ing the young Seider who would die that evening. .
Later just four days after the young boy's funeral, a British soldier named Thomas Walker of the 29th Regiment would look for a moonlighting at John Gray's Ropewalk. British soldier to increase pay to send home to Britain would moonlight while off duty to supplement their incomes. Ropemaker William Green told Walker "to go clean the outhouse", and Walker interpreted this as an insult and in response to that insult, a bit of quarrel erupted between Walker and Green. Walker was beaten rather badly and when he got the chance ran for some of his British cohorts and another fight ensued. The fight between the Colonists and British Soldiers to all indications ends with no victor but a bunch of bruised hides and egos. .
The next day Monday March 5, 1770 one Private Hugh White of the 29th Regiment was on guard duty at a Guard Post on King Street which was close to the Customhouse. The Job of the Customhouse was basically the stronghold of the King of Britains taxes and gold in Boston which would make this post what most people would call "high risk". Captain Goldfinch, an officer in the 29th, was being tormented by a number of local citizens for not paying his bills to local merchants. Private White who was still physically and mentally recovering from the skirmish the previous night was not going allow a bunch of rebel Colonists torment Captain Goldfinch. The Private strikes a young man by the name of Edward Garrick with the butt end of his musket. Quickly townspeople started to gather and challenge both White and Goldfinch to fight. As the crowd began to get larger, the British soldiers realized that the situation was about to explode. .
Captain Thomas Preston's account of the massacre is the only official report on the events of the fifth of March 1770. Captain Preston, Officer of the Guard, heard that a crowd had formed in front of the Customhouse and that the guards were hollering for additional guards to the front of the Customhouse.
