The active trouble resulting in the massacre arose from a soldier's being thrashed the Friday before at Gray's ropewalk, where he had challenged one of the workmen to fight; other soldiers joined in the affray from time to time, but were always worsted.
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader"
William Holmes McGuffey
9. A party of six, two of whom, Kilroi and Montgomery, had been worsted at the ropewalk, formed, with a corporal in front and Preston following.
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader"
William Holmes McGuffey
"We'll find him on the ropewalk.
"Bad Hugh"
Mary Jane Holmes