Q. The officers reported to you, did they?
Q. You being the chief of detectives, did you send any men out to spot those parties?
A. No, sir; after Friday, the thing was taken out of our hands. If any party gave information in regard to what was done, we would have them arrested. The detectives were out. We made inquiries of people as to what they saw other people do.
Q. Was it not on Saturday morning that you considered the complaint withdrawn upon which the warrants were based?
A. I think on Friday, it was, that I was notified to hold them until further orders.
Q. Was it not on Saturday morning instead of on Friday morning?
A. My recollection is, that it was Friday.
Q. Were you present at any time during the destruction of the property of the railroad company by fire?
A. I was along the line Sunday morning, in Liberty street. I drove along with the mayor in a buggy. My mother and sister both lived back of the Union depot, and they were burned out. I tried to help them get their things away.
Q. During the fire, were you ever called on by the chief of the fire department, or by anybody connected with the fire department, to protect them in their attempts to put out the fire?
Q. Do you know of any other officer of the police force being called upon to assist them?
Q. Did you take any measures to prevent this destruction?
A. We could not do anything after the first firing was done. With what police force we had, we could do nothing at all. They commenced breaking into houses, and gun stores, &c., and we tried to prevent them from doing that.
Q. Did you see them breaking into any gun stores?
A. Yes; on Penn street I saw a couple of men breaking into a pawn shop. I heard of the mob coming, and I hurried up the officers, and placed men in front of different gun stores, but on Wood street they got into one in spite of the men. Before that, we had notified the different parties to put their guns away, that the excitement was very great, and that the soldiers had fired upon the men, and that they would be apt to break into places to try to get arms. I notified the different parties to put their goods away that the mob should not get them.
Q. Who composed that crowd--did you recognize any of them?