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¥. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

ing, and the people began to
collect, as they do at the ery of
fire, and I thought it was fire; I
eame to the door, and saw them
gathering thick from all quart-
ers, forty, fifty or sixty, when the
party came down, I_thoaght it
was no more than I had seen
every day; thought they had
eome to relieve the sentry; they
eeemed to be in a posture of de-
fense, and came through the
people; saw no opposition; they
passed out of the moonlight into
the dark, so that I could not
see them, but I wondered to find
them tarry so long; heard a gun
go off, and thonght it was an se
cident, but in a little time an-
other gun went off, and a third
and a fourth, pretiy quick, and
then the fifth; there seemed to
‘be a small stop in their firing;
then had no concern, but before
the mnoke was well away I saw
the people dead on the ground;
SAW No opposition when they were
drawn up, the people were not
near them; what opposition
might be at the Jane I could not
perceive, because the hor cov-
ered that from my view.
Nathaniel Fosdick, Am a hat-
ter, On the evening of the fifth
of March, at the ery of fire, came
out of my house, and saw the
people running down town; when
T got by the town house, ssw
some going down King street;
went down to the house;
anew a number of the soldiers
running; asked where the fire
‘waa, nobody answered me; went
down to the middle of King
street, and while I stood there,
was pushed from behind with a
bayonet; turned round and saw
8 party of soldiers coming down;
asked one the reason of his push-
at me; he damned my blood, and

bade me stand out of their way;
said I would not, I was doing
harm to no man, and would not
stand aside for any one; they
passed me some on one side,
some on the other. They eame to
the sentry box, faced round, and
formed a circle, Spoke to some
of the inhabitants to speak to
Preston, to know what the mat-
ter was; somebody spoke to him,
‘but what waa said, do not know;
saw Preston fall ‘back betwixt
the fourth and fifth man; the
word was given to fire and im-
mediately the right hand man
fired; after that 1 pushed in to-
wards them, and they ran 5 bay-
onet at me and wounded ms in
the arm, I was pushed twice in
the arm by two different bay-
anets; knocked off one of them
with my stick; with the other I
‘was wounded in my breast. No
blows were given before the
wore fired; gaw no insults

the soldiers.

Joseph Crosswell. Next morm-
ing after the 5th of Mareh, in
King street, before the soldiers
were apprehended, saw Killroy;
have known him by sight almoat
ever #ines he hath been here; saw
his bayonet bloody; the blood
was dried on five or six inches
from the point.

James Carter. Next morning
I observed the same ‘with Mr.
Crosewell; I do not know hie
name, but that’s the man (point-
ing to Killroy); his gun was
rested on his right arm; it was
covered from the point with
blood. Kaew

Jonathan Carey. young
Maverick, who was killed by the
firing in King street, on the 5th
day of March; he ‘was at ny
house that night, at enpper wi
some young lads, and when the

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