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In the morning he went to a magistrate, and made the whole matter
known, with all the circumstances; and diligent search being made the
body was found in a coal pit, with five wounds in the head, and the
pick and shoes, and stockings yet bloody, in every circumstances as
the apparition had related unto the miller: whereupon Walker and Mark
Sharpe were both apprehended, but would confess nothing. At the assizes
following they were arraigned, found guilty, condemned, and executed,
but we could never hear that they confessed the fact. There were some
who reported that the apparition did appear to the Judge, or foreman of
the jury (who was alive at Chester-in-the-Street, about ten years ago),
as we have been credibly informed.
PARTICULARS Of a Singular and Curious Circumstance Which took place at
the House of a well known FORTUNE TELLER, With the strange appearance
that was witnessed,
[Illustration]
Last night the following curious circumstance took place in a house in
this neighbourhood, which occasioned a great deal of merriment. Six
young women, whose names are as follows:--Jane Trustsoot, Ann Dingle,
Mary Prause, Priscilla Richards, Harriett Pridhame, and Mary Twining,
having previously agreed together, went to the residence of a notorious
fortune teller about nine o’clock, to dive into the history of their
future destiny, or if possible, to gain information respecting their
intended husbands or future sweethearts. On entering his apartment,
the timid girls became rather abashed, but after some words had passed
between them, this famous cutter of cards began his curious ceremony.
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