Second trial of John Francis Knapp by a new jury : recommenced at Salem, August 14, 1830, for the murder of Capt. Joseph White, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a special session, commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830 / reported for the publishers.

  • Knapp, John Francis, 1810-1830.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Second trial of John Francis Knapp by a new jury : recommenced at Salem, August 14, 1830, for the murder of Capt. Joseph White, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a special session, commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830 / reported for the publishers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    him; went close to the rope walks to get out of the wind ; the man who stood at the post, passed by them, and stood near a post just by witness's door ; asked Mr. Southwick to go into his house and see what they were about; went up into the cham, ber ; saw the man standing at the post ; did not lose sight of him until they went away ; another man came up ; remained 2 or 3 minutes ; stood close to the post facing each other ; the, man that came up ran as hard as he could run down Howard street; the other man went out of sight to the eastward ; came down as quick as he could ; saw nothing ; knows he did not go to the westward ; went down Branch street, (Howard street) came to the burying-ground ; looked over ; saw nobody then j walked the whole length of the street ; saw a carriage or light waggon pass by, going to the eastward on the new road towards Beverly ; about a common pace ; continued to William street; came up William street and home ; did not know the person of the prisoner ; knew him when a boy ; saw him in the prison and at the house ; can't tell whether he is the person whom they saw ; the same size ; heard the clock strike 10 ; 30 to 40 min- utes after when he saw Mr. Southwick ; knows the locality ; did not take much notice until after the murder; can see the windows of the west end of Mr. White's house ; all are visible from Mr. Downing's steps and thereabouts; went there whilst Mr. White lay dead ; could see lights in the house ; in the west- ern side ; could see all the windows ; could see light in the windows over Mr. White's chamber; could see the windows on' the same floor and the windows over that. Miss Judith Jaques's testimony. Passed through Brown street about ten o'clock on Friday night previous to the murder, and saw a group of three men near the steps of the rope walk, two of whom were standing and one was pointing towards Capt. White's home ; he had in his hand something which he appear- ed to be looking at; she thought then that it was some musical instrument as witness passed and he who sat upon the steps took the ' something' and put it behind him. The two who were standing had on cloaks or wrappers with capes and glazed caps, and the one who was sitting wore some other garmen and a hat. Mr. Phillip Chase's testimony. He had been through Browr street for the purpose of ascertaining whether Capt. White windows could be seen from the neighborhood of Howard street, and found that it could be seen distinctly. Witness v'sited Palmer in prison, in the room directly under Richard Crownin- shield. While there a string was let down through the ceiling with a lead pencil—soon after a piece of paper with two lines of poetry, and a request that if he was acquainted with the poe- try he would complete the verse and send it back. Witness pulled the string, and it was drawn back. Then he heard a shrill whistle, after that, the person above called, hi a hard 3