A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March 1770, by soldiers of the XXIXth regiment, which, with the XIVth regiment, were then quartered thereWith some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophePrinted by order of the town of Boston . THE HAWKINS GALLOWS |ii\Mi. wliiTc tlifi-c was erected :i ,i;allows. He made as|iecc-li lielore lie was hung, in wliicli he expressed regretat liis course, and earnestly admonished the young mento live a different life. When the sheriff ordered tiiowagon to be driven out, Hawkins gav
A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March 1770, by soldiers of the XXIXth regiment, which, with the XIVth regiment, were then quartered thereWith some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophePrinted by order of the town of Boston . THE HAWKINS GALLOWS |ii\Mi. wliiTc tlifi-c was erected :i ,i;allows. He made as|iecc-li lielore lie was hung, in wliicli he expressed regretat liis course, and earnestly admonished the young mento live a different life. When the sheriff ordered tiiowagon to be driven out, Hawkins gave a leap andbroke his neck. There were estimated to lie five or six thousand jieo-. ple present. This picture represents the gallows, whichstill sands, with the exception that the cross-piece hasbeen broken off. One of the most imjjortant enterprises m tlie countyof Estill is the Louisville \- Atlantic Uailroad. Thisroad runs from Versailles, in Woodford County, to Bcat-tyville. County, a distance of ninety-four miles,in the year 18S8 Estill County voted a tax of .$l()0.()n()for the buihling of this road, which. u|Hni its comple-tion, was called the Kichmontl. Niciiolasville, Irvine i-whal amiiiguous and conse(|uently the county idaimedthc\ ilid not owe the road company any anu)unt what-ever. Ihe company admitted that fact so far as it ex-tended to the i)ayment of the last $r)(),000 and the bondsfor that amount were liurned in front of tlie court houseat Irvine. The county was then sued by the
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