bout a minute after I heard the word fire ! (but from whom I
cannot say) which the soldiers did. Looking round I saw three
men lay dead on the snow; the snow being at that time near
a foot deep. Immediately they loaded again. The people
then gave three cheers, and cry'd out, let's go in upon them,
and prevent their firing again: upon which they put on their
hats and advanced towards them. My hand being raised to
put on my hat, still advancing towards the soldiers, the centi-
nel up with his gun and fired, the balls going through my lower
right arm, my hand immediately falling; and finding myself
wounded, made the best of my way home with help. And fur-
ther I say not. his
Attest. Elisha Story.     ROBERT [see symbol in image] PATTERSON,
    Mark.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 20, 1770. Robert Patterson, above-
named, after due examination, made oath to the truth of the
aforesaid Affidavit, taken to perpetuate
the remembrance of the Thing.
Before, JOHN RUDDOCK, Just. Peace & of the Quorum.
And, JOHN HILL, Jus. Peace.

(No. 70)
CATO, a Negro Man, servant to Tuthil Hubbart, Esq;
being of lawful age, testifies and says, that on monday
evening, the fifth of March current, on his hearing the cry of
fire ! he ran into King-street, where he saw a number of people
assembled before the custom-house ; that he stood near the cen-
try box and saw the soldiers fire on the people, who stood in
the middle of said street ; directly after which he saw two flashes
of guns, one quick upon the other, from the chamber window
of the Custom-house ; and that after the firing was all over,
while the people were carrying away the dead and wounded,
he saw the Custom-house door opened, and several soldiers (one
of whom had a cutlass) go into the Custom-house and shut the
door after them ; that before the soldiers fired he heard a voice
saying, damn you, why don't you fire, but did not see who it
was.     his
Test. John Edwards.     CATO [see symbol in image] c.
    Mark.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 16, 1770. The above named
Cato, after careful examination, made oath to the
truth of the above-written Affidavit, taken to per-
petuate the remembrance of the thing.
Before, RI: DANA, Just. of Peace & of the Quorum.
And JOHN HILL, Jus. Peace.