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ACCOUNT OF THE COCK LANE GHOST.
Q. How long did Carrots live with you ?—A. Three or
four days. (Carrots attested the truth of this.)
Q. If the accused should be taken up, will he confess ?—
A. Yes.
Q. Willyou be at ease in your mind if the man be hanged ?
—A. Yes.
Q. How long will it be before he is executed ?—A. Three
years.
Q. How many clergymen are there in the room?—A.
Three.
Q. How many negroes?—A. Two.
Q. Can you distinguish the person of any one in the
room?—A. Yes.
One of the clergymen holding up a watch, asked
whether it was white, yellow, blue, or black; to which he
was answered black. The watch was in a black shagreen
case.
Q. At what time will you depart in the morning ?—A.
At four o’clock.
Accordingly, at the appointed hour, the noise is said to
have removed into the Wheat Sheaf, a public house at
the distance of a few doors, where it was heard in the bed-
chamber of the landlord and landlady, to the great affright
and terror of them both.
During the above interrogation, one of the gentlemen
placed himself by the bed-side, leaning on the bed, when
one of the company, on the other side of the room, desired
him not to sit in that posture, on which the former
very justly replied, “ Sir, I came hither with a design
to ascertain the truth of this affair, and I think 1 have
a right to place myself in any part of the room which
I look upon as most suspicious.” Some other little
altercations of this kind took place, which ended in the
departure of the persons who were dissatisfied. The
gentleman who had leaned upon the bed requested per-
mission
ACCOUNT OF THE COCK LANE GHOST.
Q. How long did Carrots live with you ?—A. Three or
four days. (Carrots attested the truth of this.)
Q. If the accused should be taken up, will he confess ?—
A. Yes.
Q. Willyou be at ease in your mind if the man be hanged ?
—A. Yes.
Q. How long will it be before he is executed ?—A. Three
years.
Q. How many clergymen are there in the room?—A.
Three.
Q. How many negroes?—A. Two.
Q. Can you distinguish the person of any one in the
room?—A. Yes.
One of the clergymen holding up a watch, asked
whether it was white, yellow, blue, or black; to which he
was answered black. The watch was in a black shagreen
case.
Q. At what time will you depart in the morning ?—A.
At four o’clock.
Accordingly, at the appointed hour, the noise is said to
have removed into the Wheat Sheaf, a public house at
the distance of a few doors, where it was heard in the bed-
chamber of the landlord and landlady, to the great affright
and terror of them both.
During the above interrogation, one of the gentlemen
placed himself by the bed-side, leaning on the bed, when
one of the company, on the other side of the room, desired
him not to sit in that posture, on which the former
very justly replied, “ Sir, I came hither with a design
to ascertain the truth of this affair, and I think 1 have
a right to place myself in any part of the room which
I look upon as most suspicious.” Some other little
altercations of this kind took place, which ended in the
departure of the persons who were dissatisfied. The
gentleman who had leaned upon the bed requested per-
mission