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Before me personally appeared 
the undersigned John Handy and being 
duly sworn deposes as follows

My name is John 
Handy I am a discharged soldier 
I live in the city of Memphis 
Tenn in the portion of the city called 
Chelsea.  On the 3d day of May 
1866 four men attacked me.  I was 
going home from my work. I ran 
into my house.  they broke in the 
door caught and commenced 
beating me over the head with 
a pistol.  they then pulled me out 
of the house, two of them held 
me while one tried to knock me 
in the head with an axe - one 
who was near by shot me through 
the leg.  his name is Jerry Ryan 
he lives at the Corner of Olden & 
third Streets.  Jim Savage (col'd) 
knows the man well.  Another 
colored man named Tim knows 
the man, and I think saw him shoot 
me.  I saw one of them knock 
a boy named Joe Davis aged about 13 yrs 
in the head with his pistol the boy 
is in a very bad condition now.

John his x mark Handy