State of Illinois

Coles County

Enos Mullen on his oath deposeth and says: I was in Charleston on Monday, the 28^th of March last. I was in the Grand Jury room at the time of the commencement of the riot. I went to the East window of the Court House up stairs. I saw John H. O’Hair, James O’Hair, Henderson O’Hair, B.J. Tolan, Elsbury Hanks, all with arms in their hands and shooting; they were shooting in a South Westerly direction, to the South of the Court House. I then stepped into the Grand Jury room and looked at the South window to see who they were shooting at, and found it was at the soldiers and anyone dressed in soldier clothing. I saw several other men in the crowd at the East gate and about Judge Edward’s office shooting N, but do not now recollect who they were; saw John O’Hair have a gun in his hand and saw him shoot with the gun; saw a man at the East gate of the yard with a gun who would lay his gun on top of the post and take deliberate aim but could not see at whom he was aiming at, he seemed to be dodging up and down

Enos Mullen

Subscribed and sworn to

Before me this April 2, 1864.

W. A. Whittemore, M.P.

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