The murders occurred in April, 1728, when John and Walter Winter killed an Indian and 2 squaws in the upper part of the county. They were arrested, and "could give no better reason for their barbarity than that they felt they were justifiable in killing any of the natives with whom they might meet." This is part of Walter Winter's actual statement; "john Walter at the same time shott one of the Indian Women, and then run up and knocked another Indian woman's brains out, that 2 Indian girls run away....That this examinant with Walter Winter and John Herbert took the corpses of the 2 Indian women and hauled them out of the road and covered them with some leaves." "The Indian man who was killed was an old man called Toka Collie, who was friendly to the colonists. " The 3rd brother was named Morgan Herbert, & was convicted at the same trial as an accessory to the crime, but received a reprieve, and was released by the crown. The daughter of the Walter wives was John Herbert, not Morgan, and he was also convicted of the crime. > To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 5:57 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] WINTERS / HERBERT >I know that two WINTERS brothers were hung in Chester Co PA for killing >"hostile" Indians July 1728. My concern is, what happened to their HERBERT >widows. There is apparaently another of the WINTERS brothers, William, who >fled to IRE the day after his two brothers were hung. During the two >brothers execution, both claimed "we did not kill our dearly beloved mother" >.. could it be possible William fled from prosecution and "why" would anyone >had killed this woman? We do not know the HERBERT sisters (WINTERS widows) >given names although they were daughters of Morgan HERBERT. >IF anyone has any information, please let me hear from you. >Regards from southern CA! >Charlene email mihnbu@aol.com > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >To post a message to this list, send your message to >PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > >