and Either said arrest or attach him, That on Next day, which was the fifth day of September the said Whiting with the said Willard Dean and William Deane Jun™ in his Custody, and the deponent and the said Rosebrook in his company were met in Brattleburrough by the said Wells, that the said Wells in conversation asked the said Whiting whether he did not Intend to have gone down the River when he did first set out, that Whiting answered that he was not at that time Determined which way he should Take as he then Intended to take advice, That the said Wells then told him that he wished he had gone down the River as he dared to say that Grout would have been Ready for him and have arrested him and then told Whiting that when he went over to Hinsdale yesterday morning he Intended to send Grout, but found that Grout was gone before he arrived there, That' the said Whiting then told the said Wells that he was a pretty Devil of a Judge to attempt to serve him in that manner, That he thought it was his duty Rather to assist an officer with prisoners than try to lead him into a snare. To which Wells answered so it is if you had apply'd to me, but you did not apply to me, and added that it was but a bad or a spiteful action and that he was Determined to assist the young men all that he could, and. Intimated that he should have been very glad to have them set free. That in the Night of the said fifth Day of September a Riotous Number of Men Came about a small log house. Where the said Whiting with his prisoners and the deponent. and the said Rosebrook Lodged, and broke into the Lower part of, the house and threatened to pull it down and Rescue the said prisoners with many Violent threats against the Life of the said Whiting, but that after so much outrageous behaviour in the Night and Threats and Entreaties they were prevailed on to depart in the morning. .