" A moment after some of the inmates opened one of the front windows to see what was the matter, when, in an instant, several shots were fired in from without, one of which killed Champenois dead. At the time he was struggling with the sentinel who guarded him, when the fatal shot pierced his heart and he dropped dead into the fire. After the capture of the place, which was taken by surprise and made but little resistance, Bearmore set fire to one of Youngs' barns, retook the prisoners whom Capt. Williams had captured the night before, assembled the American prisoners he had made, including Joseph Youngs and Capt. Williams, and all the cattle he could find, and retreated. Capt. Williams was taken off bootless. At White Plains he got a pair of shoes and a bat. This occurred Dec. 25, 1778. Thos. Champenois was the only Tory in that family. The shooting of him by his Tory friends who had come to his rescue was, of course, an accident. Capt. Williams wras always reputed a brave man and a skilful partisan officer.
Bolton gives the following account of the surprisal of a company of Refugees, (Tories), which took place at the Van Tassel Tavern, now