January 1799. -

and Webb, a few Days prior to this Visit, Bone
wished to see me, I sent for him to the Office, he said
he wanted to write a Letter to the Coroner which
I permitted him to do it contained a Desire to
see the Coroner stating that he had some thing
to say to him respecting the Inquest that had
lately been held before him concerning a Vagrant
who Died a few Days after he was brought
into the Prison - the Coroner came who had
some Conversation with Bone, and examined
again into the matter and declared the Jury
had certainly given a very Correct Verdict
that the Man had died by the Visitation of
God - Bone told Sir Francis that he had
one thing to mention to him in which they
more all much interested which was that a
Man who had died about a Week since had
not come by his Death fairly, and that there
were also two others who had Died in a
similar manner, I said - Do you mean to
say there were Murdered.? he replied "literally
so", I said I would call a Committee to
inquire into the matter, Sir Francis and his
Companion said it was very proper they had
related these Circumstances - Kear then told
Sir Francis that he had also been used extremely
ill, having been locked up Five Weeks in a
Dark Cell, I told him he had better tell Sir
Francis, what I had locked him up for which
he not doing, I informed Sir Francis why he had
been so Confined which was for having drawn a
Gullotine upon the Wall, with a head knocked off
and under it wrote, "this is the base Pitt", and also.