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Celia,
a
slave, duly sworn, belonging to Robert
Newsom says that she killed
her master on the night of the 23rd day
of June 1855-- about two hours
after dark by striking him twice on the
head with a stick, and then put
his body on the fire and burnt it nearly
up, then took up the ashes on
the morning after daylight. After
breakfast, the bones were not
entirely burnt up. I took up the
ashes and bones out of the
fireplace in my cabin where I burnt the
body and emptied them on the
right hand side of the path leading from
my cabin to the stable.
Sworn
to + attested
before
us on this 25th day of June 1855
D. M. Whyte J.P.
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her
Celia
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We hereby certify
that the
foregoing is the testimony taken in the inquest
held over the remains
of Robert Newsom at his late residence in
Callaway County on the 25th
day of June 1855.
D.M. Whyte J.P.
Isaac P. Howe J.P.
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Celia a slave the
defendant being examined says that on the night
of the 23rd day of June
1855 she killed Mr. Robert Newsom her master by
striking him on the
head twice with with a stick about two hours
after dark. After
she found she had killed him she put his body on
the fire in her cabin
to burn it up. The bones were not entirely
consumed by morning
and after daylight in the morning she took the
ashes and pieces of
bones up out of the fireplace and emptied them
on the path leading from
her cabin to the stable. She stated she
did not intend to kill
him when she struck him but only wanted to hurt
him.
We hereby certify that the above is the
testimony of Celia a slave
taken before us on the trial of a case wherein
the State of Missouri is
Plaintiff and the said Celia is defendant on the
25th day of June A.D.
1855.
D.M. Whyte J.P.
Isaac P. Howe J.P.
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