 The killing and subsequent media coverage inflamed tensions, with groups of colonists looking for soldiers to harass, and soldiers also looking for confrontation.On the evening of March 5, Private Hugh White stood on guard duty outside the Boston Custom House on King Street (today known as State Street).A young wigmaker's apprentice named Edward Garrick called out to Captain-Lieutenant John Goldfinch, accusing him of refusing to pay a bill due to Garrick's master.