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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 455

ning, upon returning home, saw
a number of people round the
sentinel, making use of oppro-
brions language and threaten-
ings; I desired them to go off,
and said the consequence would
be fatal if they did not; some
few snow balls were thrown, and
abusive language continued, they
said, “damn him, let him fire, he
can fire but one gun.” There
might be from seventy to an
hundred; when I could not pre-
vail to get them off, I went to
Mr. Payne’s. In a little while
the party came down, and I saw
nothing afterwards; soon after
T heard the guns fired, and Mr.
Payne was wounded by one of
them; told the people, the sen-
tinel ‘was on duty, that was his
post, that he hada right to walk
there, and that the could have
enough to relieve ‘him, if he
stood in need of it, as he was 20
near the main guard.

John Jeffries, Am a surgeon;
wes Patrick Carr’s surgeon, in
company with others, After
dressing his wounds, I advised
him never to go again into quar-
rels and riots, He said he saw
many things thrown at the sen-
try; he believed they were oyster
shells and ice; he heard the peo-
ple huzza every time they heard
any thing strike that sounded
hard; he then saw some soldiers
going down towards the custom-
house; he saw the people pelt
them as they went along.
they had got down there, he
erossed over towarda Warden &
Vernon’s shop, in order to seo
twhat they would do; as he was
passing he was shot, and was
taken ‘up and carried home to
Mr. Field’s by some of his
friends; asked him whether he
thought the soldiers would fire;

he told me he thought the sol-
diers would have fired long be-
fore; then asked him whether he
thought the soldiers were abused
a great deal after they went
down there; he said he thought
they ware. Asked him ‘whether
he thonght the soldiers would
have been hurt if they had not
fired; he said he really thonght
they would, for he heard many
voices ery out, “kill them,’
Asked him then whether he
thought they fred in self-defense,
or on purpose to destroy the
people; he said he really thought
they did fire to defend them-
selves, that he did not blame the
man, whoever he was, that shot
him. This conversation was on
Wednesday, He waa informed by
me of his dangerous situation.
He told me he was a native of
Treland; that he hed frequently
seen mobs, and soldiers ealled
upon to quell them. Whenever
be mentioned that, he alwa:
called himself a fool, that he
might have known better, that
be had seen soldiers often fire on
the people in Treland, but had
never in his life seen them bear
half so much before they fired,
He lived ten daye after he re-
egived his wound. I had the last
conversation with him about 4
o'clock in the afternoon preced~
ing the night on which he died,
and he then particularly said, he
forgave the man, whoever he
‘was, that shot him; he was satis.
fied’ he had no malice, but fired
to defend himself.

Edward Payne. Am % mer-
chant. ‘On Monday evening, Sth
of March, went to Mr. Amory’s;
while I was there the bell rang,
supposed for 9 o'clock; was go-
ing out to inquire where the fire
was; Mr. Taylor came in, and

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