THE MORNING POST. 6ATUKDAYr DECEMBER 3, I904 "W. D. PRITCHARD." The originals of both notes were Included In the report, which was approved by Col. Halstead oi the 13th cavalry and transmitted to the war department by Gen. Leonard Wood, the commanding officer. The board in its report expresses the belief that Pritchard became temporarily Insane brooding over Imaginary troubles and that Deen was believed by him to be responsible. . Second Lieutenant C. H. Lemmings, who messed with both the deceased officers and lived in the house with them, told the story of the tragedy. He made it apparent that both Lieutenants Deen and Pritchard were good friends. The - , . - j Jll tragedy occurred about noon, and he t Doara, saying that her physician said was lying on his bunk in the front room itnat sne could leave town. The conduc-of the house at the time. He testified lr did not know what to" do and held thatfDeen came In and spoke to him, j tne train, w hile Depot Master Bunc h apparently in very good humor. The ( Conducted an investigation. He phoned officers' testimony is then given as fol- t first to the cit yauthorities but they. All the Testimary Shows Pritchard' and Deen to Have Been on the Best Terms The Young Officer Imagined His Health was Wrecked By THQMAS J.'PLNIE Washington, Dec. v2. Special. The report of ,the board of army officers who conducted the Inquest at Camp Stoensburg in the Philippines following the tragedy which resulted in the death of Lieutenant Pritchard of North Carolina and Lieutenant Deen of Texas was accessible today, and shows conclusively that Lieutenant Pritchard, while brooding over imael- I narv nhvsical trrvnhps. twnnnrarilv "Llost his reason and took the life of his Tfellow officer as well as his own. All the testimony taken by tho board, which consisted of Captain G. E. Mitchell and Lieutenants A. H. Davidson and S. T. Bell of the Thirteenth cavalry, is to the effect that Lieutenants Deen and Pritchard ivcre good friends and on the best of terms. They messed together, and the report of the board refutes emphatically the statement in a Manila newspaper that ill-feeling had existed between the two officers. . Lieutenant Pritchard, who was exceedingly popular in the regiment, had become depressed in spirits over an imaginary malady. The surgeons in the regiment assured him that there wras nothing the matter with him, but still he continued to think that hi3 health was wrecked. The idea seemed to overwhelm him, and in a fit of insanity he conceived the idea that Lieutenant Deen was responsible for his imaginary troubles. He left the captain's quarters and went to his own, where he shot Lieutenant Deen while he was sitting-at a table eating lunch. Lieutenant Pritchard left two brief notes, hastily written immediately before the tragedy, and these were found on his desk. -One was a brief line asserting that Lieutenant Deen was -re lows: - "Lieutenant Deen left the room and sat down at the table in the back of the hall, that he (Lemmings) did not know that Lieutenant Pritchard was in the house, that he heard Deen say This is fine business,' apparently speaking in good nature of the food that he was eating. Immediately af- , .. ..... ier ine woras tnere was a pistol snot, that he ran into the hall and saw Lieu- tenant Deen falling to the floor, and at the same time heard a shot in the back room,-that he ran in there and saw Lieutenant Pritchard lying on his back on the floor with a 38 calibre pistol about three feet from him." The pistol was afterwards identified as young Pritchard's. It contained five loaded r and two discharged shells. Lieutenant Lemmings testified that neither officer was conscious after the shooting. Capt. Guy H. Preston stated -that Lieutenant Pritchard belonged to his troop and lived in the same quarters with. him. He testified that Lieutenant Pritchard had been very much depressed for several months, continually talking about imaginary troubles. The captain said that Lieutenant Pritchard left his quarters about five minutes before he heard the pistol shot, and that as he went out he spoke to him. He said that Pritchard Went out in an 'ordinary way, but that he, Captain Pres ton, did not look up as he passed. tary of state and others have led to a point from which there" is every reason to expect that a satisfactory solution will be reached with honor for bpth countries. I shall take back to President Roosevelt the assurance that as he places- confidence in the stability of friendship, Panama assisting in the great work, his confidence will not be misplaced."

t - r rhe Greensboro Patriot. ESTABLISHED 1821. Lieutenant W. D. Pritchard Kills Brother Officer and Commits Suicide. Manila. Oct. 17. Second Lieutenant William D. Pritchard, of the Thirteenth Cavalry, today killed Second Lieutenant Fred L. Deen, of the same cavalry, then committed suicide. The tragedy occurred at Camp Stotsenburg. Lieutenant Pritchard was a native of North Carolina, and was appointed from that state. He was 2fi years old. Lieutenant Deen was 27 years old and a native of Texas. Washington, Oct. 17. The War department received a dispatch from Manila this morning confirming the renort that Lieut. William D. Pritchard had murdered Lieutenant Deen, by shooting him through the head, then he committed suicide. Lieutenant Pritchard was insane at the time. Young Pritchard is a son of Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, of Marshall, N. C, formerly senator from that state and at present Federal judge for the circuit of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.

On September 18, 1878, Senator Pritchard married Miss Augusta L. Ray. Four
sons and one daughter were the result of this union, all of whom are living
except Lieutenant W. D. Pritchard, who died in the Philippines. After the death
of Senator Pritchard's first wife, he married Miss Jennie Bailey, of Erwin, East
Tennessee, 1889. After her death, in 1891, he married Miss Melissa Bowman. One
son was born as a result of this union. After her death he married Miss Lillian
S. Saum, of the City of Washington.
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