Squatter sovereign., 1857-10-24

Ireplied that / was. He was pieaeant IN
his manner. As stopped, he left me and
walked rapidly away towards No. 81 Bond
street, and came Pasi me again, gong up
Bond street. as was going to my room.
Il signal was given At this time 10 prepare
for my approach, when the IS young man
came alter me to see that no person toi-
lowed A man at this time being in the
entry gave notiee TO The woman and her
daughter to take their position in my roornsj
and With the weapons OF death, viz two
dirk knives and large sized nail hammer,
bought for the purpose. The young man
being on the outside to give signalto the
man in the entry. opened the door OF
my house with my night key as usual, and
found a g man. whom recognized in the
entry watching for signal from the out
side. passed in. he did not speak as |
passed him down stairs. walked up lei-
surely, took my shawl from my shoulders,
placed it across my arms, before / opened T
my room door which usually left un-
locked entering the room, threw my I
shawl on the sofa, and while in the act of
taking off my cloth cap. I was surprised |
by . severe blow on the back of the head /
from nail hammer; all was dark, when |
/ and stunned me at once. / was then seized |
by the throat and at the same time was |
4 stabbed in the neck. cutting off blood |
i vessel, and from behind in my back. The
blood poured out profusely, and fell for
ward on the floor, dead In less than ON
MINUTE AND oNE-auARrER from the time
!. L entered the house was dead! My
spirit, uninjured. conscious and calm, was
|
nv spirit and mind were sensible, and /
saw distinctly, as if at noon day, my muir
ldered body with perfect sight / also
saw clearly the another stabbing my dead
body, and the dreadful promise and threat
fulfilled by the very person who so often
made it. Il discerned her counienance
< distorted, her eyes giaring with fear. She
was drenched with blood, her feet without
which she trod. ! also saw her daughter
using the dirk-knive stabbing my body.
J with nothing on; but her chemlse and night
$ gown; she was also bloody, but not near
9 so much as her mother her feet were very
: was given from the street, and the man in
{ The entry opened the front door.
At this instant saw the daughter DIS
: tWCity uSdtu{ lSt 5itlOtHcts
e looked with terror stricken look, as they
both rushed out of the room. seemed
y Instantly to follow, without exer.ion, as they
l. fed the mother rushed down to the front
e door, the man in the entry said. "He is
: gone," and the door was opened again.
|, and the mother looked outward very much
. agitated the ''young man" appeared, sta
IL ted ''n acas nothing, ali was right F" tten
Ia. H.
e flew to the attic. | was at once there. al
e so. determined to see and hear; the daugh-
n tier rushed down to the Two persons below
% who had come up stairs and stood In the
. entry at my room door, when she said
c "Noiher says he cannot be dead; tell her
rs tell her! come and see if be is dead" On
ly five minutes had transpired since | came
Id to the room. Every motion from the frs
Is blow, was rapid. The young man and
p the man in the entry at this crisis, entered
ae gas, the young man" stopped down ant
H. looked at my body; the man also looked
7ee and Instantly, and together took hold o
a. my body and moved it. "IIe is dead.
I'll Yes" in reply. ..he is dead !" then the
IN daughter, left. and heard her distinctly
nd say. che is dead, mother. it is all over.
O. daughter having washed came down yer,
'e, shortly. folded my shawl. laid my cap a:
l it remained, my Iockets were examined
lS the keys of my trunk &C., taken. Til.
!; money also taken ard my body removed
ny by the two men together. TO near the spo
We where he lay. The man in the entry nov
no united my cravat and they afterwards
's- finally adjusted and fixed my body as j
10 was found. The removal of my trunk Il
lis the attic now took place by the two men
it was opened. my clothes were burnt
IS some pieces of gold plate examined, will
ne about $500 worth of gold-dust and othe
ne valua bes. lost none of my conscious
l ness. made no effort to hear their conver
nt- sation. or to see distinctly what was done
5; no uneasiness pervaded my spirit. / wa
ior intent and discerning ,raly without appa
n rent effort. All that passed me befor
Oh was done by the four persons three c
o them, | think, went to the room the
10 again looked at my body. The - youn,
'n- man with key, opened my safe-an
ll- the, other man handled the meney-bein,
ne S3000-the papers were burnt. notes wer
'in also there to the amount of S3725. Nj
ng will and other papers were burnt. Tn
lei trunk was then packed at ten and hal
lPS o'clock my room was adjusted, my bod
.es placed and arranged as il was found. Th
'e. door was then closed. ] saw the content
ny of the trunk, The instruments of death an
"a. other things put into it and locked; In
woman marked it. to put in the car
S. for. Saratoga. In the morning a dra
ny took il. to depot, as directed by the ma
old in The entry. l was presen, when ih
en- boy came TO my room 20 make the 6res-
'cn he was sorely affected on viewing TIL
VI body. Conscious and perfectly composed
on | was presen: at the examination of ID
] / n;rsd and xvondered ,ba. tba, IA ~, n;
ed. IL of she J.. ~ sIs.,i
: . - . = - - -. - 90 ~