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ting for the boys to come out, and witness thought nothing of the affair, until some one shouted "Captain, that man is going to shoot," and he replied, "seize him, then" The gun then went off, and Jones rushed up and caught hold of Wade. Dr. Jackson, the attending surgeon, gave a description of the wounds, which were indicted with shot; so numerously and deeply seated that he made no effort to extract them. There was no danger of a fatal result unless the patient was imprudent. Robert Allen testified that on Saturday evening, October 5th, Wade came to his house and borrowed the gun which has been produced in court. He had often borrowed it of him, and he thought nothing strange of the circumstance. Wade was very drunk that evening. He was his neighbor, and witness had regarded him as a peaceable, quiet man. Both Jones and Mott denied that they ever had any previous difficulty with the prisoner. The Mayor said that if Wade intended to shoot one man and hit anothe