On the 4th day of July 1844, came William M Daniels, before me a Justice of the peace within and for said and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on Saturday the 22d day of June 1844, at <​came to​> the Town of in said County of , and continued there until the Thursday following, the 27 day of June; that on that morning your affiant Joind the rifle company commanded by ; that the Lieutenant and a Chittenden Esq said that as the would be absent from that day, that they would send ten men from each of the two Companies to Join the Carthage Greys, and J and kill the two Gen Smiths, and if the <​opposed​> to kill him too: that among these twenty men were Mr Houck the Taylor, & Mr [Henry] Stephens, a Cooper; The rest of the Two Companies, marched towards “,” to the railroad crossing when they were met by the [p. [1]]