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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On the evening of August 17, Saucy Nick, an Oneida Indian, murdered a white man believed to be Henry Crafts from Long Island at John Wemple's house in Oneida Castle. Judge White issued a warrant, and the Indian nation promptly delivered the accused to state justice.
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On the evening of the 17th inst. a murder was committed at the house of John Wemple, in the Oneida Castle: an Indian of that tribe well known by the name of Saucy Nick, is upon very good grounds supposed to be the perpetrator of this greatest of crimes. On information of the murder, upon oath, Judge White, without one hours delay, issued his warrant for the apprehension of the murderer; with instructions to the officer, to make application to the chiefs of the nation, and demand the offender; and we are happy in the information, that the nation very readily delivered over the accused to the justice of the state, to be punished by our laws. Several of the nation accompanied the officer to the jail. The person murdered, was a white man, and the information received, justifies a belief, that he was from some part of Long Island, on his way to the military tract, to explore a lot of land, which he acquired by his services as a soldier in the revolution-war—his name is supposed to be Henry Crafts, and he suggested that he had worked in a paper manufactory for a Mr. Onderdonk of Long-Island.
P. S. Travellers need not be under any apprehension in passing through the reservations, as the Indians shew a disposition to respect personal security, and punish offenders.
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Oneida Castle
Event Date
Evening Of The 17th Inst.
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murder of white man believed to be henry crafts; saucy nick apprehended and delivered by the indian nation to state justice for punishment under state laws.
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A murder was committed at the house of John Wemple in Oneida Castle by Saucy Nick, an Indian of the tribe. Upon oath information, Judge White issued a warrant for the murderer's apprehension, instructing the officer to demand the offender from the chiefs of the nation. The nation readily delivered the accused to state justice. The victim was a white man from Long Island, en route to the military tract to explore land acquired from revolutionary war service, supposed name Henry Crafts, who had worked in a paper manufactory for Mr. Onderdonk of Long Island. Several Indians accompanied the officer to the jail.