“He witnessed that one of them said that he had to go to Leiden the next day; and answered the other to that that he would support and provide for the maid, that she bring the poison there, while he was in Leiden, adding that “if he gets that, he will burst like a log”, subsequently also hearing the same people mention the name of van Beuningen twice“
From the witness statement of Claas Croon – May 18, 1684
Investigation into the attempted murder of Mayor Coenraad van Beuningen
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