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office and went home. Me & Bob Hunt was going on to home talking I got home and Bob Hunt set down I was standing up on the floor the dog made a right smart noise at the door. Washington lives in the house he opened the door as soon as he opened the door Tim Reid, Bill Magan, Patrick Doyle, Ed King and AB Duke came in. Tim Reid came in first, Mr Dukes right behind him pistol in hand, Ed King with a stick. Tim Reid spoke to me and told me to get out my own house a rock in his hand. I made him no answer. I jumped out the back door and run. Bill Magan struck at me as I went out the back door and bellowed "here he goes shoot him". I jumped right over the garden at the front door Ed King hollowed give me the pistol Busted three cups at me and fired the fourth time. I squatted in the grass and was looking at him (there was a light in the front door) I heard Bill Magan ask Bob Hunt was he the man who was not afraid of powder and shot. He told him no sir he was not and Bill Magan did not strike him I was standing so I could look right through the house. A light was in there Ed King asked him the same question He gave him the same answer & he King struck him with a pistol at the side of the house. Tim Reid asked him the same question He gave him the