still until the guns were fired in
Kingstreet, then
they clapped their hands and gave a cheer, say-
ing, this is all that we want. They ran to their
barrack, and came out again in a few minutes,
all with their arms, and ran towards
Kingstreet.
William Fallass declares, that (after the
mur-
der in
Kingstreet) on
the evening of the 5th
instant, upon his return home, he had occasion
to stop opposite to the lane leading to Green's
barracks, and while he stood there, the soldiers
rushed by him with their arms, towards
King-
street, saying, this is our time or chance : and
that he never saw men or dogs so greedy for
their prey as those soldiers seemed to be, and the
sergeants could hardly keep them in their ranks.
These circumstances with those already men-
tioned, amount to a clear proof of a combination
among them to commit some outrage upon the
town on that evening ; and that after the enor-
mous one committed in
Kingstreet, they intend-
ed to add to the horrors of that night by mak-
ing a further slaughter.
At the time Capt. Preston's
party issued from
the main guard, there were in
Kingstreet about
two hundred persons, and those were collected
there by the ringing of the bell in consequence
of the violences of another party, that had been
there a very little while before. When Captain
Preston had got to the
Custom-house, so great a
part of the people dispersed at sight of the sol-
diers, that not more than twenty or thirty then
remained in
Kingstreet, as Mr. Drowne
declares,* [Asterisk reference mark indicates
note below.]
[Asterisk reference mark]* See his Deposition.