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before. I took my eye off him a little while, for I thought he was only playing some tricks, & meant to frighten the girls under the Veranda, but very soon immediately, I heard the peice go off, and heard an outcry of some of the girls, and then saw him run away with the piece in his hand. I then immediately went up to the Veranda and saw Serjt Major Wolfe sitting on the ground and leaning with his back against a pillar, and blood issuing from near his heart. I then went after the prisoner with intention