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XE. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

ferent men piereed me in the arm
and elhow quite to the bone.

Samuel Hemmingway. Being
in company with Killroy, heard
him say he never would miss an
opportunity to fire on the people
of the town, for he had whnted
it ever eince he landed; Killroy
was not then in liquor nor ap-

to be in anger; told ma
fe was a fool for saying so; he
said, “I do not care; I will not
miss an opportunity for all that.”

Nicholas Ferveter. Knew Kill-
roy and Warren; they were at
the Rope- before this affair
happened; at this place a single
person challenged him out to
fight; a squabble ensued, and the
soldier took to his heels; he soon
collected a dozen more, came
again and had a farther battle;
the soldiers were again worsted;
we then collected a large num-
ber, to the amount of thirty, and
in about juartera of an
hour came back, and went
at it again; in this lest squabble
the soldiers were a third time
worsted,

Robert Wiliams. Saw the guna
following the people as they ran,
after the first gun was fired;
seven guns were fired; saw no
sticks or snowballs fall near
them; all the snowballs I saw
seemed to be light, and not hard.

Joseph Hilter, Was in King
street at the time the soldiers
fired at the people on the fifth
of March; was at the north end
of town when the bella rung, and
when I came to the middie was
told there wag no fire, but a ram-

us betwixt the soldiers and the
inhabitants; T passed on, the
bells still rmging; whén I came
to Dock square, there were some
persona there, who told me it was
dangerous to go up; they seemed

to be like people that were afraid
to pase, becanse of the danger;
others were going up; when I
got past the alley, the street was
very clear of people; hardly
saw anybody; came to the town-
house, and saw about thirty lads;
have often seen more collected
tor their diversion; saw the sen-
try upon the steps of the eustom-
house door; heard him say
nothing, but he hed his gun
waving, a8 if it was to defend
himself, or to exasperate the peo-
ple; thonght to speak to him,
but thinking he might insult me,
I declined; began to go away,
and met the party of soldiers
eoming down; that made me
atop, becanse when they got to
the oustom-house there was a
noise something like what they
call cheers, and the people went
more to the middle of the atreet;
after the soldiers had passed
through them, I went down
again; thera were very few peo-
ple; the greater part of the sol-
diers were full to my view; I was
walking right before them; they
had their gans rested on their
hips; when I passed the Jast man
on the left, the first gun was
fired from the right; think the
time might be twenty seconds be-
fore the firet gan was fired from
the time they formed; in a short
time there was another, and then
very soon another, and then there
was a short space of time again,
before the last guns were fired;
a little boy ran slong and cried
“Fire! fire! fire!” as people gen-
erally do when there is a fire; a
soldier pointed his gun at him
and fired, but did not hit him;
be was the last but one on the
left; I did not mind the first gun,
thinking it was only powder to
seare the people; when the next

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