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690 treatment the prisoners were receiving. He put his fist in my face, and swore 'By God, they would not be trifled with any longer by us.' I was driven with the rest into No. 4. I entered the prison with my face to the soldiers &hellip; at that moment a musket was fired close to me, which wounded a little boy, who screamed and dropped down; he died next day." He repudiated any intent of the prisoners to escape.

John G. Gatchell, prisoner. "I heard an order to fire, but don't know by whom; the first volley one man fell. I went to him; he said he was wounded in the breast. I called assistance, and was trying to get him to the receiving-house, when Captain Shortland entered No. 7 gate with two soldiers, and said something which induced the two others to run away and leave the wounded man with me; upon which Captain Shortland, seeing I did not run, said, 'Kill the d——d rascal!' The soldiers charged on me, and a bayonet pierced my clothes and skin, going in about a quarter of an inch. I was then forced to leave the wounded man and run, when a soldier followed me, and Capt. Shortland, urging him on, repeated several times, ’Kill the d——d rascal!' While running on I was pricked three times, and would have been killed, but stepping aside the bayonet ran under my arm, and the soldier with the force of the thrust fell on his knees, by which means I escaped into the prison. While getting in No. 7 I saw Captain Shortland running down the yard towards No. 5 with the soldiers, and heard him order them to fire. He was facing me at the time; was running towards No. 5, and ordering them to fire as they ran, which they did. I did not see that the soldiers hesitated to fire when ordered; they did fire. &hellip; Two soldiers came into the gate abreast of Capt. Shortland, but many followed him, thirty or forty