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

was. Sometimes prisoner was much de-
pressed, and sometimes in high spirits
very lively. When prisoner first tainted,
witness, her little sister, and Dinah, were
the only persons in the kitchen with her.
Witness and prisoner were together that
evening IN the room where Abraham slept.
Witness believes she put some questions
to Abraham about what was found in
Strang's trunk asked something about
the 500 dollars that Strang said he had
She inquired, also, something about papers.
Abraham said nothing was found On the
18th of April, about the middle of the day,
Strang went away, and said he was going
to Troy. He was absent the rest of that
day, and returned the next morning. Mrs.
w. left the house for the city about the
middle of that afternoon. She took dress
to be cut, and returned the next day about
noon with it cut. 1t rained very hard that
afternoon. There was thunder during the
night. -,,
Charles Conklin. His testimony was
the same throughout, as on the trial Of
Strang.]
Kitty Sanford, sworn. Knows the per-
son at the bar, and has known her from
little girl. One day, some time in April,
prisoner came to her house about o'clock,
stald about an hour, and went away in
one-horse wagon. There was man in it
whom she did not know. On the next
morning, Mrs. Whipple came there again
on foot, at about 8 o'clock, and said that
she had been to Troy with Mr.. Whipple's
brother. On the first day she appeared to
be greatly troubled in mind. Witness ask
ed where she was going? She said, q" o
my God, am going riding; don't want
to go, but if l don't go, the devil will kill
me" She said she was going to Troy
with MIR. Whipple's brother. Witness
thinks prisoner told her to keep her going
secret from her aunt, Mrs. Van Rensse-
laer. Said she was to return the next
morning.
Frances Hill, sworn. Described the Wis
1t OF the prisoner, with Strang, in April, on
the day of the thunder storm, as on the tri-
al OF Strang. They staid that night, and
witness lighted them to bed. Witness,
before lighting her to bed, asked if that
man was her brother or her husband. She
said he was her husband. There were
two beds in the room, but only one had
been tumbled the next morning. Witness
asked her the question, whether Strang
was her brother, because her parents
thought she had better do it, they appear
ed to be so fond.
Catharine Barringer, sworn. On the
18th of April, witness resided at Mrs.
Hills tavern. The prisoner came there on
the 18th of April, with a man whom she
believes to be the person whom she has
seen IN court as Strang They slept to-
gether. Witness passed through the room
where they slept in the morning. Prison
er was getting up. The man had rot up
before only one bed, however, was tunl-
bled.
Matilda Becker, daughter of the TAILOR,
ID years old) sworn. Has known the pris-
oner ever since she came to the Jail, and
has staid day and night with her. TDe-
scrlbed the room in which she was Kept.
and also the room where Strang was.1-
The doors of both rooms lead out into the
same hall. Has not carried any notes or
papers from prisoner to Strang since he
has been there. The prisoner has receiy-
ed papers from S. since she has been there.
Witness thinks two or three times. She
brought the papers into the room herself,
and believes they were showed through to
her under the door from Strang's ROOM
She did not see the papers, and don't know
now they came from Strang, but don't know
how else she could have got them. The
prisoner said she was going to Strang's
door, and when she returned she had the
papers. Witness saw her have no papers
before, and no other persons than Strang
and Mrs. Whipple were confined in the
third story. Witness saw prisoner at
Strang's door once, when she talked with
him. She laid herself down by the bottom
of the door, so as to talk with him through
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very few minutes. Witness saw her at
the door the first time she went there
She did not look after prisoner when she
went there at other times, because she told
her not to, as she might be used as a wit
ness against her. Witness called her
away from Strang's door once, and in do
ing so said, -" she had better come away,
as bye and bye somebody would come up
and catch her there.
Henry Schoonmaker, 1.-THE turnkey
sworn. 1t was hot weather, about the 4th
of July, and Mrs. Whipple's door was open
ed into the hall during the day, for several
days, in order to give her the comfort of a
free circulation of fresh air. The next
week after the 18th of July, the doors were
closed, in consequence of information that
Mrs. w. was in the habit of going to
Otrang's door and converSlng with him.
The aperture under his door was about an
inch and an half wide. The length of
Strang's chain would not allow him to
reach the door. Strang was furnished
with pen, ink and paper. Witness saw
the copy of the National Observer news
paper in Strang's room. There were some
lines of poetry in the paper, copy of
which witness has. Witness afterwards
saw Mrs. Whipple have written paper.
He did not see what was written on Mrs.
Whipple's paper. Mrs. Whipple was COM
mitted to prison on the 18th of June, in the
afternoon after the gun was found. The
copy of verses, which the witness produc-
ed, were copied from the National Observ-
er, and the manuscript is the writing OF
Srang. Witness took it from the panta-
looms pocket of Strang. A day or two af-
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