Mary Le Roy.
2. Proceedings of the Rioters. (Chap. XXIV., XXV.)
Deposition of Felix Donolly, keeper of Lancaster Jail.
This deposition is imperfect, a part of the manuscript having been defaced or torn away. The original, in the handwriting of Edward Shippen, the chief magistrate of Lancaster, was a few years since in the possession of Redmond Conyngham, Esq.
The breaking open the door alarmed me; armed men broke in; they demanded the strange Indian to be given up; they ran by me; the Indians guessed their intention; they seized billets of wood from the pile; but the three most active were shot; others came to their assistance; I was stupefied; before I could shake off my surprise, the Indians were killed and their murderers away.
Q. You say, “Indians armed themselves with wood;” did those Indians attack the rioters?
A. They did. If they had not been shot, they would have killed the men who entered, for they were the strongest.
Q. Could the murder have been prevented by you?
A. No: I nor no person here could have prevented it.