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if her Husband (the Deced) had left the Key, she said she had
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not seen him go out, the Deponent then went up Stairs and found
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the Door half open, and she went in, and there saw her Husband
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hanging by the Closed Door with his Trace toward the Closet, she
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Cried out and some Person came up and cut him down, Says she
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next her Husband about 2 Hours before in the Here and followed him
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home, she asked him if the wanted any thing he said no, Let him
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alone, says the beleives be was Labor, Says she beleives Misfortune
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is Life drove him into Despair, and that he was very uneasy in his
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Mind, says she believes he must have hing himself, says he
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