Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-05-06

The following evidence was submitted
10 them AT this session
/ The examination of William Dickin-
son, late midsn,yuian Of his Majesty's
SCHOONER the Gaspee, taken on oath at
Newport, 10 the colony of Rhode Island,
this first day q! June, A. ID 1913 f: Who
saith, that on the tenth day ol June, ia
the year one thousand seven hundred and
sevcnty.two, between the hours OF IL and
! in the morning, the SAID schooner, then
working IA her dock upon Namqnlt Point,
about Two miles below Pawtuxet, aud
not able TO get of the watch being on
deck as he supposed, gave the alarm that
number Of boats were coming down the
|. river upon which LioUteGan, luddings-
ton went on deck and hailed the boats,
and ordered them 10 keep of or he would
fire into them ; bot AS they refused 10
keep of, we fired at them, and they To-
turned the FIRE, whereby Lieutenant
Duddngslu was wounded in the left
arm and IN the groin they then boarded
Us, aud used us very i'll, by beallgl a0d
knocking down the people, and alter
wards by tying them and throwing them
into their boats, the captain q! The gang
swearing be- would give no 4narters.---
The captain Of ihe gang ordered Lieu
tenant Duddin2 stop on his knees and to
beg his life he said he could not, he
was wounded whereupon the sand cap
tain answered, Damn your blood, you
are shot by your Own PEOPLE )" they then
took him into the cabin, where two men
dressed his wounds, who, by their he
hayior appeared 20 have some skill IN
surgery. And this examinate turthrr
saith, that while Lieutenant Duddings-
tens wounds were dressing, those two
persons who assumed TO be the head
sheriff and the captain, demanded tho
papers Eelouging to the vessel, which he
delivered by Liertenan, Duddingstou's
orders TO them, consisting Of the Llehie
nant's commission from the Lords of tho
\ Admiralty, Admiral Mon,agu's insltgc-
/ tion-, letters, and olhe, papers and upon
! his partcularIzlng those paperG as he
/ delivered them, they damned him, aud
| told him they did not come there 10 re-
ccive any Instructions rom han, bot
/ would examine the PaFSr9 al their rleIsure.
! which they put into their pockets, ard
then carried Lieutenant Duddingst ston OH
shore about two miles from the schooner.
The examinate after this continued "n
board SAID schooner about three quarters
ul an hour, and was told by the captain
of the gang, that unless he quilted tho
schooner he would throw hlm'ovsrb0ard,
during this time they continued plumber
ing The schooner The eXaminate was
landed IN one of their boats on the shore
opposite 10 the schooner, where he re-
maincd some time and that within an
hour after he was landed he saw tho
said schooner on fire, and II being then
daylight, he saw three oi their boats put
off from ;he schooner fuiI OF men, one at
which landed the people at Pawiuxet,
and the other two rOwed towards Provl-
denre. This exam!na!e lurtber saith,
that the said schooner when she was
burnt lay about eight or ten miles, To the
best OF his Judgment, rom the north end
Of the island Of PiuJeDcc, aud that sew
erai negroes were on board The sa1i
schooner, aud also fuwed The boats which
boarded the schooner, but he does not
know their names, and he cannot recol-
lcct that be saw any at those negroes
cu!er tie cabin aud he also saith that
he does not know the names oi aEy of
the persons who boarded aud destroyed
SAID schooner, or wounded Lieutenant
, Dudding slon, but that the captain who
was called the captain oi the gang, was
well set man, Gl a sw9Iihy complexion,
iull face, hoarsc voice, end wore white
cap, was well dressed, and appeared
rather above the common rank oi man
Kind and that the greater part ol those
he saw uu board the schooner and IN the
cabin were persons well dressed, many "i
them with ruiiled shirts, aud Appeared as
store keepers, merchants or masters oi
vessels the person who was called tho
head sheriff was u tall, gcutccl man,
dressed in blue clothes, ms hair a., d hr-
hind, aud had on ru0lcd shut. Ono
of the persons who acted as surgeon IN
dressing Lieut.. budding ston's wuunOs,
appeared To DC about eighteen yeais oi
are, very much marked with the small
pox, hight brown hair tied behind, about
five feet five or six inches high the
other was "a very gcnlcel man, appeared
10 he about twenty-five Jcais Ol age, his
halr tied bchlnG, u thin pcts"n, aud about
! 1--WE icrt cigh, ur nine inches high. ~,
cXaminatc luilher saith, that a.trr he te-
turned hum Boston to Providence, u few
| DAYS after the schooner was dc-liu, D.,
/ ,he first described surgeon net h," ~
/ one ol ihc slre,ls IA Providence, aud
asked him whether bc knew how Itd.
tenant Duddingslon did, tn, the exam.
nalc does nol know his name, aud lurhur
/ saith not. W. DlJklNSON.
A Sworn to at Newport on the day aud
/ year above said, before
n j. Wanion, Fred Smyihe,
II Dan. Horsmander, Peter Oiiro
Il The examination of Bartholomew
II ChrrNrI. InhIlnrT. and lnle a ErnInnM on