Confessions, Trials, and Biographical Sketches of the Most Cold Blooded Murderers, who Have Been Executed in this Country from Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time ...S. Andrus and Son, 1837 - 420 pagina's |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 204 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; They hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; And the servant is free from his master.
Pagina 391 - I will merely tell you that I am acquainted with your brother Franklin, and also the business that he was transacting for you on the 2d of April last ; and that I think that you was very extravagant in giving one thousand dollars to the person that would execute the business for you — but you know best about that ; you see that such things will leak out.
Pagina 205 - But rising griefs distress my soul, And tears on tears successive roll; For many an evil voice is near To chide my woe and mock my fear; And silent memory weeps alone O'er hours of peace and gladness flown.
Pagina 24 - She starts— with eyes upturned and fleeting breath, In their raised axes views her instant death. Her hair, half lost along the shrubs she passed, Rolls...
Pagina 1 - One that had never done me wrong, A feeble man and old: I led him to a lonely field; The moon shone clear and cold: Now here...
Pagina 406 - But, until it is proved that pain has a greater tendency to make a person speak truth than falsehood, this reasoning seems to have little weight. This unhappy girl was, therefore, horridly and repeatedly tortured ; but still persevering in asserting her innocence, she at last escaped with life — if it could be called an escape, when it was supposed she would never again enjoy either health or the use of her limbs, from the effects of the torture.
Pagina 22 - Indians came to the house, she concealed herself in the cellar ; but they dragged her out by the hair, and, placing her on a horse, proceeded on the road towards Sandy Hill. They soon met another party of Indians, returning from Argyle, where they had killed the family of Mr. Bains ; these Indians disapproved the purpose of taking the captive to the British camp, and one of them struck her with a tomahawk and tore off her scalp. This is the account given by her nephew. The account of Mrs.
Pagina 391 - I found him and we both went into his chamber. I struck him on the head with a heavy piece of lead and then stabbed him with a dirk, he made the finishing strokes with another. He promised to send me the money next evening, and has not sent it yet, which is the reason that I mention this.
Pagina 22 - Neil, near Fort Edward, at the close of the week she was asked to remain until Monday. On Sunday morning, when the Indians came to the house, she concealed herself in the cellar ; but they dragged her out by the hair, and, placing her on a horse, proceeded on the road towards Sandy Hill.
Pagina 391 - ... business for you. But you know best about that, you see that such things will leak out. To conclude, Sir, I will inform you that there is a gentleman of my acquaintance in Salem, that will observe that you do not leave town before the first of June, giving you sufficient time between now and then to comply with my request ; and if I do not receive a line from you, together with the above sum, before the 22d of this month, 1 shall wait upon you with an assistant.