Life and trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr : (a monomaniac), who was executed October 3, 1845, for the alleged murder of his brother-in-law, Daniel Bates : including letters and petitions in favor of a pardon, and narrative of the circumstances attending his execution, etc. etc. / by C.W. Crozier ; trial and evidence by A.R. M'Kee.
- Crozier, C. W.
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Life and trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr : (a monomaniac), who was executed October 3, 1845, for the alleged murder of his brother-in-law, Daniel Bates : including letters and petitions in favor of a pardon, and narrative of the circumstances attending his execution, etc. etc. / by C.W. Crozier ; trial and evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Kooxville. He came there about the 1st of August, 1844. Witness was on his farm about ten miles in the country. Received a note from his brother, requesting him to call on him the next day. Wit- in-.- did so. Abner Baker met witness with tears in bis eyes, shook i hands—his hands were icy cold. Inquired for his wife. He turned off, made no answer—went out of the dining room, into the sitting room. It was whispered to witness, that his brother had parted with his wife. Witness followed into the sitting room. He requested wit- ness to go up stairs with him. Did so. He went into a room, closed the door, got two chairs, set them about the middle of the room, re- quested witness to take one, and he took the other, and placed his feet on the rounds of the chair occupied by witness. He began by saying, You asked about my wife. She is the d—dest whore living. Told me that her uncles had criminal intercourse with her. That the Rev. Mr. Brown, of Richmond, was her seducer, at the age of nine or ten years. That he kept he: all the time she went to school to him, or until her courses commenced. Told of several other girls seduced by Brown, and the manner in which his wife was seduc- ed. Said that Brown had a little room adjoining the school. That lie got his wife to combing his hair. That Brown would lay his head in her lap while she was combing his hair. That he would feel her bosom, and continued feeling downward. That he worked with her until he succeeded. He told witness that his wife had told him the signs used by Brown when he wanted one of the girls to come to his room. That Brown would place his right hand on the right side of his head, and rub the hair back. He would then place his right hand on the left cheek, and draw it over his mouth and chin. Baker also told witness, that Daniel Bates came in<o his room and had intercourse with her more than once. That Bates squeezed her foot, and got her out of bed, and cohabited with her in the room. That Bates made a negro woman stand over him with a Bowie knife, while Bates had his wife on the floor. That Bates had been trying to take his life, through his negroes, for a year or two before. Told witness of receiving a note from Polly Bates (he was in Manchester) telling him not to come home He suspected something; mounted his horse; rode up to Bates'. Polly Bates motioned her handker- ef towards him to go back, as he approached the house. He went straight forward. Met Polly. t>he told him that Bates was up stairs with all his guns. That he had sent out for all his negroes, and he was to be killed that night. He turned, went to the door, and spoke loudly to the boy, to take his horse and feed him. The boy did so. He followed. (The stable being in the direction of town.) When he got to the gate—some hundred yards from the house—he mounted his horse and went to town. That he borrowed a horse in town for Miss Rhoda Murphy, and urged her to go up to Bates' and see what was going on, and treat Mr. Bates very friendly. That he [Baker] had remained at Daniel Bates during the last two years, to protect Polly Bates, who was in constant danger of being killed by Bates. That she would not consent for him to leave there.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21112058_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
