through the inner gate they closed it after them. Then I
heard Captain Shortland order the soldiers to FIRE, which they
commenced to do in every direction of the yard, when the prisoners
were making every effort to reach their prisons. I did not see any
violence used on the part of the prisoners, nor do I believe any
violence was intended or premeditated.

HOMER HULL.

I, _Joseph C. Morgan_, having been duly sworn, and having read the
foregoing deposition, do declare the statement therein mentioned,
to be true.

J. C. MORGAN.

No. VI.

We, the undersigned, depose and say--

That, on the 6th of April, about 6 o'clock in the evening, we were
in the market square--we distinctly heard Captain Shortland give
orders to the soldiers to charge on the prisoners--and after we
retreated through the gates, we heard him give orders to the
soldiers to FIRE, which, on his repeating several times, was
executed.

_Joseph Reeves_,
_James Greenlaw_,
_Isaac L. Burr_,
_Thomas Tindal_.

No. VII.

We, the undersigned, depose and say--

That on the 6th of April, in the evening, after all the prisoners
in No. 1 and 3 yards had got into their respective prisons, a
party of soldiers came up to the door of No. 3 prison--we were
standing near the door at the time, and saw them fire TWO VOLLIES
into the prison, which killed one man and wounded another.

_William Scanck_,
_James Greenlaw_,
_John Latham_,
_John Glass_.

No. VIII.

_Enoch Burnham_, having been duly sworn, deposeth--

That he was standing at the market gate at the time Capt.
Shortland came into the market square with a large party of
soldiers (it being then about 6 o'clock.) They immediately formed
a line in the square--at that time a number of prisoners got into
the square from the yard of No. 1 prison, and had adv