The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-12-29

THINK made the remark, that IL was cOlo up ueTe'
He then stepped down and passed by into the hail.
He had two pieces of flour barrel hoops in his hands,
then went down into the kitchen. In few moments,
William came down, and on my nquring for the ham
mer, he went and got it. went to cracking the nuts,
and he stood by the Prudence told him she had
hid his cap and he might go out and get it, and go to
work. He said he had got another, and did not care
any thing about it. They continued talking, and
cracked the nuts without paying any attention to it. At
last he asked her to go up stairs for he had got some
thing TO show her She replied that she did not want
to see it and would not go lie continued to ask her
to CO. TILL finally, she said, come along then, if you
going. She got to the door, when said, if you go,
will go too and had got half across the room, when
William said, No; If you go, sha'n't. then went
back. Prudence had got half way up stairs, when he
started. When he went up, think he shut the
door after him, but am not quite certain. As soon
as / thought they had got up, | turned to the
oldest child and told her to go up to them. She went
ont, and came back and said she could not open the
stair door. went and opened the door for her, and
she went up. ] returned and went to cracking nuts
again. In few moments heard William coming
down. He to the door and opened it, and re-
manned standing there. l looked up and spots of
blood on his face and then looked at his hands, and
they were covered with blood and in one of them was
got up and passed by him, and run up stairs.
The doors all open, and passed through the bed
room to the hall, where saw Prudence lying on the
floor, close to the door. Her eyes open, looking
up toward me, and her throat cut. The witness
here gave vent to her feelings, in tears.] The child
was at the other end of the room. / stopped down,
over Prudence, when / heard William coming up be-
hind me. / thought heard her breathe, but could not
tell certainly.
When heard VIM, coming, looked round and he
at the door then went to the child and
led her by the hand the other door, to avoid him.
found Williams knife drove in, over the door latch,
that / could not get it cut He remained standing
in the door, and thinking must get out some way,
edhe child toward him, and not knowing what he might
do to the child, put her the other side of and
passed out by him. When we got DOWN. told the child
the other house, quick as she could. then
took the little boy, and led him to the door. When /
got there, William standing in the dining room.
told the little boy to run, too stood on the dool
stone and turning to William, said, William, wha
have you done this for 20 He told to get something
and put on the children's heads, they.woud catch
cold He said need not be afraid, for he would moi
hurt niche was going out to kill himself The little
boy had got about half down the hil when ran and
caught him up in my and carried him to the nex
house. When within few rods of the house, Stun
bed and FELL and my brother round the house and
helped me up. told my brother run up as quick as
he could. My mother met me and my father stood in
the door.
Prudence was IL years and ten months old, she
was large of her age l had been much with her,
had seen her and William together some times
Inquiry was here made to ascertain if she knew any
thing of the previous relations between William and
Prudence, and answering that all she knew was deri-
we'd from Prudence, it was of course excuded.l
| Cross Eramn,at,on When Prudence went to the
crib, William followed her Immediately. cannot tell
whether she shut the door before he passed or not
There was no fire in the dining do not know
Fit was Williams knife that the door latch in
the hall, but have seen him have it. Prudence laid
in the north end of the hail. very the door, partly
on one side of it, William did not go into the hall,
while was there lie came to the door and storped
He stood there when passed out with the child. 1t
was not so much as minutes from the time William
and Prudence went up stairs till | went up. could
see the body, partly, before got info the hail.
/ Thomas NJ. 7Raya-Lived with my father, at the
house next to Mr.. Richardson's when this took place.
Between and 10 o'clock, Richardson's little girl came
to the door and screamed. Mother took her into her
arms and it was some time before she could speak
She said she was afraid Bill had killed Prdy Istar
ted and met my sister. She said she was afraid Pru-
dence was dead went to the house, and looked into
the dining room windows. Saw nothing and heard no
noise. then went to the north porch door. While
stood in the door, saw the dog up by the crib and
went up there, andfound William lying upon his breast
upon the ground, about rod from the crib, and five
rods from the house, in the door yard His head was
between his hands. When came near he turned his
head aside and saw his throat was cut said, ssOh
God, William, how could you do what you did, and
how could you do this He raised himself up and mo-
toned for me to leave him. did leave him, and went
into the house. / looked in the lower part of the
house, but did not find Prudence and call the
neighbors.i When / returned with them, asked my
sister where Prudence was, and she told me-, As
went up, saw bloody foot prints coming from the hall,
through the bed room to the head Of the stairs.
found Prudence lying her breast in the hall the
door, and STOPPING down, found she was dead. Her
throat The neighhors then went up, and af-
ter we came down, looked out, and saw Knowlton
coming to the house. He would come step or two,
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