Show CONVICT IS BRUTALLY SLAIN philadelphia pa feb 5 james pratt n negro aped 37 who was serving n sentence of twenty years for burglary was murdered in the eastern pen i ten biary liere yesterday by cornelius bub 21 years old atso colored sentenced tu to tidia imprisonment for assault and battery the murder was committed early this morning but was not discovered until later when an overseer carried breakfast to tha men who were oell macci i uc found only bush in the cell and upon investigation discovered the decapitated body of pratt wrapped in blanket and sheets lying in a corner on a small table the head of the murdered man waa found tied up in an old shirt bush said pratt and himself had quarreled about religious matters finally pratt lay down on bis bunk and after he had fallen asleep bush crushed lua skull with a stool then with a knafo he severed his victims head this is the third brutal murder which has been committed in the penitentiary |