into Hyde Park and then heard another
Pistol or two fired, and some People
Standing near Grosvenor Gate said there
must be a Duel, Says that he walked
towards the Ring there and that Major
Skelly came towards him, and said that
Colonel Thomas was Shot and fell, desiring
Dept. to make all the last he could to him
Says that he went for wards and found
Colonel Thomas on the Ground within the
Ring being wounded by a Pistol Ball
and Coloner Thomason the Right side of
his Belly, and Colonel Thomas said that
he self the Ball on the other side, upon
which Dept. felt the Ball on the left side
between the Muscle and the Skin and
extracted it, Says that Captain [..] Hill stood
by the Deced and that Colonel Gordon was
about fifteen Yards from the Deced, that
Colonel Gordon said to Dept, I am Wounded
but not so bad as that poor Man, Meaning
Colnel Thomas, go to him, Says that
Captain Hill said to Dept. It is an
unhappy Business, Says that the Deced
was carried in a Blanket to his House
near Grosvenor Gate, and Dept. went with
him and immediately did what he could
but thinking the Wound Dangerous he
called in Mr. John Hunter< no role > , Says that he
Stard that Night with the Deced who grose
Worse, and died the next Morning about
Six o' Clock. Says that he this day opened
the Body and found the Ball had passed
through the Intestines, and Dept. thinks
that the Deced died in consequence of
the Wound abovementioned, Says that
colonel Gorden received a contused Wound
on