Turned black, as he always did in a passion. When Delancey's horse was taken, he offered one hundred guineas to any one who would bring in the thief. Tim Knapp was captured by Robert Emery and Nathanial Taylor and Charles Merritt who brought him in. At 9 a.m. Delancey came to Head Quarters according to custom - walked two or three times across the floor, looked very black and exclaimed: "Tim Knapp, prepare to die (meet death?)!
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You shall be hung before 12 oclock. By the living God!" Knapp was young and good looking from Horseneck. He was first taken to Theop. Hunts barn, but that (the frame of that) was double girted and consequently unfit. They then took him to Thomas Leggett's, on the Gore Lot farm, north of the village of West Farms. Theophilus Hunt pitying so young and handsome a man &c, intended to intercede &c., but when the hour of executions came Delancey drew his sword, and swore by &c, he would cut off the first dammed rascal's head that dared to interceded. A black man (Lunnon), a fidler, was the executioner, and received Knapps suit of clothes which was very fine as compensation. Tim Knapp had deserted from him as well as stolen his horse. Captain Totten was a handsome officer middle sized and a humane man. Major Huggeford was a large fleshy middle aged man, active and
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