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trouble on them all," he asked me "if it was true that old Parish Harding was in Jail" When I Said, yes, he Said "did he Say anything about me" I could not get anything more out him that day, the old man Archer Arvin Sent for Capt Connolly and myself Saying he "wanted to tell all he knew" he was then very Sick and afraid he was going to die, his wife Lucy Said to him "Archer tell all you know" he then took very Sick, we Stayed with him until he was Some better then he would not Say one word, Monroe told me that Charles Arvin (the deceased) and he had Some trouble about a Bond that Mr Joseph Barnes (white) had against them and the old man Parish Harding, When Parish Harding was asked, "what he came to See the deceased for" that night? he Said, "he wanted Charles to Sign away his Share of the Bond as he owed him right Smart of money.

I have no doubt that the following named persons are concerned either directly or indirectly in the murder of Charles Arvin the deceased, judging from what I have Seen and the Evidence before the Coroner,-viz-