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NYJ-N.773.051
25 Mar 1773:51 (1577)
Dec.22. Letters from Marseilles mention a riot at a play
house there, occasioned by the comedians persisting in
representing a piece highly disagreeable to the public. Some
grenadiers were called in to quell the riot, but expressly
directed not to fire, in order to prevent any accident:
However a person in the pit, who having expected a
disturbance, had armed himself with a pistol, as soon as he
saw the grenadiers, shot one of them dead, and they were
then ordered to fire, which they did, whereby several people
were killed and wounded. . .
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