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I raised my arm to ward off the blow and he struck me in the face with a pistol he had in his right hand. I turned to get away from him for fear he would shoot me and he shot me in the ear: It was too dark in the room for me to tell much about the men; they were both white; I do not think they were drunk; the one who shot me appeared to have on grey clothes; he wore a cap.

There were a number more men outside the house; I never had any difference with any man here and know very few people here; I have only recently come here to live"

The statements of Edwards wife and daughter are the same as his except that they say both of the men had pistols in their hands and a third man came in after the shot was fired; and all of them left in a few moments.

The Civil Authorities investigated this case but could not find no clue to the perpetrators of the outrage

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Hiram L Hunt
Bvt. Capt. & A.S.A.C.

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