Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-21
RN AIwIIANGToN DELAWARE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81 1901

one m5Al dtOafOlln6 ETitcnaru nou5e.
Ibid you ever take more than one
meal thereY'' asked Mr.. Whiteman.
II think l have"
ibid you take ten meals thereY"
Yes
"pid you take IS meals shere9"
TWENTY"
"No.i
"Fifteen?n
"No. +"
"TwelveY"
Eyes"
Asked who got the meals, the wit
ness did not know whether Caroline
got them or he got them. He used to
carry groceries to her and when there
was some change coming to him, she
was likely to be slow about paying il.
lie did not think she had sense, yet
admitted that she had attended to some
business.
Mrs. Emma Bullock testified that she
helped lay out Mrs. ssPritchard after
her death. The deceased had broken
leg and sore on her back.
Mrs. Ella Scarborough and Mrs.
Sarah Bullock testified that they had
known Mrs. Pritchard long time and
not consider her as OF sound mind.
How old are you, Mrs. Wicker"
inquired j. Harvey Whiteman, in
cross examining witIessMonday morn
ing in the case Of john Pritchard vs..
Henry Henderson, still being tried
before the Superior Court.
81 can tell you II it is necessary"
she said.
at is necessary" said the attorney.
~ was % the last day OF Septem-
her," answered the witness 'NS
"You need not be ashamed of your
age, - remarked Chief Justice Lore.
I'm rot, - declared Kate Wicks,
with spirit.
Mrs. Wicks was brought here from
Cecil county by the plaintiff to certify
as to Mre. Caroline O. Pritchard g
mental condition. Mrs. Pritchard was
the mother of both the plaintiff and
the defendant. LII her will, she cut
off the plaintiff with 81, aud left the
bulk OF her property TO the defendant
/ The plaintiff seeks to break down her
will.
In reply to Albert Constable, for the
rlRintiff, Mira. Wicks testified that in
her opinion Mrs. Pritchard was not fit
TO transact business iof the last two
years of her life. She had told her
husband that she did not think Mrs.
Pritchard's mind was right.
On cross examination, Mrs. Wicks
said that Mrs. pritohard told her o
lady in Wilmington had put spell
upon her and she wanted to know ii
the witness could find anybody who
could take the spell Oft her.
told her, continued Mrs. Wiok5,
"that was not witch.
Frank Burns, farmer in Brandy,
wine hnrdred testified that he knew
Caroline Pritchard when she was IL
Wilmington about 90 years ago, anc
was at her house oh one occasion, wher
John Pritchard came 10. Burns wal
i treating, and Mrs. Pritchard said Il
he was treating the house, to call vi
her son John, whom she had not seer
for number OF years. So he treated
him as we'll as the rest.
The witness saw Mrs Pritohard agaiI
few months before her death and
found her in rather poor shape. Her son
Henderson, had also told him that shI
was not able 10 do much. When Burn
saw her she told him that the "littl
devils" were bothering her.
Il He did not think her tit to transao
business, requiring intelligence ant
thought.
Continuance was granted In the cas-
of Frederick Stratner VI. the Whining
ton City Electric Co.
In the cases of William M. Connolly
defendant below appellant, We. th
Benjamin ii. Jones Granite and Marbl
Co., plaintiff below respondent; an
same vs.. L. Cardwell u Son. p. b. r.
judgments OF Sl3l.O5 and S175 respect
! lively were allowed The plaintiffs below
In the divorce suit Of Gheretein Y
Pyle vs.. Joseph r. Pyle, the time 70
filing the commissioner return was OK
tended until March lst Artema
Smith, commissioner in the divoro
suit Of Ella y. Meyers We. William X
Meyers, made his return.
John II. Cunningham, who wa
found guilty in General Session
Court Of using a female child unde
J age of consent, was Tuesday sentence
to pay fine of $1,000 and be i'm
} prisoned three years. His counsel
Peter L. Cooper and John p. Nieldf
, had asked for leniency, and Chic
! Justice Lore said the court was dis
posed to be lenient because of TIL
! young wife dependent upon her hus
. band for support.
3 The attorneys informed the court {
. their intention TO carry the case to til
!, Supreme Court on exceptions to rulings
: Superior Court resumed the trial {
the case OF John Pritchard vs.. Henr
= Henderson, involving property value
t at about $1,000. At Monday afte
a noon's session, William Downinsh hal
|, and J. p. brown testified that in the
opinion, something was wrong wit
!. Mrs. Caroline 9. Pritchard, VIII
h formerly owned the property.
: Tuesday morning, Thomas P. Da
!, testified that he did not think Mr.
Pritchard was of sound mind.
!, Thomas Morrison was called to IL
Z stand to show statement made
Samuel Stewart, one of the attestir
o witnesses. Albert Constable fer Il
IL plaintiff. submitted authorities ur
indicate that after having admit,
n the formal attestation of the will,
was not bound not tp attack the pr
n sumption of law US to the teatatrix
sanity. "a
ct In the divorce case of Vincent '
h Vincent, the Superior Court Tuesd
p appointed I. Bayard Heisel cor