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 . d been to town to market and wasriding home on his wagon. Hawkins knew be bad .somemoney and was walking along the road on which thedriver was going and in the sanu- direction. He askedtill- farmer to let him ride. The kiiul-hearti><l cdd nutnreadily consented. Hawkins got u|i
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 . d been to town to market and wasriding home on his wagon. Hawkins knew be bad .somemoney and was walking along the road on which thedriver was going and in the sanu- direction. He askedtill- farmer to let him ride. The kiiul-hearti><l cdd nutnreadily consented. Hawkins got u|i beside him andwhen they arriveil at a suitable place in the road beshot the farmer an<l after robbing him threw him outon the ground, drove the wagon over his bead to coverup the ludlet woimd. and then made the horses run awayas though it had been an accident. At the time of hisdiatb be was only •«! years of age. He was c<msidereda bandsonu- young num. bright, and might have ac<-om-plisbed a great deal of good. In those ilays executionswere not uuule with electricity or with the same kiiul ofgallows that are in use today. Hawkins was placed onbis cojlin, which was upcm an old road wagon, drawn bytwo oxen. He was driven about a mile and a half from ^ History of Irvine and Estill County, Kentucky. 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-
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