Page:Surprising and melancholy account of Richard Smith.pdf/2



{{bc|{{di|T}}HE confirmation of a ſhocking paſſage concerning one Richard Smith, a Book-binder, and priſoner for debt within the liberty of the King’s Bench, and Bridget Smith, his wife, who were found hanging near their bed; and in another room, their child, about two years old, was found in a cradle ſhot through the head: (not its throat cut, as had been ſaid ) This melancholly ſcene had occasioned various conjectures concerning the caſe, but as the following letters were found in a room, one directed to their