Urban, Sylvanus (7 April 1739), Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, 9, London: Edw Cave, jun, at St. John's Gate, p. 7, https://books.google.com/books?id=9CA3AAAAYAAJ2016年12月23日閲覧, "Turpin behaved in an undaunted manner; as he mounted the ladder, feeling his right leg tremble, he spoke a few words to the topsman, then threw himself off, and expir'd in five minutes."