A, Taylor, etter-carrier. rented
house from Mrs. Pritchnrd in 1899 and
l8g0, and from his observation of her he
/ believed she was capable of making will.
: Charles Corbis, baker, knew Caroline
| Pritchard when she was here, and believed
/ her mind was sound.
John Steel of South Wilmington krew
Caroline about Is years ago and rented
house from her. He testified that she had
| mind enough TO take the rent and give him
| a receipt
| John Greer, carpenter. repaired some
/ doors for her ut Pleasant Hill, Md, about
| a year before she died. He saw her few
days before she died and sha talked sensibly
| He thought her mind was all right.
| Frank A. McCloskey. secretary of the De-
partment of Elections testified that it was
| not possible to see Mrs. pritchard's S Church
street, Claymont street and Peach street
| properties from Third and Orange streets.
| Henry Henderson, the defendant, testified
that he was the son of Caroline q. Pritchard,
ana was born at No. S02 East Eight street.
She managed her affairs until 1888. assisted
by him. After his marriage in 1s77 or 1873
ne ana his wife lived with his mother
when he started the store in Cecil county,
| she helped him. He bought farm, bor-
rowing money froni her aud giving her a
mortgage and Judgment. He collected
rents TOT hef and made returns on the very
day he reached home.
Aner she had her leg broken, January
18th, 1896. DR.. Whitaker was first called in.
and afterward DR.. Clifford.
Henderson snid that he never talked with
his mother about the disposition of her
property, or about Masking her will. He
denied ever swearing at his mother. He
i said that on one occasion when Mrs Nc
| Nance was IN his store. his mother told
him not to trust that trash" and he told
| her to tend to her own business, and told
MRS, McNamee not to mind. He denied
ever saying to anybody or TO his mother
that II she did not sign paper he would
| take her to the poorhouse
As to John Pritchard, the plaintiff, Hen
derson said Mrs. Pritchard told John in
his hearing that John was not her son, but
was Lydia Brockmau's son. He never knew
Jofn to do anything for Mrs. Pritchard's
| support.
He never saw his mother have an uncon-
I scious moment and never saw any change
IN her mind, He believed she was of per-
| fectly sound mind.
| In her last illness, she knew all those with
whom she had been Intimate.
| Chief Justice Lore cautioned the jury not
| to talk with others or let others talk with
| them about the case ami court adjourned
until 10 O'Clock next Monday morning.
| The trial of the case of John Pritch-
ard vs.. Henry Henderson was resumed
ih the Superior Court Monday, the
defendant who was ON the stand Friday
afternoon, continuing under examina-
tiou. He presented various papers
| which had belonged to his mother, Mrs.
Caroline Pritohard. These included
receipts and statements and we're offered
TO show her capacity for attending to
business. Some of the Eapers were
statements of rentals of her property in
this CITY given her by William j.