Newport Chartists Vol.9, p.35

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Israel Furmen - States - I am 91
years of age - I live at Gelly gross
I know John Fisher - On Sunday
eveng the 3 Novr. last just as Meeting
was going in John Fisher came &
tapped at my Window - My wife
hauled back the curtain & hoist
the window and I then saw him
and asked him what he wanted
and says he are you coming
with us - where said I - a little
way said he -
___I told him I could not go with him
- ^ his Brother stood behind
him I think his name is George -
John Fisher had a Mandril in
his hand - his Brother had nothing
they then went off - I remained
in the house about 1/2 an hour or
3/4 Mr. Edmund Evans was
in the house with me - John Batten
the yr.
^then came and rapped at the
Door - I thought he would knock
it down - My wife went to the
Door and asked who was there
he said where's Furmen - She
said he's not here what do you
want with him - he said I want
him - She said he shant come
out - he said then you'll see
that whether he shant or no

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My wife said go from my Door my
house is my castle - you'll see that
says he we'll watch for him - I was
in the parlour with Mr. Evans and heard
this commotion - there was another man
with John Batten but I don't know his
name - they then went away - and
my wife put out the candle and went
out to see if there was anybody about
I stopt in the house till she came
back and then I went out to hide in
the pigs cot - I had not been in the
cot long before I saw 4 men in the
adjoining pig cot with a light - I then
got out and jumped into a Shoemaker's
Garden which is alongside of my
Garden and from there into my own
Garden - and I went into the house
of call and 4 men came there and
____________they had torches
said we've got you ^ - they took me
down to the rest that was on the
Tram Road - there was there between ~
__ they were armed with guns, Scythes, Pikes, Mandrils and clubs
__some had nothing
~ 200 & 300 men ^- they marched down
to Strickland's Machine there was another
_ they knocked him up and asked for arms he said he had none
great quantity of men met us there ^ - they
came down the Upper Tram Road we
came on down towards Risca - on the
Road I saw John Batten again
he spoke to me - says he you're come
then - Yes sure says I - I saw John

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______and John Batten
Fisher ^ at Risca - John Batten
shewed me a bright cleaver with
a bright ring on it, in his hand
I noticed a piece broke out of the
centre of it - I saw John Batten
& Fisher
^ after wards at the Welsh Oak - this
was in the night I suppose some
where about the centre of the night
I did not see either of them do any
thing in particular there - there was
I think betwixt 2000 & 3000 people
________most of them were armed
there at that time ^ - The last place
I saw John Fisher was at Pye Corner
I saw Batten in the Tredegar Park
on the next morning (Monday the
4th Nov.r) when they halted - he
had something in his hand then
I did not notice particular but I
think it was the cleaver by the
glittering of it - We marched
from there towards Newport - I left the
Mob at the Waterloo public house
_____little better than a
which is a ^mile from Newport
and the mob proceeded on towards
Newport - I went on after them into
Newport and went to my old Landlords
_________________Monkey row
Thos Habbakuk in -
and when I was there I heard firing -

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