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peared to be slewed and cold;
asked if he knew where he had
been that evening—he said, no—
if he knew where he got his
liquor—aaid he did not. He said
he was acquainted with him, and
had boarded in his family.
‘When he found him he was the
worse for liquor, and and he got
the hostler to help carry him up,
and laid him on the bunk—he
then took a newspaper and sat
down and read, until be fell
asleep—when he woke up, he
went to the bed and found Stiles
almost dead, ha then went to the
tavern and called two men and
then went for Dr. Heywood. Dr.
Heywood came, examined the
body, and told him he had bet-
ter send for the coroner; told
him I did not think it necessary
to summon 4 jury, and told Mr.
Gates he had better take the
body home and lay it out. To

wards night the next day, I was
induced by reports to have De
Wolf arrested. The next morn-
ing the body was examined; no-
tieed a stripe round the
and ee 8 large mark back a!
the left ear, that looked as if the
blood had settled. I have two
letters with me, that De Wolf
haa written since he has been in
jail. One he direeted to Chat-
qwan Warren was brought out by
my turnkey, the other was taken
from a man who was discharged
on the 24th of February—both
are dated Feb. 23. [The letters
‘were both produced and read by
the District Attorney.*] I told
De Wolf I had taken the letter
away—ho said he was very sorry.
Previous to these Ietiers De
‘Wolf had frequently said that it
was a hard case for him to be
ehut up there,—that he wes aa
innocent as I was. I told him,

Worcester, Feb. the 23, 1845,

*Mr, Tucker. I take it at this time to tell you that I have got
wuyself in great trouble and I don’t know how that I shall get out
of it, but I don’t know that they will hang me, but I think that I
shall have to go to States prison, and if I do I shall stand a chance
tu get pardoned out, but there ain’t anything that will save me but
one thing,

I want you to tell Mre, Stiles that T write this as a friend to her.
Mr, Matthews come and told me that they was a going to take her
and put her in here, and they had put a guardian over Mr. Ed-
ward and was a going to take him from it. He said that they could
prove that she had said that she should be glad if could get any
body to kill him, and they could prove, that she and I had been
contriving to kill him for five months back by the neighbors, and
he said that ehe and I had been seen together for when William went
down on to the street that was around the house and heard what
we said, and he told me some things as it was, and I don’t expect
that I can get rid of it for some have told things that T never knew
of about me, and there is many against me that I can’t escape and
now I want she should go clear, but if she can’t, and I think she
better get some man to seo to her things and go where they can’t
find her. But she had better not take Edward with her for they
‘won't be so apt to find her, Now I do this ao to give her warning