A. They seemed to be working men--men that came from the south side. One squad that came from the south side--I saw them going down the street--a couple of young men--the same that I saw marching down Penn street. Some of them have been arrested since.
Q. You think the men were principally from the south side who broke into the gun stores?
A. About the time that they broke into them, at different places, I had squads of men. On Fifth street a couple of young men came down firing off guns, and I went to the mayor's office for more men, and I was not there two minutes when word came that Brown's gun store was broke into. I then got some men and placed them in front of the door.
Q. Did you succeed in keeping the crowd out then?
A. Yes; but it was not much good then, for the things were gone. They had ransacked the place.
A. It was on Saturday night. It was just about dusk when this party came down, and went in on Liberty street and on Penn street. I was going up that way towards Twenty-eighth street, when I saw this mob coming down. I followed on down to see what they proposed to do.
Q. You had no men stationed about any of these gun stores before they broke into them?
A. Yes; on the regular city force. I sent them to the places where I thought they were most needed, and I tried to prevent the mob from getting fire-arms.
Q. Were those men that you took to Twenty-eighth street dressed in uniform?
A. No; just a few of them had vests on with uniform buttons on. And all of them that had badges about them, I had them place them on their coats in order to show that they were officers.
Q. Were there any that had neither vests nor badges among them?
A. I think there were. Some of them did not happen to have anything with which to show that they were officers.
A. No; they were taken out in a hurry from the city hall--just taken out on the spur of the moment.
Q. What time were those warrants placed in your hands for the arrest of those parties?
A. My recollection of the warrants--I could very easily give you a definite answer if I had time to go to the office and refer to my memoranda. Then I could tell you. But I think it was Friday. That is my impression. I think it was Friday morning or Thursday afternoon.