Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-17

tleman r. s-kdsll TO corr and still for htn, and
me to keep house and cosk tor the hands; told
rx 20 come on "a Hagsrstowa, wanted 10 get
pone'Sine ir tbe wagon, en- arp'e nil and
something else: we came 81 90 Hsgerstovn IN
.oarry ali, Barkdadts ,ca 6rsve the carry all 10
,be revi. pIscs. Saesrlngen told us to stop at
.DnHSe,. tsyere ir tisgerstosn, we get there
nm sunday evening and started early IN he
vpo,,,eg, At his dwsctipn there vas . bedstesd
pu, !, he Wagon and . boz Of fish in the carry
ali. overlook us al Clear Spring, tAe wagon
Kent with The carry. all. there he said he would
saEa n, . nearer road add bear our expenses;
I'VE w~ri Uish him, crossed high wsters, got 10
1Uart sllsw's hailec ~ Va. he said he would go on
20 he next tavern sGl wait there, IN the NOR
ming. he was siaai,ng on The perch when we
vct there. Itold hin | had not eaten my break
Tsst vet. II was shout VI O'Clock when We got
,hcrr. &c rot trunk - Hsrtshsws which he
told 80 10 byiae on. { saw RacDsei al M.Cooly's
Tavern. SweaFingsn told Us TO take the child in
the carry.sN, We did 60. tue child war gong on
three wears old. =. overlook Us about . nile
md q hYlf from M'Cooly's, Rachel was riding
on the horse betiod him, shs continued TO ride
behind him all the day. We all stsyed at the
same tavern: sh@ got On behind him neKs NOR
-ninY and rode 90 the river, she then got INTO me
carry. all and rode To the Tevis Place. lie SAID
she was a girl he fetched to help mo to do the
N0FK. Is GNl1 Hff H&fuE w ~ = IN viz 'fD
Wa be, ween 2 and J weeks before Mrs. Svesr
lnVcnss death. He was gone sometimes three
dsS. AZ a time. and sometimes iess. Sac " ould
ret on, of nv bed and Ia INTO his room ssme-
times in the night, and thus IT continued until
the death Of his wife. lie had bands cutting
lag. on Friday be ere the deitk; he lett the
house. he had been there scsersl nlghts that
week. On Monday the saddle bags came to the
house. Mrs BoswciI and myself had vent ~
Cumberland for ssme things by bim. | never
.een him any mere ill Friday morning at cock
crow. he 20 ne TO the house and come IN, he
s,ooJ mr. ne the bedside, spekc 10 me and called
me by nv meme srd asked me # Twas asleep, !
,oId him I was not, he asked me where tina,
r,rl GAS. I,eld hlm 10 bed with me, then she
got nm. and vt,s sskedif Mr.. Boxseii had sv.
ved vef. Told him they were gong ia move
that morning. She went inte another room
and III = candle, then he went isto the room
where she was. ehe @cst up stairs tor ke,
cie,hes and came down and went up stars a
A.. \, she came in The room where l was ana
asked me 10 get up | vent 'hto the ms
had her bonnet m, asked her where she wss
co,,e. he said ], mus, take his girl away tom
her, he people keep such d fuss soodt. heri
be sad I mus, take her on the turnpike, she
said SIC ysn,-1 .cme bread and butter. ! got
It. sac .r;nren said ske must be on the turnpike
Mt dsy nrrsk to ga in the stage TO Union town.
Iaskea bin II it was true lis wife had tel on
fhe horse tbre- lines, he dill not say whether
or NO.. but sal sh- 4 d by tie irsi fall, that
she wanted to speak t. the child, that he look
cd ather ana 49, that size was dying, ! asked
sbou, tive taking up Of bis wife, he sad taey
were poing 20 tske her up that morning, lid
nj On IN bed. ! asked il me was going 10 take
the chi ! along. he ssid he must leave 1T with
r,e = few DAYS. thst he would be back on Mon.
day. he said that If the men came to bore the
mines , ~4,ould eel theu to work on, that be
would br ',Ark on NanlAH, the, then started,
she took q pillow and ? blat ket witt her, be
took his saddle BIS itrsired little on Mon
.aa, eYenipc.-fCros eys minaiion THE iogs
IA, in sieb, o. he road, re expected tie pump
power before SwesuBkfo's wiie died.
C2d exam Swearing said Mrs. scott Sae"
lie w-nt 20 see Gis RJd, Whfn ne WAS ~ IVA
esretn m. ard sad she did not. blaue bin, for
hi. Vie ~ss not much - home, and id'nt do
hin ,av~h good a7y how. Rachael WAS not =
wa, fosn tie house list morning, TIL alter the
dep,h, she went - C~ressptown
H., Ceayad jn,sr I saw Mr., Swearingen
on @,,isyD t camp meeting, he said he wanted
me 10 meethup % MondAy at the 1evIs place.
I .ola him could not go til Wednesday (the
Sva ariugen that | saw wore "a white hatl ! went
on the dss appointed.
p S P.gman.-i saw Mr.. and Mrs. Swear.
inc - rli ng up the river on ouhosy evening
precedng the death. | observed TO her that 1t
was a hazardous place sroupd The rocks for a
{sAvf, ride, she smiled and made same reply,
bu: : I'D not nndets md her.
Um. .Hf.Hqhon Ga the sh day OF Septem'
Der. 1923. stated frosa Cumberland between
2 and g O'Clock aud went on 10 Cressptown. !
saw Kile and spcke',o bin in CresaptoEn. i
met the FIRST osthe cat!e at the foot OF lime
stone bin and passed The last of them al Medley
bridge. AGeri got through the cattle | saw 6
lady who passed BY. | did not take notice
whether she turned off the road or went on TO
Cressotown. met Miss Cresap between
Rocks house and where Robert Armstrong US
ed 20 i've, about a mile and a quarter from the
ato,ty place. Seen nothing OF the accused or
bis - tis that 6ay, nor did meet any sther cat
te that da,. Not a very bad road from Tie sto-
nv place to where ! met Mas Cresap.
HlIfam HHenry When ! came 20 the stony
plsce | saw two persons, a man and a woman,
turn oil Tue road, which took 10 be Swesr'n.
gen and wife, aud went along 3 path running
along the foot OF he hill He got of OF his
horse, took down the child, took hold of his
wife's horse, and turned HIM towards the bun.
He was Is or l8 ysrds from me when he turned
off. Swearingen had the child when they
TUNED eff, met MIR. Mcmahon at he foot of
lime hill, about 20 Yards from the Tevis road.
kIas hew Scott took me there to examine the
place about ) or 6 weeks after.
Susaa Cresab,-I left home aboutS O'Clock
In ,he mornins, going to Mr.. Huns, probably
about q mile from the stony place, ] net Mr.
bic hfsbon; I did not see a drove of cattle. l
ssns on down that rosdi | did not cross Med
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