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

Ihursday-perhapS "Wednesday afternoon,
or Tuesday afternoon. When Mrs. Whip
pie asked the questions, the police officers
mad been down examining, or were then
examining in the house. A day or two af-
ter the occurrence, in the night time, after
he had gone to bed and asleep, in room
adjoining one in which Mrs. Whipple and
witnesses sister Maria were sitting, his sis
ter came and woke him up. She, and Mrs.
w. came into his room. Mrs. w. said, she
wondered what was the matter, as Orion
had not come home yet. She wondered
what Kept him SO long. She said it can't
De mat ne has been examined and cross
questioned, and differed dny. She said that
she felt SO bad that she could take a knife
and stick herself to her heart. Does not
recollect for certain, that prisoner inquired
whether Orion had said any thing about
her. Can't remember whether he had had
any conversation with her, when she said
any thing about her son Abraham, and his
taking care of her. Believes she had ask
ed him whether they had examined Orton's
trunk, and what they had found in it. He
told her that they had-she asked what
they found. He said they had found
clothes and bottle oftrum in it. She ask
cd II there were 500 dollars in his pocket
book, which he said he had there. Don't
found any papers of her's-but he told her
that they had found a parcel of,papers
Does not know whether it was Mrs Whip
pie or his sister Maria, who asked the
question. Believes now, after refreshing
his memory, that he told her there were no
papers in the trunk. The mother of wit
ness was examined at the same time that
the others were. She was examined two
or three times. The prisoner tainted at
one time during his mothers examination,
exclaiming-" Orion! Orion! My John
My John~ Believes the immediate cause
of her fainting, was that Orion had been
taken to jail. Believes that Mr.. James
llooghkirk brought the news of Orton's
arrest, and told it to the family and to pris-
oner, and prisoner, tainted sometime after
wards-don't know whether it was ten or
twenty minutes, or half an hour, or three
i4ours afterwards; but it was the same af-
ternoon.
John Q. Cole, Esq. Police Justice) was
here called and sworn. Strang was ar
rested about two or three o'clock on the
afternoon of Wednesday after the murder.
Immediately after the arrest, he ex-
amlned the last witness; and the Mayor,
Recorder, &c. were there. He then eX-
amined Mrs. Van Rensselaer,. The exam
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meuced, by the last witness, Abraham L.
Van Rensselaer,, running into the room and
informing that Mrs. Whpple had tainted.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, did not leave the
loom, being requested not to. Other la
dies did. Strang was sent for and exam
med by witness on Tuesday, for the pur-
pose of fixing more accurately, the descrip-
ton of the persons of those whom he had
testified before the coroner to have seen
about the house. The coroner had also
started slight suspicion that Strang was
the murderer, from his conduct at the sit
ting of the inquest. Several examinations
were had on the following day. Does not
know that the family were aware when
Strang was taken away, that he had been
arrested to be taken to prison. When
firsttakeR, thinks that neither Strang nor
the family supposed he was taken as
prisoner, but merely wanted as witness,
for so he was told. Witness returned from
Cherry Hill on the Wednesday after the
murder, about dark, and Strang was then
in Jail. On Friday, after the funeral, wit
ness went to Cherry Hill to take further
examination. Witness intended to make
no secret of the suspicious resting upon
Strang. There were great number of
persons present that afternoon.
Maria Van Rensselaer,, sworn. Resided
at Cherry Hill, and was present on the af-
terneoa Of the 9th of May, when Mrs w.
tainted. She went and called her mother,
to 60 into the north front room to be exam
ined, and Mrs. Whipple tainted about that
time. Does not recollect that Mrs. Whip
pie said any thing about the time she faint
ed. Witness thought at that time, and yet
thinks-she had every reason to think that
Mrs. Whipple was deranged that night.
She is sometimes subject to the hystericks.
Mr.. Whipple was buried on Thursday,
when she also appeared to be deranged.
During the whole week of Whipple's muir
der, she was partially deranged. She was
particularly so during the Wednesday eve
ming, when witness awoke her brother up.
She spoke of her forlorn situation-she
had neither father nor mother, nor brother
nor sister, and now her husband lay in the
house corpse-and she should not live to
see her son grow up. She has neither
father, mother, brother, nor sister, and is
twenty-five years old. She was married
when she was but five months over four
teen years old. Sometimes she is much
subject to nervous irritability, and fits of
crying. When the conversation with Mrs.
& Whipple, during the night that she wit
messy thought prisoner was Eighty, she
said-"Tell me something--cross-que
tioning for instance, so that if | am cross
questioned,I shall know what it MEANS
She said she was going to die tonight, and
be buried tonight with John. She said
Orion has not got home tonight, and sup
per is ready, and what should keep him.
Does not recollect whether the last words
"what should keep him." were uttered by
herself, or by prisoner.
She said on that evening, to brother OF
witness, "Abram, tell me something !
know-tell me what cross-questioning is
Her manner of saying this induced her to
think she was deranged. Can specify no
particular expressions of prisoners that af-