History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 182 (part 7)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The Americans fired with effect, shivering some of the spars of the vessel, and compelled, her to weigh anchor and drop down the river. One of the shots from the "Vul-ture" lodged in an oak tree, where it remained for more than half a century, when the oak tree, which had become decayed, was cut down, the ball removed and presented by William Underbill to George J. Fisher, M.D., of Sing Sing. Andre had watched the cannonade with anxious eye from an upper window of Smith's house, and after the " Vulture " had been obliged to shift her anchor, Arnold and Smith, knowing well that she was closely watched from both sides of the river, became convinced that it would be unsafe to return Andre on board. After breakfast the plot for the betrayal of West Point and its 468 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY