A break in the investigation came when a petty thief testified that he had overheard the Crowninshield brothers plotting the crime in a gambling house.
谋杀调查取得了突破，一个惯偷证实，他曾在一家赌场无意间听到克劳宁希尔德兄弟在密谋作案。
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The Crowninshield brothers were the disreputable scions of an eminent Salem family. Richard, according to court transcripts, was known to favor Salem’s “haunts of vice.”
While frequenting gambling houses in February, Hatch had overheard two brothers, Richard and George Crowninshield, discussing their intent to steal Joseph White’s iron chest.