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harder.  They then let him lie in the hot sun on the walk about two hours.  He begged for water but they would not give it to him.  They then unbucked him, tied his hands behind him, and put a paper on his back.  I don't know what was on it.  I can't read.  They then put two drummers and two fifers before him, and some soldiers with charged bayonets behind him.  They played the rogues march, and marched up Main St from 25th St and back to the Provost Marshals Office.  They then tied his hands before him, and tied his feet, and put him into a coffin and nailed the top, except about a foot and a fourth.  They then set him outdoors, and stood up the coffin.

He stood there till near 7 o'clock.  They put meal on his face and the flies