Powell's revolver

[Linda Anderson]

On rereading Bell's testimony, it seems like he is saying that he heard and saw Powell hit Fred Seward at least four times, twice before he turned around and twice while he was looking at him.

"Q. How many times did he strike him?
A. I saw him raise his hand twice. I did not wait to see how
many times after he hit him. He hit him twice before I could turn around, and while I was looking at him; and then I ran down stairs."

Also, Fanny heard a series of blows.

"Very soon I heard the sound
of blows —it seemed to me as many as half a dozen—sharp
and heavy, with lighter one’s between. There had been an
interval of quiet. I did not fully connect this with the person
I had seen. I thought they were chasing a rat in the hall,
remembering such a chase once. But when the blows
continued, I could not tell what it meant, & said to Robinson,
who was sitting at the head of the bed, on the side nearest
the door, 'What can be the matter? Do go and see.'"