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Ooths, to conceal the fame, and the others they fcrap'd'
©if v/ith Knives.. f'
However divers Sprinklings of it remain'd on the-
Floor, and about the Walls,, even fome of it fpun up
to the very Ceiling, and the Sprinklings remain'd vifi-
ble long after the Difcovery of the Murder.
Mrs. Hayes propofed farther to prevent a Difcovery,
that ihe would take the Head and boil it in a Pot till
only the Skull remain'd, whereby it would be altoge-
ther impoifible for any Body to diftinguifh to whom it-
belong'd.
This Propofal might have been approv'd of, only it'
was not altogether fo expeditious, it was therefore pro-
pofed, that Billings and l^'ood fliould take the fame in
the Pail, and carry it down to the Thames, and throw it'
in there. This was approv'd of, and Billings taking
the Head in the Pail under his great Coat, went down
Stairs with Wood to difpofe thereof, as had been before-
agreed upon.
Springate hearing a buftling in Mr. Hayes's Room for
fome Time, and then fomebody going down Stairs,,
call'd again to know who it was, and what was the Oc-
cafion of it, (it being then about 11 o'Clock) to which
Mrs. Hayes anfwer'd, it was her Huftand who was go-
ing a Journey into the Country, and pretended to take
a formal Leave of him, expreffing her Sorrow that he
was oblig'd to go out of Town at that Time of the
Night, and her Fear leaft any Accident (hould attend,
him in his Journey.
Billings and Wood being thus gone to difpofe of the
Head, went toward Whitehall, intending to have thrown;
the fame into the River there, but the Gates being
fliut, they were oblig'd to go onwards as far as Mr.
Macreth's Wharf near the Horfe-Ferry at Weftminfttr,
where Billings fettfng down the Pail from under his
great Coat, Wud took up the fame with the Head
therein, and tlirevv it into the Dock before the Wharf.
.rt was expeded the fame would have been carry'd away
with the Tide, but the Water being then ebbing it waV
left behind. »
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