them. The next evening about dusk coining by Rowe's
bar-
rack, I saw corporal McCan who saved my life. He asked
me
if my arm was broke? I answered no. He said the gun with
which Eustice struck me was broke to pieces. And continued,
you
would have been in heaven or hell in an instant if you had not called
me by name: One man in particular would have shot you, seven more
presented at you ! He also said, his orders were, when the party
came from the guard-house by the fortification, if any person or
per-
sons assaulted them, to fire upon them, every man being loaded with
a
brace of balls. And further I say not.
EDW. CRAFTS.
Suffolk, ss.
Boston, March 17. 1770.
Edward Crafts, above-
named, after due examination, made oath to the truth of
the above-written affidavit, taken to perpetuate the re-
membrance of the thing.
Before RI. DANA, Just. of Peace
and of the Quorum.
JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.
(No. 84)
JOseph Allen of lawful age testifies and says, that between
the
hours of nine & ten on Monday evening the fifth instant,
being at the dwelling-house of Mr. Winniet at
New-Boston,
was there informed that the town was alarmed by an affray
between the soldiers and inhabitants, he immediately left said
house, and after arming himself with a stout cudgel at Mr.
Daniel Rea's, passed by Murray's barrack near
Doctor Cooper's
meeting-house, where were drawn up a party of soldiers with
a number of officers in front ; and passing them quietly in com-
pany with Edward Winslow, jun'r. was overtaken by a
party
of armed soldiers, one of whom laid hold of the deponent's
neck of his coat and shirt, and tore the shirt, a second struck
him over the shoulders, and either the latter or a third forcibly
wrested the stick from him: Lieut. Minchin interposing
pre-
vented farther abuse, and entered into conversation with the
deponent, complaining of the inhabitants for wrangling with
the soldiers on the most trifling occasion. The deponent asked
him if he thought a man could be inactive, when his country-
men were butchered in the street ? Lieut. Minchin
answered,
that
" Mr. Mollineux was the author of all this," after the
conversation was ended, or was nigh ending, Lieut. Minchin
re-
turned the deponent his stick, and further saith not. JOSEPH
ALLEN.