Q.  Go  on  and  state.  A.  As  I  said  when  I  commenced,  I
want  to  tell  the  truth

Q.  Go  along  and  get  to  the  house  ?  A.  They  come  to  my
house  and  we  didn't  know  anything  of  the  sort  was  out.
They  come  to  the  door  and  they  come  abreast,  I  don't  know
how  many.  They  knocked  the  door  clear  off  the  hinges,  and
they  come  in  and  they  commenced  shooting  as  quick  as  they
entered  in,  with  little  pistols  of  some  sort — w^eiit  to  shooting
up  above  their  head,  like  ;  and  from  that  they  raised  an  alarm,
undoubtedly  amongst  us  and  frightened  us  a  good  deal,  and
commenced  shooting  and  frightening,  unexpected  to  us  all.
In  the  scuffle  my  little  grandchild  come  to  get  injured  by
some  means,  in  this  'ere  scuffle  that  had  taken  place..  That  is
the  way  it  come  to  be  injured.
Q.  State  how  that  scuffle  w^as  ?  A.  "Well,  sir,  it  was  run-
ning and  shoving  and  turning  a  great  many  waysi

Q.  What  were  they  running  and  turning  a  good  many
ways  for  ?  What  were  they  after  ?  A.  They  said,  after  they
ceme  to  be  silent,  that  they  were  after  Damon.  They  didn't
interfere  with  me  any  more  than  that  they  hurt  my  feelings
on  account  of  my  child — that  was  all.  And  when  they  got
him  settled  so  tliat  they  could  get  hold  of  Damon  and  take
him  out ♦

Q.  But  before  they  got  hold  of  Damon,  what  took  place


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with  the  mother  and  your  grandchild  ?  A.  Well,  she  had
the  child  in  her  arms,  you  know,  like  a  woman  will  have  a
child,  and  they  were  running,  and  they  seemed  in  a  scuffle.
