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assemble at the appointed rendezvous — Mr Boulton
Captain Clarke and some other chosen young gentlemen
leaving the houses well guarded went up to the
door and demanded entrance in the Queens name.

Lett effected his escape, Hart endeavoured to follow
his example but was drove back while attempting
a window and apprehended with most of the gang

The men who captured them acted
like brave men — few in number but full of courage
disdaining all dread of the monster Lett upheld by
the sympathizers as the bravest of men the fiery
glance of whose eye carries death and revenge —
The moment they knew that their leader had fled
Hart and his companions instantly became crestfallen,
dejected as assassins invariably do cowardly
and had not the hearts to offer the least posture
of defence, their intentions being to murder in
the dark such as could offer no resistance

The prisoners were tried by special commission
for conspiracy and all found guilty —
Three of whom Wilkins, Baker and Wilson were
natives of the United States, the Judge addressed
them very properly in the following language

You have been engaged probably in what
is called the Patriot cause; you are natives
of the United States; you have come to this
country and for what? to murder and
plunder individuals who never did any
of you the least injury, whom you have
never seen. — you are connected with those