she was thrown down and wound round the shaft, deponent assisted in removing deceased from the shaft after the engine had been stopped. deceased never spoke after being extricated. only gave two or three groans.
upon their oaths, do say: that the aforesaid Milly Thomas came to her death from being crushed under the shafting in W.B. Creights gin room on the afternoon of the 7th October 1878 at Winnsboro.