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And immediately after I recd a Cut thro my hat into my head, I struck at the man with my cane and I perceived the hanger hit my cane once or twice, & then the cane flew out of hand. I then grappled with the man and he got the hanger behind his head and I got hold of it also with both my hands so that I could not get clear of him. Meanwhile the other man struck on the head with some instrumt which I took to be a Hatchet