The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-08-15

~ p p give letters to little Elsie Va
:. tsenSseidef, and heard her tell her to civ
- t them - Strang. Saw no writing uDo
- e YEN, u,io Knew nothing of their contents
= e .Ins lau seen little Elsie deliver letters I
= = ene piisoher several times. She does no
= nis IN, more than one time, when prison
Z - ~ salu taey came from Strang. Witnes
~ oid not read any Of the papers.
" c,t'' a. ~ ~ ING, testified, that he was a
i merry filii on the 9Th of May. AS he wa,
" n2out Ionllng away, Abraham l.. Var
aeHsseiaer told witness Mrs. Wb;nnlf
e eailteu 70 see him before he went away
: iound her IN a room with several ladies'
. sie5 "epI violently, and her first expression
~ Hly dear, dear husband, is dead .
!, the next expression was, " Doctor 7 wish
U 70 see you;" she looked at the nersona
:. present, and said nothing more at the mo-
II ineht witness was afterwards informed
tiiat she wished to Communicate sometime
70 nm, but wished to see him in private
! w itness took seat near to her and sat a
! Jew moments, when some ordinary words
passed about Mr. Whipple's death: She
remaining, that she wished to communal
Idte her suspicious of who had murdered
) hef husband. He told her he was ready
~ near any thing she had to say: She again
ioohed towards the company upon which
ne told her he would call again next morn
ing prisoner said she wished he wonld :.
WI Withess dld not, however, see her apain till
luu1Sday morning, about ten o'clock; there
were other persons in the room when he
saw her, though he presumed they could
i lot near an the conversation which passed
petWeen him and her. 1t was told to him
as ne approached the house, that Strang
had peen arrested; ana suspicious were
"iIoat mat MRS. Whipple knew something
"pout 1.-The mad conversation with
ADraham l.. Van Rensselaer, on the sub
Jee'' "hich determined him not to see the
PRISONER alone. Prisoner commenced the
eoh'9fsation ny saying, Doctor, what do
YOU LINK OF this? l am accused of hav-
Soliethlng to do Ill the death of nv
husband. 1 wish had been shot instegd
% MN, Tor this IS more than l can bear
sle saio, my aunt, my uncle Knickerbock-
ei' anu most OF my relations, are bearing
upoh me, lntlmatlng that have been the
OF nave been concerned in my hus- |
a oano death. She said that every person
aunt tells me that | am a very bad woman /
-that.I am to be examined this affernoon |
ana That | may possibly be hanged: she |
said, gentleman came to me Yesterday,
VINE was sitting in the room with my
nueuano corpse, and asked me if l woald /
uncover his face and kiss it; she felt in
dIgnant, and asked the man if he thouebt
she was afraid to kiss her own husband
that she then went TO the cornse. mt ber
arms about the neck and kissed it-and
the man SAID, now am satisfied. She did
aao' pee nee: arrested as the supposed 1lIurdgrz
itneSs asked her who she supposed |
elu AZ ohe answered, it was some person
husband had told her that he had had 5;sf;.
caity with some persons in regard to canal
contracts, IN both places said she could
not see why they arrested Strang. because
her husband had great confidence in him.
ana hao that morning hired him to 90 on
the canal, and was to give him sixteen dol
Iefs month, instead of twelve, which he ;
was then receiving. She repeated that
her husband had great confidence in S.
and had much rather trust him in his bust {
ness than stranger. She then said
" Doctor, II am taken up and examined ;
TINS afternoon, what viii they say to me !? {
what shall | say to them ?'or what will ;
they do to me-" Witness does not recol- ;
lect which expression she used, but repli-
ed, she had plain course to pursue, she
was as much or more than any one inter- {
ested IN finding out the murderer. She
had better tell all she knew, and all she {
suspected. She said she should but how {
can go through it? how can | bear this {
with all my other Affections my husband
not yet buried, and all this put upon me !? ;
She burst into food Of grief They were /
then interrupted.
Melancton Whipple, testified, that he ar
rived in this city the 5th of May, and saw
John Whipple the 7th,at dinner, at FDbes's. {
Heard of his uncle's death the next morn
ing went to Cherry Hill about nine O'Clock.
when he saw the prisoner. On Thursday. {
Immediately after the funeral, he had a | !
conversation with the prisoner; she came |
and sat down by the side of witness, and
said to him, they say they have let Strang
go, and taken up q man caught with no
boots or shoes on. Witness told her he /
thought not--that he did not think they t
would let him go very soon. She then c
said she expected to be sworn the next t
day, and should swear that he was limo q
cent. He was one of Johns best friends !
In the course OF the next week, he saw $
her again and conyersed with her. At 6
one time she said it was worse and worse I
they had come there and taken one of
Johns best friends. At one time, she told
him about getting the money of Mr.. Fobes !
at another time, she said she had been told
that Strang had said he had been some
where and staid with her. Ii he had said s
so it was he--there was no such thing. !
She once told him that Strang had lied and
would lie again does not recollect that
this was the time that they were talking
about his having said that he had staid with
her; does not recollect any thing which
followed this declaration, further than that
she asked him whether, if Strang was
condemned, they would bring him to testi-
fly against her? At one of the CONVERSE
tons, she told witness that Strang had told