The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-08-18

4 hto Vliiahs-Sueet, looked into the grave
yard, TO ascertain whether could see the miss.
ing person. This was about 80 or 40 minutes
after met Mr.. Sonthwick From Downing's
steps, was the most favorable place to see the
hghts IN Mr.. Whites house, and Tor watching
their extinction. From there, one could see
the western window, where White was said to
have slept, when he was murdered.
Cross e1amined.-From the post at the cor.
ner, or rope-walk steps, one cannot see the
hghts before mentioned. cannot recollect
when Southwick told me that he thought Fran
CHS J. Knapp was the man seen al the post
\ Joseph Buras is Spaniard has lived in this
country 20 years. keep the stable and house
IN st. Peters street. know j. F. Knapp well;
/ ne Is often at my stable to hire hoI SEES and
| chaises Alter the murder, and after the an.
pointment Of a Committee OF Vigilance. and al.
ter the Wenham robbery, he came TO me and
asked 1t any body was in the stable besides N.Y.
sell answered no. He asked me if had
not loft up stairs? | told him yes H.. wish
ed me to go up there, for he had something par.
hcular 10 say to me. We went up. He asked
me II knew any thing about the murderers of
Capt White told him no--but wished |
did, Tor would let it be known pretty quick.
lie told me that the committee had heard that
VAS out after ten o'clock on that nioht. If
you see any one of the committee, who NAV
come TO pump out of you whether you was out.
or you met any OF your friends ont, keep it to
Yourself. tie said that heApd his brother 10.
seph were friendly to me, fIlat they had rot
good deal oil money, and that the committee in
pumping, would catch one thing or other. /
SAID knew all the committee, and was ready
TO answer TO any thing which they mipht ask
asked Knapp what he thought OF The two
I Crowninshields in Jail. He answered. thew
are as innocent as you and - | asked who he
tynm9 ,i was the murderer? He said Stephen
Wh'te was one replied, don't tell Inc about
stephen White. have known him since he
was lo years of age. He then laid hold of his
dirk. told him didn't care for him and 90
drks lie then said he was friend of mine,
ana came to put me on my guard, and 10 pre
vent trouble The two Knapps Dut ln the,r
horses there. knew them both. Francis was
there the week before. Sometimes he LEFT his
! cap there and took his hat-sometimcs his cloak
ana look his surtout, and cict uersa. Josenh
frequently left his clothes there IN tho entry mr.
IN .ne chaise, and took charge of them.
Mary y. Heller knew George Crowninshield
lie slept at her house on the evening Of The
murder, and came in at half past ten. She found
unoer his pillow in the morning dirk. Mary
ana let him in at half past ten. He talk
cd win her IN the entry, and soon after the
CLOCK struck III he slept there with Mary -.
In The morning we heard of the murder. She
would not let him go, nor did he incline to 70
was SICK the whole day. He told us not to
mention any thing about the dirk, because. ho
Sa'o that an the mischief which was done was
iaid to the two Crowninshelds At NIGHT. when
he was called for, he went out, as usual. some
times he did not come in until between ~ and
1; once as late as 4. He never STAYED there
} all day, but twice before; once when IL was
very cold the second time, he had a violent
, headache. The dirk, handle and all was ne
long as common case knife.
, benjamin Whtte, who lived in the family of
the late Capt. Joseph White, testified that j ].
hhaPp' Jr ana ms wife took tea with the old
: gentleman the Sunday evening previous TO the
, murder. 49,
: Among the witnesses examined on FRIDAY
was Palmer, who underwent ripid cross ~
animation. While at Salem lived AT the ho,aI .
ala no business while there, and was freouentIv
residing at the Crowninshields, at Danvers
Ihey had room to themselves and no inter.
course with the rest of the family. On beinu
} asked how he had passed his time for the lasi
tHree years, ne rather objected to replying to
g his occupation. In whose employment 1Iles.
i.atI0n) was employed in Name. Where
a at ihomastOn. How long' Two years "
E aoh0Se employ? ! suppose by the State INV
employer was not known to me You w.s y
E the States Prison there, then? was.
. on April 9th, George Crowninshield asked
me me, y ! had heard OF the news of the murder OF
Whlte' and said they had no hand in it. Dick
. asked me 1t had heard of the music at Salem
. told hun yes; he replied that people sunnosed
.hey mad hand in it, and they meant 10 leave
$ nome IL was bad plan to be arrested. He
a SAD ne had melted down the dagger in the ma.
chine shop 1t would have been bad sion ~
o have had il found at that time. ~
) nr. webster here moved Reconsideration ~
l'le aeciSion OF the Court, whereby the testmo.
G ny oi mr.. 1olman relative TO the confessions Of
e Ionn Francis Knapp was rejected.
e This motion was argued at length. and with r,o,,
:. aoiiity on both sides. And on Saturday nornino
me Court again decided that the TESTIMONY of M :
n Coiman, relative to the confession of K,3nn na.
ihadmssble- The Court, however reversed th;,
ueoIsioh, ater Mr. Webster stated that he was
ready to prove that Frank Knapp never did con.
. sent that his brother Joseph should confess M,
Colman then took the stand again. and in renlv e.
question of Mr. Webster, whether at the Con.
Eersatlon IN the prisoners CELL any thing wa.
sac oy rank Knapp as to the time of night on
which the murder was committed he ans,yered
That ne, 1.-THE prsoner,1 informed him that il was
Oetweeh III and ii O'Clock, and that r. Crownin.
, sheid was alone in the house at the time He
, related the conversation which passed between
mem relative to the weapoH which was secreted
uhuer the steps OF the meeting house. and To the
dagger that had been worked up AZ The S,c,o ,ne
w as IN the prisoners cell about half an hour with
aniPPen Knapp 1t was on the afternoon of Friday
zoth May. Was in Joseph's cell the same after.
uooh ana went TO Boston that night at l2 O'Clock
70 get the pledge Of the Attorney General of
doh Tor Joseph The particulars of this confession
were ,,, published in our paper at the time.
! ne examination of witnesses for the defendant.
was commenced on Monday. great number
were called among others, William II Alien
VINO testified that he had known the prisoner from
childhood knew that he carried a dirk after he
murder, that many were sold, and that few young
men wore them. He identified the dirk which ~
pds ,In. nad worn; and Dudley H. Ne,veH testi
ca that he made il and solo ii to the prisoner he
Gay before the Wenham robbery Several VII
nesses testified that the dress worn by the prsoner
AZ the time of the murder, as described BY wit.
he $50, nor ane government. was common among
reerce testified that his usual dress about the time
q .ne murder: was plaid cloak, black glazed can
&C; he was in Brown street on Inc nfgbt If ~,
MURDER S. Thomas n Vose was clerk Of Che Maine
State Frson and identified Palmer as hayino beao