Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-10-16

asy could give me of that property
,ba,eyer they pleased, and | have
ever received any property or money
I ron any person in any other way since
i / commenced preaching the everlast-
~ gospel. Mr.. Folger, Mr.. Pierson,
IA Mr.. Mills, frequently declared to
-e that they believed / was the Father
mi that they believed was quail.
iejt to establish Gods kingdom upon
arb, and that Zion Hill was transfer.
"a to me, with all the appurtenances
hereunto belonging, for that purpose,
GLIDING horses, carriages, and furni.
rre Of the house No. 8 Third street in
Ne city Of New York. And it was
SO agreed that the house and lot No.
Third street should be conveyed to
ne and Nc. Pierson directed a deed
% be made out accordingly, but he
he'd before it was completed. A bill
H. Chancery was afterwards filed
,gainst me, and a ne Great obtained,
by which Il appeared that must give
security in the sum Of ten thousand
collars; and consented to rescind the
contract and restore the property !;
shich | did, as ! then believed | was
obliged to do so bat | still claim the
property, as my own, for the purposes
or which it was originally given that
IS to say, for the purpose of establish
ag Gods kingdom upon earth, and
vas from the beginning.
Q. Did you ever reside in Mr.. Fol-
gsIs familyl
A. was there a short time previ.
Gus to the transfer of the property
above mentioned. Mr.. Folger said to
me, " When you feel disposed, come
to my house and make it your home, ,"
and as near as can recollect, this in
yita:ion was given in June or July
1888, at his Office in Pearl street.
@. Did you, a short time previous
to leaving his house, receive from him
or from any member of his family,
any number of eagles, and if so, how
many -?
A. | have received from Mr.. Folger
at different times, gold, in exchange
for bank notes ofmy own, and believe
that about eight hundred dollars was
N gold Of different coins. Some Of it'll
was in quarter, and some of it in half
eagles and the whole amount that /
have received from Mr.. Folger, and
Mr.. Pierson, including a bond and
mortgage to secure Mrs. Folger the
sum of about $4,000 of her own scpa-
rate estate, is about $4,000, which II
have paid at different times in furnish
ing the establishment at Zion Hill, and
No. s Third street, for which Mr.. Fol.
ger has the bills in his possession. In
commencing the establishment Mt Zion
Hill, and also the establishment in
Third street, many transactions took
place in money, between Mr.. Folger.
NJ. Pierson and myself, in which we
frequently accommodated each other,
as occasion required and in all these
transactions acted as the Father, in
good faith, in the sense above mention
ed, and | continued to expend money
for those establishments until the very
day | left Mr.. Folger's house. AS to
the five $40 bills mentioned in Mr.. Fol-
gers affidavit, believe it is q mistake,
as have no recollection of having re-
ceived that sum in bills ofthat denom-
nation, but have received from him
different sums at different times, and at
one time, in particular, | received the
amount of twenty seven hundred dol
lars. The prisoner was then re-
handed.
Besides the charges against Matthi-
as, founded on his intercourse with
Mr.. Folger, another has been institu-
ted during the present week, of a still
more outrageous and devilish charac-
ter. On Thursday morning warrant
was received from Mount Pleasant, is
sued by Charles Yeo, magistrate Of
that place, for the arrest Of Matthias,
on a charge of having poisoned Mr..
PierSon whose death is mentioned
IN preceding column. Embodied in
the warrant is the substance of the
testimony of Mrs. Rosetta Drach, las
Chambers street, who testifies that on
the 9th of August she left this city to
visit Mr.. Pierson with whom she had
been long and intimately acquainted,
at Sing Sing. Arriving at the house,
then in the charge of Matthias) she
was met at the door by Matthias, who
allowed her to enter, but denied her
seeing Mr.. Pierson as he was sick.
During the day she repeatedly impor-
tuned Matthias to be allowed to visit
Mr.. Persons room, but was either
openly refused, or received from Mat
thias evasivc answers tantamount to re-
iusal. She states that after she reti-
red to bed, she was prevented from
sleeping, partly by fear, and partly
by the dismal groans constantly issu-
ing from Mr.. Persons room, and that
IN rising in the morning, she was told