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and upon Dept. saying, that he was Sorry for
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it, Deced replied what can I do, I am
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obliged to it, and am in Danger of my
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Life every time I go out Says that he
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called Doced about four, o Clock the next
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Morning, and about Six o'Clock Deced
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went out, and at the Door told Dept. to recollect
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what he had said to him, if any thing
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should happen, and would not suffer this
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Dept. to go with him, Says that he saw the
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Deced and another Gentleman walk
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together in
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, and in a few
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Minutes Dept. saw Colonel Gordon and
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another
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get out of a Coach
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at Grosvenor Gate, and walk in Hyde
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Park, Says that in about twenty Minutes
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he heard the Report of a Pistol three
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times in the Park and saw the Smoak,
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That after the last Report he saw two
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Men run from the Smoak, Says that
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two Soldiers very soon run towards
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Grosvenor Gate and enquired Which was
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Colonel Thomas's House, upon which
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Colonel Gordon and another
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who stood in the Road, Answered here it
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is, and tho Soldiers the
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said that Colonel
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Thomas, was killed being Shot through
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the Body, Says that the Deced was carried
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home in a Blanket by four Soldiers
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having a Worrid of a Pistol Ball on his right side and
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another on the left side, where the Ball
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was extracted as Dept. was informed
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Says that after the Wound was Dressed
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Deced said to Dept. It is a sad Job I
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am Murder'd I am a dead Man,
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and this the Deced repeated that
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afternoon, and again about one o' Clock
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the next Morning, the Deced being sens
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