One Mosier who was hanged would not tell where his money was but remained resolute to the last. When almost dead he was cut down. He said that when he found himself dying he said to himself in consolation: "Now the villains won't get my money after all their trouble!" He was a man of great resolution. The Skinners came to my fathers once, disguised, with blackened faces, and demanded his money. He gave up what was in the house. They demanded the money he had hidden. He refused. They took the
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bottom out of a chair, placed it over a fire of coals and seated my father in the chair, in- -tending he should sit naked, but he contrived to keep his breeches on. The pain was so great that he sprang up with five or six on his shoulders, &c. The Skinners were fright- -ened thinking him dead &c. Captain Kipp was a man of wonderful resolution and his enemies lived in great dread of him. After I had been a few days at Morris- -ania I found what a dissolute set they were and what ^their wicked carryings on. I de- -termined to return to N.C. [North Castle] al- -though I might be whipped or tortured to death, and accordingly I returned.
The pain was so great that he sprang up with five or six on his shoulders, &c. The Skinners were fright- -ened thinking him dead &c. Captain Kipp was a man of wonderful resolution and his enemies lived in great dread of him. After I had been a few days at Morris- -ania I found what a dissolute set they were and what ^their wicked carryings on. I de- -termined to return to N.C. [North Castle] al- -though I might be whipped or tortured to death, and accordingly I returned.