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EXTRAORDINARY ACClDENt. 209
der pretence of his wife having bewitched a boy, named
Ladd, about 13 years old, he having pretended to void
needles and pins from his body, and his father had up-
held the deceit, and had collected large sums of money of
file credulous. They forced this woman from her house,
to Ladd’s, which was nearly a mile distance, and by vio-
lence dragged her to the room where the boy was, scratched
her arms and face in a most cruel manner, to draw blood,
as they said, of the witch, and then threatened to swim her:
but some humane persons interfered, and saved the poor wo-
man’s life 5 and the persons carrying on this imposture, par-
ticularly one Beard, and Ladd’s wife, were taken before a
magistrate, and compelled to give satisfaction to the wo-
man : the mob then dispersed, as the country was quite in
a tumult.
Annual Register, 1/62, p. 103. -
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. ■
On the 13th of June 1812, Mr. Tipple drove the single-
horse chaise of his friend, J. Overton, Esq. to the Forest-
gate, West Ham, where he arrived about nine o’clock in
the evening. He then proceeded to unharness the horse
from the chaise, incautiously placing himself between the
off shaft and an angle of the chaise-house, at which instant
the horse moved towards the stable-door opposite, and the
shaft of the chaise struck Mr. Tipple under the left arm, and
the horse continuing to advance, the shaft was forced through
his body. It came out immediately under his right arm, and
entered the chaise-house about six inches, passing through
an exterior feather-edged board, and carrying away the in-
terior lining. In this situation, Mr. Tipple remained two
or three minutes, pinioned to the chaise-house, till his cries
attracted the attention of two gentlemen, one of whom seized
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der pretence of his wife having bewitched a boy, named
Ladd, about 13 years old, he having pretended to void
needles and pins from his body, and his father had up-
held the deceit, and had collected large sums of money of
file credulous. They forced this woman from her house,
to Ladd’s, which was nearly a mile distance, and by vio-
lence dragged her to the room where the boy was, scratched
her arms and face in a most cruel manner, to draw blood,
as they said, of the witch, and then threatened to swim her:
but some humane persons interfered, and saved the poor wo-
man’s life 5 and the persons carrying on this imposture, par-
ticularly one Beard, and Ladd’s wife, were taken before a
magistrate, and compelled to give satisfaction to the wo-
man : the mob then dispersed, as the country was quite in
a tumult.
Annual Register, 1/62, p. 103. -
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. ■
On the 13th of June 1812, Mr. Tipple drove the single-
horse chaise of his friend, J. Overton, Esq. to the Forest-
gate, West Ham, where he arrived about nine o’clock in
the evening. He then proceeded to unharness the horse
from the chaise, incautiously placing himself between the
off shaft and an angle of the chaise-house, at which instant
the horse moved towards the stable-door opposite, and the
shaft of the chaise struck Mr. Tipple under the left arm, and
the horse continuing to advance, the shaft was forced through
his body. It came out immediately under his right arm, and
entered the chaise-house about six inches, passing through
an exterior feather-edged board, and carrying away the in-
terior lining. In this situation, Mr. Tipple remained two
or three minutes, pinioned to the chaise-house, till his cries
attracted the attention of two gentlemen, one of whom seized
vol. v.
e e