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

:. SFP - 'O Soolu Set q cHancc-Dut
! never gave her any arsenic or other pois
TO give to Mr.. Whipple, nor ever asked Il
! 70 administer any such thing, and he h
!, eoid her that he would wayIay Mr.. VIII
! pie and that, if he was found out in #.
would get her as deep in the mud as
was IN the .mire; that she told Mr.. VIII
PIE OF TINS last threat, but he laughed at
anu said nc was not afraid OF him: both
tlese oeciaratlons of Orion were some co,
SIDERABLE time before Mr.. WIS death. an
before she and Orion went riding togetl
ef mat ride was on the day Mr.. Whippl
Went 10 hlngston the last time on that q,
casion they staid together at the tavern .
man ana wife; that she has been i,nn,a
9eht ana has been deluded away by Ortor
Out Is innocent of the murder. and canno
swear Sl! that orion is guilty of the purde,
Dhl get pane of glass for Orion to set !;
the window in the kitchen. but If wac 70
sthali' ana 1t is now lying in the kitchen q
pea room; never gave him any other nan,
OF glass, nor ever told him where he conf
GET one never spoke with him abont
puiiet CHANGING on pane of GLASS. onf
never knew that he had tried the exnar;.
heht; never gave Orion ball or hnllat
ana ne never asked for one. On tbe
we " eea:ne,sday or Thursday preceding Mr.
Whipple, death, Orion asked her to lend
MN pair of socks, till he could get his
"ashed-she lent him pair of white rib
pea SOCKS belonging TO Mr.. Whipple: he
mas never returned them she did this in
nocentiy and with no other intention than
10 obllge him, and did not think or dream
I1at ne wanted them for any other purpose.
Iias been Informed that Orion has said
tilat he mad given her gold heart: it is
not true ; he brought it home and ofFarad
70 sell 1T to Maria Van Rensselaer, sbn
mrs. w bought it of him, and gave him
20 Tor 1t. Orion never asked her for s60
and never asked her for money at anv 9TH
er time than on the occasion when She Iat
y MN nave the $50 bill, of which she has
heretofore testified; and that she lent him
WIN 1ne innocent intention to obligo him.
ana with no other motive; when She let
MN nave that bill, he gave her "a in
Gnahge, and the next day he gave her Sc.
Inc window curtain of the room in which
Mr. w. was at the time he was shot. had
Deeh closed for some time previous to Mr..
WIS return; when he returned he threw
u ASIDE, for he wanted the light in the
room IN the morning she never threw if
aside or fastened it up.
ELSIE D. WHIPPLE.
taken before me, this 26th Nav. 1927.
J. Y. Cole, Justice.
starr Foot, testified, that he is bar-keep-
ar Tor Mr.. Fobes, of the Columbian Hotel
PRISONER at the bar, was at Fobes's about
4 fortnight before the murder. Asked Wit
ness If he had heard from Mr.. Whipple 4
5een ai peopeh he had pot she said there had
could not think what they were for, unless
It was to waylay John, cher husband, J TO
Kill him; she then said, g I'll bet YOU hat
that he will be killed - witness asked her
# she knew any body that was going to
kill him? She replied, "no" Witness
said, it was foolish remark of hers, in |
Ter Offering to bet. Letters for Whipple |
ire usually left at Fobes's, where they re-
main till he calls, if they are not sent for
rom Cherry Hill. When Whipple was
absent this time, letter from New JERSEY,
me from Vermont, and another from Mrs. /
IVhipple were left. Witness gave them to
Nhipple in the forenoon of the dav in
Which he was shot that being the first time
re saw him after he got home. Mrs. w. I
wrote the letter, and left it with the wit
ness for w. on Thursday preceding. She
asked witness for $25, which she wanted
or DR.. Lansing, who was repairing his
house, and had been disappointed in get
Ang some money he expected. Witness
vent to Mr.. Fobes and got the money; it
consisted of $40, and S. bill he gave
t to Mrs. Whipple she then asked him
or INK and paper; he got it for her, and
gave it to her in the sitting-room, in pres
ence of Miss Patrick and Miss Otis, who, !
when he went in, were talking about per-
sons who had been seen lurking about the I
house. She there gave him the letter, and |
old him to be sure and give it to John, and |
I he came home in the night, be sure and
keep him all night, and not let him come
nome. She said there had been people
seen about the house, and she could not
see what they were there for and she did |
lot want to have John come home in the |
night. Witness did not see w. till Mon |
lay, when he inquired of him when he got
lome I? He replied last night, and said he |
lad been to Cherry Hill, when Mrs. w. |
old him people were lurking about the !
house, and told him that she would bet the |
lat Whipple said to her poh, that is
oollsh." Prisoner told witness not to
;harge the money because then John will |
know 1t; said she would return it when her |
lncle paid it to her. She asked for the
money in her usual manner. On the night
Of the murder, Strang came in and asked
Tor Mr.. Fobes, when some one replied, he
IS gone to bed, but there is Mr.. Foot in the |
oar. Strang then said, Mr.. Whipple is
shot, and they want Mr.. Fobes to come
down. Witness went and told Mr.. Fobes
ne said he was sick and could not 90. At
.he time Mrs w. said she would make the
net, he understoodi it as a joke, and though;
40 more about it.
Amanda Hill, testified, that she spent
about four weeks at Cherry Hill last win
Ter while there, knew that the prisoner
sent letters or papers to Strang, and Strang
had sent papers or letters to the prisoner
had never had any particular conversation
with the prisoner about Strang-did not