It appears that the unfortunate man was on his route to the American hospital at New Castle, when arrested by his murderers, who dragged him from his horse, and conveyed him into an adjoining swamp. Here, having secured their victim, they proceeded to play a game at cards -- as to which of them should be his executioner. In vain their victim pleaded in broken English for his life, numbering his children upon his fingers. The lot fell upon one Totten, who, approaching the doctor, instantly shot him dead as he knelt on the ground. He was now stripped of his clothing, watch and money, and dragged a few rods further into the bushes. The skeleton was afterwards found, and interred upon the spot.b

Near the centre of the town is situated the small hamlet of Sarlesville. Here the town business is principally transacted.

In the south-west corner are located the Friends' meeting houses. The Friends' Society was organized here some time prior to the Revolution. c

a Heath's Mem. 32a

b Tradition reports that the following remarkable accident befell the assassin soon after: he was struct by lightning, which dissolved the metal on his shoe buckles. When asked if this was a fact, the conscience-stricken murderer replied, " If I should say yes, that would be an admission of my guilt." Totten is said to have been a terror not only to himseU, but all who knew him. This miserable man lies in the Friends' bunylng-ground at Pines Bridge.