Newport Chartists Vol.12, p.69

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Mary Jenkins wife of Morgan Jenkins
Beerhouse Keeper states -
On Sunday about 10 o'clock I and my
Husband went to bed - I had before that
heard a knocking in the House of Jenkin
Morgan and several times during the night
the noise awoke me I could
not sleep well for it - Next morning
about 10 o'clock I saw Mrs Jenkin
Morgan she seemed very much in
trouble - I said why Mrs
Morgan you have been up all night she
said Why yes we have - my husband
was gone out about 6 o'clock Sunday
Evening to take their children to
Castletown & he did not comeback till
6 o'clock the next morning that she had
been up all the night. I told her I had
been troubled a good deal and could
not sleep and that she had been
knocking a good deal - She said she had
been breaking coal and had been up
every bit of the night- she and I stood
in front of our house by the Door she
began to cry when she heard the People
(Chartists) coming by the Courty bella

[left margin line 6] J. Morgan

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Machine towards Newport with their
(pikes) glittering - and hurraing
When I saw her again in
the afternoon she came into our House
she asked what I thought it was best
for her to do- I told her I thought it best
to keep her Husband in the House- She
told me she had - that he had been on
the Bed most part of the day- she told me
one of the Chartists came into their
House about 6 o'clock in the Sunday
Even[in]g while she & he were at Tea- and
asked her Husband to come with them
that he said he would come presently
that the Chartists left their house & her
Husband instead of going with him took
the children to Castletown- that about
8 o'clock on the same Even[in]g - Four Chartists
came right in without knocking at their
door and asked where Morgan was-
that she told him he was gone away with
the first Chartist who called (whom
she named) but she did not like to tell
them where he was gone for fear they
should go after him - I saw Jenkin
Morgan about with Milk on Monday
Morn[in]g about 1/2 past 8 but have never
seen him since - he was never before