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Aram replied not to this question ; but threatened him , if he spoke of his being in Clarke 's company that night ; vowing revenge either by himself or some other person if he mentioned any thing relating to the affair . This was the sum of Houseman 's evidence . A Mr. Beckwith was next called , who deposed that Aram 's garden had been searched , owing to a vague suspicion that he might have been an accomplice in the frauds of Clarke -- that some parts of clothing , and also some pieces of cambric which he had sold to Clarke a little while before , were found there . The third witness was the watchman , Thomas Barnet , who deposed , that before midnight -LRB- it might be a little after eleven -RRB- he saw a person come out from Aram 's house , who had a wide coat on , with the cape about his head , and seemed to shun him ; whereupon he went up to him , and put by the cape of his great coat , and perceived it to be Richard Houseman . He contented himself with wishing him good night . The officers who executed the warrant then gave their evidence as to the arrest , and dwelt on some expressions dropped by Aram before he arrived at Knaresbro ' , which , however , were felt to be wholly unimportant . After this evidence there was a short pause ; -- and then a shiver , that recoil and tremor which men feel at any exposition of the relics of the dead , ran through the court ; for the next witness was mute -- it was the skull of the Deceased !