I thinking there was nothing but powder fired stood still, till
upon the other side of Mr. Palmes and close to him, I saw ano-
ther gun fired, and the man since called Attucks fall. I then
withdrew about two or three yards, & turning saw Mr. Palmes
upon his knee, and the soldiers pushing at him with their bay-
onets. During this the rest of the guns were fired, one after
another when I saw two more fall, I ran to one and seeing the
blood gush out of his head tho' just expiring, I felt for the
wound and found a hole as big as my hand. This I have
since learned was Mr. Gray. I then went to Attucks and
found him gasping, pulled his head out of the gutter and left
him ; I returned to the soldiers and asked them what they
thought of themselves, and whether they did not deserve to be
cut to pieces, to lay men wallowing in their blood in such a man-
ner, they answered God damn them, they should have stood out
of our way. The soldiers were then loading their muskets
and told me upon my peril not to come any nearer to them. I
further declare that I heard no other affront given them than
the huzzaing and whistling of boys in the street.
    JOHN HICKLING.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 16, 1770. The above-named
John Hickling, personally appearing, and being care-
fully examined and duly cautioned to testify the whole
Truth, maketh solemn oath to the fore-written deposi-
tion by him subscribed, taken to perpetuate the remem-
brance of the thing.
Before, RI. DANA, Just. of Peace & of the Quorum.
And JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.

(No. 74.)
I Obadiah Whiston, of lawful age, testify and say, that on
the evening of the 5th instant, being at a house in Pond-
lane, on hearing the bells ring, ran towards Kingstreet, and
in going I met a person who said, there is no fire, but the sol-
diers are fighting with the inhabitants. I went down the north
side of the Town-House into Kingstreet and there was only a
few scattering people in said street; I came up to the Brazen-
head in Cornhill, and saw a Barber's boy, who told me he had
been struck by the soldiers ; then I went to the south side of the
Town-house and stood near the main-guard, where a con-
siderable number of persons stood; Capt. Preston standing by
the guard-house door, said damn you turn out guard, which
they obeyed, and then took off 7 or 8 soldiers from the right,
and went down Kingstreet, where I with the chief of the peo-