Q. Did he say in response to your application--did he say whether he had the policemen or not, or did he make any excuse that he could not raise them?
A. No; I do not think he made any reply in regard to his police. I was aware that his police were small and scattered around the city, and my idea was to have him swear in some of us as special police.
Q. Did he refuse to swear you in as special police?
A. He did not take any action in the matter.
A. Yes; Mr. Bown left his store and came to my store, and while there, we heard the mob.
Q. How long before the mob came down had you made this call upon the mayor?
A. Two hours, at least--two hours--an hour and a half or two hours. Before the mob got there, I went back to Mr. Bown's store, and asked him if there was no place to secrete the arms, and they took them down into the cellar and vault and secreted a good many of them.
A. Yes; I saw the mob in the store, but not in front of the store, because we had gone in the rear private way. We could see the store full of people--probably one hundred to one hundred and fifty were in the store.
A. They did not seem to me to be any particularly riot element, so far as appearances were concerned. They did not look like tramps or roughs.
Q. Do you suppose they were citizens of Pittsburgh?
Q. Did they take away any more arms than they wanted themselves?
Q. Was there any ammunition in the store?
Q. Was the mayor aware of those arms and that ammunition in the store?
A. It was the most prominent gun store in the city.
Q. Could any force of determined men have stopped the riot?
A. I am only speaking about that gun shop, and I think that from thirty to fifty determined men could have prevented the riot at that place.
Q. Did you tell him you wanted a force to guard that gun store?
A. Yes; I said for God's sake do something to protect that gun store. I looked at it this way: That it would be terribly fatal if the mob were to get in and get guns and ammunition.
Q. You are intimately acquainted with him?
William H. Bown, _sworn with the uplifted hand_:
A. I belong to the firm of James Bown & Son. Our place of business is located on Wood street, and our business is cutlery and guns and revolvers, and all kinds of sportsmen's articles.