"My aunt, Mrs Phoebe Turner, a widow, and my mother's sisters, was robbed by men in disguise of Emmericks, but she marked the clothes with a scissors, which she always carried, in consequence of which they were found out and flogged severely. About three weeks afterwards, she was found murdered and robbed, being hacked to pieces (had several wounds, her arms much cut in warding off blows). An old black woman living with her was found dead and unwounded and was supposed to have died from fright. She was robbed of about four hundred pounds the first time, and recovered

About three weeks afterwards, she was found murdered and robbed, being hacked to pieces (had several wounds, her arms much cut in warding off blows). An old black woman living with her was found dead and unwounded and was supposed to have died from fright. She was robbed of about four hundred pounds the first time, and recovered