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could. He did not reckon they kill more than one, before one of them git him, put his hands behind him as if he had weapons, I do not know, whether he had any or not. Mr. Veach went away from him then, and told me to stop them if I could. I went up to them and asked them to stop, and one of them knocked me down. I come away from them then and after a while he, Parker, came in the house and would not pay anything, when he came into the door, he just came right in and brought in four or five women with him and would not pay for neither one, then he went to the table and eat his supper, and would not pay for anything and called Lizzie Campbell all the damned bitches he could think of, In time he was going on so the guards came, surrounded the house and one of them fired in the house.

Cross examined,
I think it was a soldier, but I do not know, I did not see him the Officer ordered them all in the house, before the shot was fired. The darkeys started to run, as soon as the guards came, some of them started.

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