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

O'CLOCK. She went and met her at fa
E. minutes after Ill. Her appearance an
sPirits were as usual Said she had weatI
erea out the previous night with Miss OH
20 up otate-st. She returned home about ha
/ past II. On the evening of the dav whe
d prisoner went out, there was a very heay
thunderstorm. Mrs. Whipple said sh
Q hau slept at Fobes's. Did not understan
d tllas the paper found under Mrs. Whipple'
: plioW, was an answer to proposition {
!. go TO Lanslngburgh. The words were. a
: near as she could recollect-"I will NEE
. you at the yeilow-house, to go to Lansing
pufgh, IN the north part of the city, an,
wait I'll come" She went off in the af
eefnoon OF tie same day on the morning O
whlch witness saw the paper under her pil
low. Inc note was found when the pris
o SII:l at the bar was preparing to go away
" l'hesS asked prisoner where she was 90
ing, ana she said she was going to Fobes's
ana should stay there all night. Witness
Was at Cherry Hill when Whipple was
murdered. When he was shot, she was in
5ne Kitchen. Mrs Whipple came into the
hitchen about five minutes before the noise
was heard Maria Van Rensselaer, went
INTO the bedroom with her. Did not know
"here Dlnah went. Had previously tothis,
neard Strang say, in presence of Mrs.
WMpple, that he had seen persons about
The house at night. Had heard the prison.
er say that those people were laying in
wait ior MI. Whjpple to take his life. This
was nearly week before Whipple's death
| Mrs. Whlpple was more sociable with
| S.rang than with the rest of the family
mere was no member of the family so So
claDie with Strang as the prisoner. Does
iiot know that Strang and the prisoner cor
responded by letters. Heard Ms. Whip-
PIE say that he ran so many risks she was
AFRAID he would be wounded in the woods
ms conversation was about week preyi
GUS 70 the 9Th of May last Mrs. Whipple
was In the kitchen with Strang, lust before
DARK on the evening of the murder. Dinab
Abraham and witness, were present. Did
not hear them converse, or see them near
each other. Did not recollect ever to have
seen Strang sitting in the prisoners room
smoking, when she was present. Strano
nad lighted prisoners pipe while she was
IN ped. There were two beds in Mr.. and
MRS. Whipple's room. Wien he was al
nome, he and his wife occupied one of the
Deds, and witness sometimes the other
they had child six years of are. He
slept n-onc of the bedrooms down stairs
adjoining the kitchen. Sometimes he silent |
IN the room with Strang, and sometimes in
the room with the other people. Witness
slept with the prisoner when her uncle was /
absent. Had heard Strang speak two or
three times about the people lurking about
the mouse. Strang used to bring up wood
into the room 1ts1riFts tho d. ma 80
i'1'oT'-- W i.iPrle engaged Ai1.a tn do il
Never heard him say so. When witness
and eli -,
slept in the other bed Strang used to
come up and make a fire, whether Whip
pie was at home or not. Witness was In
bed with Mrs. Whipplc, when Strang light
ed her pipe. Mr.. and Mrs. Whipple, were
to have started next morning after the muir
der to 60 down to Ulster county, where he
had been on contract on the canal.
When Whipple was absent, thinks prison
er was called up once in the night to see
little Abraham, her son, who slept below.
Don't know who called her. She was gone
perhaps an hour. Mrs. W. did not tell
witness what the matter was with Abra-
ham. Was not present when Whipple
hired Strang to go down the river Heard I
Mrs. Whipple say something Of such a
contract.
Maria Van Rensselaer,, was again called (
and examined. Knows Getty Sanford
when witness was small she used to fire.
quent her fathers house but not much of
late, till since the death of Mr.. Whipple.
Says she saw Mrs. Whipple give Strang a
pane of glass, on Friday, Saturday or Mon
day, previous to the murder. Strang laid
the glass down after he had held it to the
window, and said it was a size or two too
small. The glass was brought down to
put in kitchen window, accidently brok-
en- the day before by Miss Patrick Strang
was to fix it in; witness afterwards saw
the pane of glass on shelf in Strang's bed
room; the glass she saw afterwards, when
it was broken, and lying on the window
bench in another room.
Dinah Jackson, ia black woman and SER
want in the family at Cherry Hill,) testifi-
ed that she heard Strang, day or two be-
fore the murder, ask the prisoner to lend
him pair of socks; saw her go and get a
pair of Mr.. Whipple's white ribbed socks
saw them afterwards on Strang's feet in
the forenoon of the day that Whippe was
murdered; witness saw the prisoner and
Strang talking together in low voice in
the kitchen; Strang was about the house,
loading the wagon with potatoes. Wit
ness heard the gun 90 off. Mrs. Whipple
was in the kitchen. Witness had lit pipe
and given it to her to smoke. When the
gun went off, some one caught hold of her,
but does not know who; there were six
persons in the room. They were Tighten
ed and screamed; as soon as she could get I
clear of the person who had hold of her,
witness ran out of the house. She smelt
powder, and set on the dog.
Henry Schoonmaker, turnkey in the gaol,
called again. He has seen prisoner at the
bar lying down at Strang's door in the Jail
she was there in company with two of Mr..
Becker's daughters, Eleanor and Maria
they were all lying down, he believes.
John o. Cole, called again. The exam
ination Of Mrs. Whipple, now presented to