Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-23
SOUTH PARIS MAINE, TUESDAY, MARCH %, 1915.
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On cross-examination Mrs. Cutting
stated that she was 25 years old, that sh'
was married FIVE years ago, that she hal
no children, and that she separated from
her husband on the 9th Of October.
Did you 20 somewhere with Pratt or
the 10th OF October?
went to the Waterford fair with him
And we're you seeing him frequently
at that time? About every nightP
Not every night.
When did Pratt's mother leaveP
She left In December.
Where did you sleepP
Up stairs.
How many beds up stairs?
Two beds and an old couch.
Who else slept up stairsp
Hiram, and Prescott sometimes.
During these two weeks before you
told the officers OF the body, was Hiram
talking to you about 1t nearly every dsyP
don't remember that be was.
Several letters written by Mrs. Cutting
to Mrs. Pratt we're identified by her, but
we're not read.
Asked when she bought the crsolin at
the drug store, she stated that she didn't
remember. She got 1t for her own use,
and denied having used any Of 1t on the
body or In the barn.
She had trunk at Pratt's, but got It
out before the officers came there, and 1t
was not examined by them.
John A. Titus, deputy sheriff and
jailer, testified that he was informed of
the body by Mrs. Cutting, and related
the situation of the body as 1t lay.
Prescott Pratt was arrested Immediately
after.
Did Pratt make any statement
he did later.
Was 1t voluntary
1t was.
Was he told what his rights werep
He was.
What was his statement?
he said that he went on the train, and
got off at West Bethel. Saw man
there with Ford car who Was feeling
pretty we'll, and hired him to bring him
to South Paris. On the way they pick
ed up third man, stranger. The man
with the car had two quarts OF whiskey.
They all came to the Pratt house, and
they gave him a drink from q small
bottle. he Immediately began to be
sleepy, and went up stairs to bed, leav-
ing the other two men down stairs. In
the morning he found the body of the
man who owned the car lying on the
barn floor. The other man was gone,
and the number plates were gone from
the automobile. He went back to bed,
and later tumbled the body down the
scuttle and covered 1t. The next day he
went to Lewiston and traded the car
for the Penn.
What did Pratt say about his money!
He said that when he came out OF the
woods he had $170 that he had earned
working for Hastings. While he was at
work for Harry Holden he saved $50. /
think he said he had s1S5 in the fall. BE
didn't deposit It, but kept 1t on him.
Witness told of searching the Pratt
place, and identified raincoat which
was hanging in the entry. Found two
loaded 32.caliber rim.flre shells, and
some bullets that had been extracted,
and other articles that appeared in the
case.
Cross s-examinatiop:
When did he tell this storyp
On the 9th Of January.
When did he ask for counselP
On the 9th.
Before or after he told this storyp
After.
Haven't you made the statement that
you knew Pratt was the murderer the
you laid your hand on his
shoulder?
Mr.. Titus didn't think he had, but
say absolutely.
You let Mrs. Cutting get her trunk
out without examining itp
Yes.
Did you make any attempt to locate
this third partyP
No.
Why not9
didn't consider 1t necessary.
Did he give any description OF the
third partyp
Only that he was about "a years old,
and about his size.