Mr. Samuel Maverick, a youth of seventeen
years of age, mortally wounded : he died the
next morning.
Mr. Patrick Carr mortally wounded : he died
the 14th instant.
Christopher Monk and John Clark, youths
about seventeen years of age, dangerously wound-
ed. It is apprehended they will die.
Mr. Edward Payne, merchant, standing at his
door : wounded.
Messi’rs. John Green, Robert Patterson,
and
David Parker : all dangerously wounded.
The actors in this dreadful tragedy were a
party of soldiers commanded by Capt. Preston
of the 29th regiment : This party, including
the Captain, consisted of eight, who are all com-
mitted to goal.
There are depositions in this affair which
mention, that several guns were fired at the same
time from the Custom-House ; before which this
shocking scene was exhibited. Into this matter
inquisition is now making. -- In the mean time
it may be proper to insert here the substance of
some of those depositions.
Benjamin Frizell, on the evening of the 5th
of March, having taken his station near the west
corner of the Custom-house in Kingstreet,
be-
fore and at the time of the soldiers firing their
guns, declares (among other things) that the
first discharge was only of one gun, the next
of two guns, upon which he the deponent thinks
he saw a man stumble : the third discharge was