Joshua Whitney. On March 2nd, was at Brown's when Mr. Curtiss came in, and said he heard Mr. Spooner was murdered, and three fellows were at Walker's who were suspected; went there and found them: Brooks had a watch in his pocket, and a pair of silver buckles in his shoes; I asked where the other fellow was; and went into an upper loft, where I found Ross, who trembled and appeared surprised. When I came down Buchanan was gone; saw Brooks turn round to the negro girl, who showed him the watch, and said Brooks gave it to her. The watch was in court. Brooks had a pair of buckles in his shoes with the initial letters of Mr. Spooner's name. Upon the watch being shown to him he owned it was the same watch which he had in his pocket. I was set to watch the prisoners. Ross said he wished he could see a minister, for he was really guilty of his crime, but he did not strike the first blow, although he was aiding and assisting; they were then talking about the killing of Mr. Spooner-said he would confess the whole when the minister came. Ross said he had got Spooner's jacket and breeches; that he had let Brooks have his because they were bloody. I found in his pocketbook four ten pound notes and three eight dollar bills; he said the rest was his own; he also said he had Spooner's hose, shirt and saddle-bags.

Joseph Ball. On March 2nd, in the evening, went to Walker's and found Brooks. Captain Whitney ordered me to lead him down to Mr. Brown's and when they were there Ross was committed to my care. He had on a

pair of black knit breeches and a cloth jacket with metal buttons. The horse that was there was one that I had seen Spooner and his wife ride formerly. Had seen Buchanan at Walker's some weeks before; he was a blacksmith. Heard Ross say he labored under a good deal of concern; he wished a minister was sent for.

Samuel Bridge. Went to Mr. Brown's, from thence to Walker's and when they came back to Brown's, Doctor Green's son said the buckles were his uncle Spooner's. The jacket Ross had on was of brown cloth with yellow metal buttons. Talked with Mrs. Spooner when she came down, and heard her say if she could see the persons face to face she could give satisfaction; said this was the effects of bad company.

Mary Walker. On Thursday evening, saw Brooks and Buchanan at mother's and after they had been there a little while Mrs. Spooner and a young man came to the door, when Mrs. Spooner asked if Sergeant Buchanan was there, and gave him a letter which she said came from her grenadier. The contents of the letter were, that he would meet him to go to the hill. She came back from Dr. Green's very soon, saying that she forgot to give him a piece of cloth which was his. She said she would knit for me, because she could not sew for want of sight. She stayed there two hours. Buchanan and Brooks were there all the time, and they stayed there until Sunday forenoon. Mrs. Spooner was often with them. Sergeant Buchanan wrote sundry letters which he said were to her servant. Brooks often laid his head upon Mrs.

Spooner's neck, and oftentimes put his hands round her waist. The witness observing it, Mrs. Spooner said, "you must not wonder, Billy (meaning Brooks) has lived at my house and is as fond of me as he would be of a mother." Saw Buchanan divide powder into eighteen papers; they had talked about a sick child at Brookfield. She asked Buchanan when he would go; she said she would send a letter by him, and then said she would write a letter at Mr. Nazro's, it would not be any hurt to write to her father. Buchanan was very sorry that Mrs. Spooner did not come. On Saturday afternoon she came, and they having been in the chamber together a few minutes, she went away saying, "tomorrow night at eleven

o'clock, remember, sergeant.' He said, "tomorrow night at eleven o'clock." On the next night, Brooks, Buchanan and Ross came back, and in the morning early, they told her the Springfield guard were in pursuit of them, and Brookfield was searched in every house. Mrs. Spooner met them at Leicester and told them of it. I asked Ross if he had ever seen Mrs. Spooner, and he said he did not know as he had; but he had seen Mr. Spooner, and rode to Lancaster with him. Ross seemed to be very dull all Sunday. Asked him what made him so dull? He walked about the room and leaned against the side of the house and said, "Reason enough." Sergeant Buchanan desired me to rip off the ruffles from a shirt, and I ripped the ruffles off of the sleeves. Brooks told me that Mrs. Spooner gave him a shirt and pair of stockings. Buchanan bled himself on Monday morning.

Prudence (a negro woman). Buchanan came to Mrs. Walker's with Brooks on Thursday and talked about going to Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Spooner came there and soon went away and soon after came back again with Dr. Green's two sons. She stayed all the evening, and was often in and out. Mrs. Spooner told John Green he had better go and see if his mother was at home. Sergeant Buchanan offered her his handkerchief. She said, "G-d d--m the handkerchief, I will not touch it." On Friday morning, Buchanan had some powders which he did up in papers. Mrs. Spooner came in, Brooks told her Buchanan was sick, and she I went into the chamber to him. I went up there after a broom, and saw them together. On Saturday, as Mrs. Spooner was going away, I asked her what Mrs. Green said; she said she told Mrs. Green she dined at Mr. Nazro's and drank tea there, and it was a pretty good lie. On Sunday, Brooks and Buchanan went away, but Sunday night they came back, and said they should have been taken if it had not been for a friend. Their dress was altered. I asked what became of Brook's they answered they sold it for want of money: they met with Ross two miles from Leicester tavern.

Thomas Green. The buckles were Mr. Spooner's; they were marked J. S. Had seen them in my uncle's shoes.

Charles Simson. Altered the jacket for Spooner, which Brooks had on.

John Hibbard. Lived with Mr. Spooner, and had seen Ross, Buchanan and Brooks there a week before Mr. Spooner was murdered.

Reuben Old. Had frequently been at Mr. Spooner's the winter past, and about a fortnight before the murder, Brooks and Buchanan were there one evening. Mr. Spooner desired the witness to tarry with him that night. He did tarry there, and Spooner bade him to go out and see what they were doing in the kitchen. He went out and Buchanan said, "what is the old fellow about? (meaning Spooner) he will not come to say much to me, it will not be healthy for him, for I would put him in the well for two coppers." Next morning Mrs. Spooner told him she would go through with her plan; I supposed it was to go to her father.

Loved Lincoln. About February 1st, was at Spooner's, who wanted to know when I went out to Oakham. He and Spooner and Ross set out, and I went with them as far as Chadwick's, in Oakham. On the following Tuesday went to Spooner to see if he had done some business for me, and saw Brooks and Buchanan there. Afterwards Spooner was there and somebody looked into the window, and presently I heard Sergeant Buchanan speak. Spooner says, "how came you here?" They said to warm them. Spooner replied, "you may sit by my fire till morning, but you must not let me see you afterwards." Soon after I heard Buchanan say, "if Spooner turns me out of doors tonight, I will have his life before morning." The night after the murder, Mrs. Spooner said she did not know how her husband came by his death. She said the regulars went away the day before yesterday, and that Ross took Spooner's jacket and breeches, Mrs. Spooner said Ross was concealed there

because he hurt the horse's back. She said the regulars and Ross went away together.

Charles. Am Captain Welden's negro; was at Mr. Spooner's the night he was murdered, and saw Ross there; it was about the dusk of evening.

Mrs. Wilson. About three weeks before the murder, was at Mr. Spooner's. Buchanan and Brooks were there, and a doctor was there. Alexander Cumings was whispering ith Mrs. Spooner. Saw Ross there a little while before Thanksgiving, the last autumn.

Alexander Cumings. Had lived with Spooner from the time Burgoyne's troops came down. About a fortnight before the murder, Brooks and Buchanan came there. Spooner was gone. Mrs. Spooner was at home; they stayed all day and dined there, and Buchanan breakfasted with her. Mrs. Spooner had ordered me to call in all the British troops who passed along. Heard Mrs. Spooner tell Buchanan that she wished Mr. Spooner was out of the way; she could not live with him. Buchanan said he wished he was out of the way.

They stayed there, backwards and forwards, all the time Mr. Spooner was gone to Princeton. Ross had gone with Spooner. When Spooner came home,_on Monday night, Brooks and Buchanan were there. Heard Brooks and Buchanan say, they would try to get Spooner out of the way. Sat up with Spooner at his request, who said he did not love to have Brooks in the house; he did not like the looks of the man. He desired his wife to get them off; he said if she did not he would send for the committee. Next morning I saw them in

the barn; they lay there two days and two nights. Mrs. Spooner carried them victuals once. I carried them victuals once by her order. On Thursday morning they went to Worcester. On the Saturday night following Mrs. Spooner came home, and Ross Iwas in the milk-room. Ross said he did not want Mr. Spooner to know he was there all day. On Sunday Ross was kept concealed in the chamber. On Sunday night saw Buchanan and Brooks there. Mr. Spooner was then gone to Cooley's. I went out of doors and saw Brooks who asked if that was Mrs. Spooner; I said no, and Brooks then told me to ask Mrs. Spooner to come out to him. I refused to do. Brooks told me, just before, that Spooner would not come home a living man that night. Went in and Mrs. Spooner was in the kitchen, then went to bed and slept about two hours and a half. Waked and smelt the burning of woolen, and got up, and saw Brooks, Buchanan, Ross, and Mrs. Spooner in the parlor. They were burning clothes; they asked me what made me look so sullen; they were then shifting clothes. Ross put on Mr. Spooner's jacket and breeches. Mrs. Spooner bade me go with Mrs. Stratten into the chamber to bring down Mr. Spooner's clothes. Mrs. Stratten got the black breeches and brought them. Buchanan had on a shirt of Mr. Spooner's; heard Mrs. Spooner say she gave Brooks a shirt and handkerchief; saw Brook's

breeches thrown into the fire all bloody. Saw Mrs. Spooner take Mr. Spooner's money from the tin box, which was kept in the mahogany chest. Mrs. Spooner bade me go and get some water to wash Mr. Spooner's buckles,

and I should have them; I said I would not have them, but I and Mrs. Stratten went to the well and could not dip the bucket. Mrs. Spooner asked me why I did not get the water, I said I believed Mr. Spooner was in the well; she said it was not true. Mrs. Stratten came in with me, frighted and cried, and run and got the Bible. Buchanan said to Mrs. Spooner, "should you've thought my man would do the job for him?" Mrs. Spooner, about a month before, had desired me to kill Spooner and she would make a man of me. Asked Mrs. Spooner if they cut Mr. Spooner's throat; she said, "no, they knocked him down." The night before they went to Princeton, Ross dropped some acquafortis into some toddy to poison him. Spooner said if he had any enemies in the house he should think they intended to poison him. Ross said to Mrs. Spooner, when he came, that he had no opportunity to give him the acquafortis while they were gone. Mrs. Spooner said he carried half a bottle full. When they went away, after the murder, Buchanan shook hands with Mrs. Spooner, and told her she might expect to see him in about a fortnight. On the next morning, Mrs. Spooner went to the well, and said she hoped he was in heaven. She ordered me to get a horse, and go to the tavern and inquire for Spooner. While we were at the well, she said she wanted to have him put in the bottom of the well.

Asa Bigelow. The foreman of the jury of inquest told Mrs. Spooner she must go to jail. She confessed that she hired the people to concert the murder; was to give them one thousand dol

lars, and had paid them two hundred. She mentioned the names of Brooks and the sergeant; she said they were all three together.

Sarah Stratten. Lived at Mr. Spooner's at several times. First time I saw Ross there was in the last fall of the year, between the two Thanksgivings. Spooner came from Boston after they were in bed; Mrs. Spooner got up to let him in. About three weeks before Spooner was killed, Buchanan and Brooks were there, and the night he was murdered one Gray and another man lodged there. I carried some supper into the room where Ross and Buchanan were. Mrs. Spooner supped with Mr. Gray and his partner. Did not see Mr. Spooner killed, but when I went to light Mr. Gray to bed, I saw Mrs. Spooner showing a money-box. She took me by the hand, and said she hoped Mr. Spooner was in heaven. When I went to light Gray to bed, his partner was in bed and asleep, as it appeared to me. I brought down the box, and soon after Mrs. Spooner asked me to go up chamber, and get a pair of black knit breeches but I could not find them. Mrs. Spooner was paying some money, and Buchanan had a great deal of paper money in his hand. Heard Mrs. Spooner tell Alexander to go and get some water, and he asked me to go out with him. Went out and Alexander said Mr. Spooner was in the well. They came in without any water. Had seen Mr. Spooner wear a ring very much like the one in court. Lodged a part of the night with Mrs. Spooner, who sighed and tumbled a good deal. Told Mrs. Spooner I would go

and tell the neighbors. Mrs. Spooner said if I would keep it a secret she would give me a good deal. Mrs. Spooner often said she hoped Mr. Spooner was in heaven. When the men went away, Mrs. Spooner gave them money. I asked Brooks what he had been about; he made answer, "his time is come." The Saturday night before Mr. Spooner was murdered, Ross came in; said he had Mr. Spooner's horse a fortnight, and hurt his back, and was not willing he should see him. Mrs. Spooner came in soon after Ross came.

Jesse Parker. Lived at Mr. Spooner's at times; had seen Buchanan and Brooks there in the barn. About a fortnight before Mr. Spooner was killed they lay there two or three nights. Mr. Spooner, Alek and I carrier victuals to them. Mrs. Spooner told me to go to the barn to look at the horses and take care of the doors, but I did not, because the regulars were about. When Mr. Spooner came from Princeton, Mrs. Spooner said she never was so stumped in her life. Heard Mrs. Spooner say she had been to the west parish, and the regulars were gone to Worcester, and she wanted to go there to see her sister. She asked Mr. Spooner for a horse, but he declined letting her have one, and she sent to Capt. Welden's and got his. I went from the house on Sunday, and Ross was there.

Obadiah Rice. Sometimes before the murder, heard Mrs. Spooner say she wished old Bogus was in heaven. When Mrs. Spooner, Alek and Mrs. Stratten were brought to jail they came in my sleigh, and when they were on the road Mrs. Spooner