That shortly after this Leonard Spalding above mentioned charged the Deponent with having been one of those who came to reinforce the Sheriff whereupon he was surrounded stopt and examined but was at length permitted to go at large upon proof being given that he was not an Inhabitant of this province That shortly after the Deponent saw one Thomas Ellis one of the Sheriffs posse seized by another Party of the Rioters and confined in the Court house and soon after being at the House of Orean Brush Esquire he saw a fresh party of about three hundred Rioters armed headed by Solomon Hervey of Fulham' Practitioner of Physic who arrived with a Drum beating having in their Custody four more of the Sheriffs party who being on their way home had been intercepted by this Party of the Rioters and after they had been examined by them before the Court House were dismissed first being disarmed and had a pass given them Signed by the said Solomon Hervey who was lately appointed a Colonel among them at a County Convention held about three weeks before at Westminister for Redress of Grievances when they appointed as the Deponent has heard and believes a

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variety of Field Officers to command their Forces That upon the morning of this Day as the Deponent passed and repassed among the mob he observed they were very violent and from what the Deponent heard them say to one another he is apprehensive of the worst consequences to the persons confined by them as aforesaid some of the Mob speaking as tho' they were desirous to fire vollies thro the House others as tho' they wanted to have the Sheriff turned out to them and one man in particular said his flesh crawled to be tomahawking them that they called those who are for supporting order and Government Tories and the Deponent heard many of the Rioters say they saw now what the damned Tories would be at that they were a pack of murderers and they wanted to serve them in their own kind that in the, mean time the wife of the said Samuel Gale and the wife of the above mentioned M* Hill obtained leave to speak to their Husbands under confinement in the Court House as aforesaid and upon their return M's Gale told the Deponent that her Husband had an opportunity of speaking to her in a whisper to desire her to send the Deponent to Mrs Wells her mother requesting she would send somebody immediately to the City of New York to acquaint Colonel Wells and Mr Brush of the proceedings of the said Rioters that the Governor and Council might be apprized.of their Situation and send them relief without Delay at the same time desiring that she would send some Person upon whom no suspicion could fall for that he feared if the Rioters discovered the attempt they would massacre the Prisoners without mercy that the Deponent at M's Gales request immediately set off to Brattleborough with this message to Mrs Wells and went in company with those who had the pass from Solomon Hervey as abovementioned that they had not got a mile on their Journey before they were taken Prisoners again by | another party of the Mob but were released upon producing the said pass That upon the Road the Deponent saw Robert Cockran armed with a Sword and Pistols who said he was Captain of the Boys of the Green mountains That there was Fifty pounds reward offered for taking him and tauntingly, asked why the Deponent and those that were with him did not. attemptit That the said Robert Cockran said he was going to Westminister to