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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 447

sticks and clubs; they said there
was no fire, but some disturbance
with the soldiera and inhabit-
ants; returned into the room
eometimes, but feeling uneasy,
went to the door again, and saw
several companies of people pass,
one company consisting of eight
or ten had white aticks or clubs
in their hands.

Capt. John Goldfinch, The bth
of March, about nine in the even-
ing, was passing over Cornhill;
saw a number ¢ollected by the
passage to the barracks; went to-
wards it; two or three called me
by name, and begged me to en-
deavor to send the soldiers to
their barracks, or else there
would be murder; the people
were pelting the soldiers with
enowballa; the soldiers were de-
fending themselves at the en-
trance,

James Thompson. That even-
ing, going up King street, met
about fifteen persons with sticks
in their hands; pretty large
sticks,

Lt. William Carter. On even-
ing of 5th of March heard the
bell ring; was told there was a
riot in King street; saw several
men pags, not in a body, but in
twos and singly; they’ walked
faster than people generally do
on business; not a man passed
but what had either a club,
sword, hanger, cuilass or gun.

Patrick Keaton. On the even-
ing of 5th of March saw people
coming from the North End,
with sticks and elubs in their
hands; it was about nine o'clock;
gaw a talt mulatto fellow, the
same that was killed; be had two
elube in his hand; he said, “Here,
take one of them”; T did so; f
dropt the stick in the snow; he
went on, cursing and swearing

at the soldiers; I had not been
long there *till three or four guns
went off, and I went home,

Johns Buckley. That night saw
the crowd in King street; 1
thought the sentinel was in dan-
ger; that if he came of with his
life he would do well.

John Frost, Saw the crowd;
heard them call to the sentinel,
“Fire, damn you, fire; you dare
not fire.”

William Botson. Was at the
Market; saw no soldier but one,
and he was the sentinel; he got
on the stepe and loaded; bye and
bye saw & party come down from
the main guard, and all that
stood round cried fire! fire! bye
and bye they did fire, as soon as
T saw a man drop, I went aways
aaw snowballs thrown both at
the sentinel and at the party.

John Waddel, On Sth March
saw the soldiers going down to
the Custom House; saw the sol-
diers very mueh molested by the
people of the town throwing
snowbalis, sticks and more rub-
bish than I can mention; saw,
also, the sentinel molested at the
Custom-Honse door; saw a sol-
dier knocked down; bat who he
was I cannot tell; the firelock
flew out of his hand, and he took
it up again and fired, and I
think he was the first that fired;
saw Hartegan; was acquainted
with him in Halifax, and kept
my eye upon him more than up-
on any of tho rest.

Daniel Cornwall. On evening
of the 5th Mareb, in Milk street,
T heard the bells ring; a yomg
man told me, a rascally soldier
had struck one of the inhabitants
was a cutlass; I replied, where is
the damned villain gone? he
gave me no snawer; presently
they turned round and gave two

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