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line of the same page (which ate
some refusal he consented to and they,
IN the 10Th line of the Sd page ",ela
tive to the destruction Of The schooner,
IN the Goth line Of the same page, wer
interlined before the above deposilio
was signed and sworn 10.
Sworn TO, at Newport, this OH da
of January, before Us,
| j. Wanion, Fred. Smyihe,
/ Dan. Horsemander, Peter Oiper,
! Robt Aachmuty,
/ NEWPORT, January II, 1873.
Il GENTLEMEN :-In obedience to hi
MaJesty's commands, signiied by I.or
| Dartmouth TO his Honor The Governor
dated Whitehall, September 9TH, l772
which was laid before the General As
sembIy, wherein his Lordship expresse,
his Najes,y's dependence on the car,
and vigilance Of the civil magistrates O
the colony 10 take the proper measure
for orres'lng and committing TO custody
IN order to their being brought 10 justice
such persons as shall, upon proper infor
nation before them or before his Mnes
| ty's commissioners, appear to lnve beer
concerned in the plupdering and destroy
ing his Majcsty's schooner Gaspee anc
dangerously wounding and i'll treating
his Majesty's officer who commanded
her, SC.
I As civil mag isirate, and one OF hi.
MaIesU's Justices of Assze in and
throughout the colony, impressed with a
regard for the dignity of the Crown, and
the welfare ofihe colony, | now tender
my assistance, whenever it shall be
necessary and when called upon by the
issloncrs, or otherwise, will exert
every authority which the colony has
invested me with, towards the apprehend.
ing any persons against whom inlorma-
ton may be lodged, Of being concerned
IN the destruction of his Majesty's
schooner the Gaspcc, or may appear to
have been anyways aiding or assisting
IN that most daring insult offered against
his Nlaj"sty's Crown and dignity within
the colony on the 10Th OF June last.
] am, with the greatest respect, your
most obedient humble servant.
MtICALF BOWLER.
The Honorable his Majesly's Com
mIssloners.
The examination on oath Of Stephen
Gulley, before the honorable commits
s,oners this l2'h day Of January, A. ID.
1913.
Question. What is your name and
occupation
4"smer.-S'ephen Gulloy is my name
and hushandman my occupation.
Z What age are you?
I.-AgeG al years.
Where is your place OF abode 7?
II "A, Smilhfeld, in The county of
Providence, in the colony Of Rhode
/ sand.
q Have you lately been on board
my of his Majcsly's ships What ship |:
How long have you been on board
a.-That he has been on board his
iaiesty's ship the Lizard ever since
Tuesday last, and that he went volunta-
ly on board for his own personal safety
Y What reason had you to suppose |
'ou was unsafe
A. On Monday night, the fifth inst.
went into the public house at the ferry |
N Rhode Island side, where he sat down \
nd called Tor some drink, which they \
ave him he then called for supper and |.
ad II f; afterwards he rose from The table \
nd sat down near the fire. place, by the
laster OF The house, when a man. I'M Il
nown 10 HIM, came and sat down by
| laI H.
o said to Newport the man told him he
'onld not get there lie asked him for
nat reason he thought so he replied, Il
'efe were about twenty armed men in II
le road, one OF them with two brass
stols, who, he said, were come to take
I'M alive or dead, to carry him back to
rovldencc that he, said man, went ou,
to the other room the landlord then
'oke to the dcponcnt and told him he
ould give him a word Of advice :; he Il,
I'd there were about twenty armed men !:
at said they would have him, the depo
mt, and that he did not know bu, thew
'"id tear his house down if he stayed :
ere he then called his children and
believes, his wife, into the room, and /"
We them strict charge to tell the men !,
they inquired after this deponent, that !,
was gone out with the landlord to talk "
,ciher, and that this happened abou, u "
,ht O'Clock in the evening the land s
d then told him he would show him a
y where he might escape their hands, y
II they might know nothing where he =,
$ gone. he landlord then went with u
about quarter of n mile, he thinks
m SAID house, in sight of u pond, and
y then parted, the landlord first di. b.
ting him the road 10 Newport.
V.-What do you know relative TO
attacking and burning the Gaspec
'ooner on SAID l0Ih Of June last
4 AS to my own knowledge know
hing about but that some time about -
last OF December last he was told by '
pit. William Theyer, Of Mendon, in
province Of Massachusetts, that ~
81 Ramsdale, late Of NIendon, who VI
a shoemaker at work al Providence.
he time the Gaspee was burnt. told
and one OF his sons he knew who the
sons were who were concerned in 4
affair, aud that he, The said Rams.
>, was IN company with them before =
went of from Providence, but did