HOw many Dreadful Relations have we daily amongst us of this kind ; notwithstanding which , many People are as forward as ever , in pursuit of their wicked Designs , as if they were never to give any particular Account to the most high God , of all their Evil Doings ; who will one Day , make inquisition for all the Blood that hath been spilt in this Nature : And however , they may escape the Punishment of this present World ; yet they must give an impartial and strickt Account in the World to come , of all the sins and iniquities they have Committed in this Life , &c. But now to proceed to the Matter as follows .

The Person found Dead , was by Name , Henry Howard , a Person who was very Gentile and in good Habit , who was observed on Thursday and Friday before , to have walked up and down thereabouts , in the Company of another Gentleman , and on Friday Night it was his unhappy Fortune to be taken in a Coffee-house by the Fields side , by a Headborrow belonging to the same Parish , who presently carryed the said Howard to the Watch-house ( it being his Watch Night ) but he being ashamed to see himself in such a Condition , desired the said Headborrow to excuse him so far , as to give him leave to go to some Victualling house thereabouts ; upon which , the Headborrow keeping a Publick house , told him he should go to his , if he would give him half a Piece for his Civility , which he did ; and being there , after having spent . Money pretty freely in the house , he sent for one Mr. Henry Staples , who kept the house out of which he was haled , ( as will hereafter follow , ) to be Suretys for him , to keep him from going to Prison , which the said Staples , with some others thereabouts did perform ; after giving the Headborrow Ten Shillings more Howard was discharged , but happening to leave the Hilt of his Sword behind him ( it being broken by his setting down in a Chair ) he went on the Morrow in the Evening for it , to the said Headborrows house in Ratcliff High-way , and stayed there drinking , till about Nine of the Clock at Night , and then went to Mr. Staples house near the Fields side , about Forty Yards off where he was found Dead , but being observed to be extraordinary in Drink by a Neighbour near the said Headborrows , and fearing that the said Headborrow had some Evil Design against him ; asked the Deceased whether he would go , and understanding by him , he would go to the said Staples , to give him thanks ( as the Deceased said ) for his before-mentioned Kindness ; and the said Headborrow's Servant being observed to dog the Deceased towards the said Staples , to see where he would go : Immediatly the afore-said Neighbour ran to Mr. Staples , and desired him to take Care of him , and get him to some Bed , being so greatly disguised , which the said Staples did , with all the Care he could .

But the Deceased being set in a Chair by the Bed-side , where Staples himself lay , would not yeild to go into the Bed , till he saw the Woman of the Coffee House , out of which he was conveyed on the Friday Night ; upon which she was immediately sent for , and being come , the said Staples asked the Deceased what he had to say to her , who answered nothing at all but to see her ; after which being between Nine and Ten of the Clock , the Woman being just going away , and the Deceased being almost ready to go into Bed , to Mr. Staples's , the aforesaid Headborrow immediately knockt at the Door , who being let in came up Stairs , and commanded the Deceased to go along with him , but he being in Drink , and refusing to go with him , and Staples desiring him to shew his Warrant , the said Headborrow having two other Assistants , one of which being his Apprentice , immediately took the Deceased by the Wrist , and haled him by force down two pair of Stairs out into the Yard , and there used the Deceased in a most Barbarous Manner , and crying out Murther , the said Staples came down in his Shirt , and askt the said Headborrow why he cryed Murther , having but one Drunken-man to deal with , telling him withall , that for ought he knew , he had Murthered the Gentleman ; The Headborrow replied , he would serve him so , and coming towards him , broak his Head with his Long-staff , and flung him to the Ground in a Rude manner ; And another Person coming accidentally by , came into the said Staples Assistance , and told him he had Killed the Gentleman already , would he Kill Mr. Staples too ; upon which , Staples and the other Retiring , heard the Headborrow command those that were with him , to Drag the Deceased into the Grass : On the Morrow-morning being Sunday , the Dead Corpse was found lying in a Ditch near the House as aforesaid , where after lying some little Time , it was removed to one Mr. Isaac Dehews the next Constables , and the Corronors Inquest being Impannelled , to fit upon the Dead Corpse , they after a full Hearing of all the Witnesses , brought in their Verdict Willful Murther . The said Headborrow on the Sunday , took up Staples for Suspition of Murthering the aforesaid Howard , and being carried before one of his Majesties Justices , the Evidence of Staples and others being too strong for the Headborrow , he himself was immediately Committed to Newgate , and the rest who Assisted him , were taken into Custody , his Apprentice being since also sent to Newgate , where they Remain till the next General Sessions of the Peace , to Receive the Just Reward of their Evil Doings , &c.

There was nothing found in the Deceased's Pockets when he was Discovered , but onely one Hood , one Belt , one Hilt of a Sword , a Silver Snuff Box , and a Steel Tobacco Box , one Gold Ring , and a piece of Outlandish Silver , and some small Keys , and a Knife , and Four pence in Money , &c.

The Truth of this Relation is Attested by the Persons whose Names are underwritten , who were some of them Eye Witnesses of this sad Accident , viz. Henry Staples . Isaac Dehew Constable . All Sufficient People . Henry Johnson Cha . Denning Rich . Poole Sarah Hodges the Coffee-Woman .