Then he used to come up and give us a good deal of trouble with the horse commanded by him. At last he was taken prisoner and placed under guard in the guard house at Stamford village. Here one of the guard, an Irishman named Wilson [X] allowed him to escape. They were at first going to hang Wilson, but at last they tied him to a horse's tail, then drove him through the street and hanged him on a tree before Parson Dibble's door (the Episcopal minister). He was then taken to Norwalk, and shot by a sentinel that was guard over him. - Frink was a delicate man with a small hand. He drew one hand out of his handcuffs, and went off with the other one in. Lieut. Hull was a very bold enterpris- -ing officer. Major Bearmore was a very active
[X] After he had let Frink escape, Wilson went below, and was afterwards taken at Horseneck, at one of the Mead's or Holby's. He had a wife that was with him when he was killed.
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enterprising officer who took off our scouts and guards, and was so well ac- -quainted with the country that he al- -ways escaped. Talcott's small sloop or schooner was lying at Gorham's Mill or Ringsend, at the Dock. A Refugee whale boat over from Long Island and cut her out, and put White Raymond and Raymond Silleck [X] on board with Talcott to take her to Long Island. Raymond and Silleck let Talcott take the tiller and steer. Talcott knocked Raymond down with the tiller, and killed Silleck with the same as he was coming out of the cabin. Silleck refused to surrender. Talcott took his vessel then into Norwalk. The aforesaid Refugees were in the habit of making feints of landing at different places, for instance at Norwalk or Compo, and then coming down upon other places as Stamford or Greenwich, while our troops had marched