Mailing List:1999-08-01 03, Whitney Trial, by Debbie Moore (2)
Mailing List Archives > 1999-08-01 03, Whitney Trial, by Debbie Moore (2)
From: debbie <debbie -at- cyber-quest.com> Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Trial Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 09:39:58 +0000 After Mrs Floyd Whitney had left, and near nine o'clock in the evening, the persons we haved named as present were all gathered in the front room of the house, except Mr. Victor Whitney. Who was in the kitchen. Mr. W. S. Stafford was sitting in a chair tipped back against the front door, which was swung open against the wall south of the opening. Within three or four feet of him and on the north side of the open door sat Mr. Ralph Button with a child on his lap. Mrs Elias Whitney stood by the bureau at the front of the room, probably eight feet from the open door, and was looking toward the door. The rest of the persons named were scattered about the room. Suddenly, while the inmates of the house were thus situated, without the slightest warning or notice, Mr Floyd Whitney appeared in the open door, placed his left hand against the south casing, reached his right hand into the room and struck Mr. W.S. Stafford a severe blow to the right side of his head with a heavy club, that is described as a cherry root a little more than two feet long and with a heavy knot on the end. Mr. Stafford immediately fell to the floor in front of the open door. Mrs. Whitney thinks but one blow was struck but Mr. Elias Whitney informs us that Mr. Button says Floyd struck Stafford twice; but he (Whitney) thinks this is a mistake. As Stafford fell Floyd said " will you strike a wife of mine!" or something to that effect, according to Mrs. Whitney's recollection.
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