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William Blackwell (col'd) states that on the evening of June 29. 1867. he went to house, about a mile from Fort Whipple, N. W. I do not know who kept the house, never was there before, Mahony and I went to together with two women, had no trouble going to the house, had no trouble no way, just before we got to the house we met Becket in the field, who said to the woman Mahony had with him, Linn, I want to see you, she replied, well Jim, you can see me if you dont hurt me - Becket started toward the woman, when the woman ran around Mahony. Becket saying to her, beckoning at the same time, You come here; you come here. I said to Mahony taking hold of his arm, we dont want no fuss Geo. come on, did not see whether the woman went to Becket or not, went on to the house, but did not go into the house, the dancing had stopped when I got there, I was sitting in the porch talking to a man named Lindsay about what good times we used to have around Fort Whipple and the Freedmans Village, did not hear Mr. Veitch have any trouble with the men, did not see him till he came up and to the man I was talking with, Oh! Lindsay, is that you, the soldiers were all around the house at this time, heard a shot and said, Lindsay, hear the shot. Mr Veitch had gone away then, I was ordered to fall into line, did not know then that anyone

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