ther was engaged, and could not be spoke with.
He said, your brother as you call him, is a man
I have a great regard for, and I came on purpose
to tell him to keep in his house, for before Tuesday
night next at Twelve o'clock, there will be a great
deal of bloodshed, and a great many lives lost :
and added, that he came out of a particular re-
gard to her brother to advise him to keep in his
house, for then he would be out of harm's way.
He said, your brother knows me very well : my
name is Charles Malone. He then went away. --
Of the same import, and in confirmation of this
declaration, are the depositions of Mary Thayer
and Asa Copeland, who both live with the said
Mr. Thayer, and heard what the soldier said
as abovementioned. It is also confirmed by the
deposition of Nicholas Ferriter.
Jane Usher declares, that about 9 o'clock on
Monday morning the
5th of March current,
from a window she saw two persons in the habit
of soldiers, one of whom being on horse back
appeared to be an officer's servant. The person
on the horse first spoke to the other, but what
he said, she is not able to say, though the win-
dow was open, and she not more than twenty
feet distant : the other replied, He hoped he
should see blood enough spilt before morning.
Matthew Adams declares, that on monday
evening
the 5th of March instant between the
hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, he went to the house
of corporal Pershall of the 29th regiment, near
Quaker-lane, where he saw the
corporal and his