A. I suppose they looked on it in this way. I inferred this from the tone of their conversation--that they were discharged--that the councils had thought proper to dispense with their services when there was no trouble, and that, when they were in trouble they did not propose to put their heads into the halter. I know one of them left my squad--or two of them. One of them did not reflect that he might be taken to where he would get hurt or get hit with a stone. He left and the other left.
A. They had been dropped from the rolls the week previous. They were not bound in any way to the city.
Q. Did not a demand have to be made on them?
A. No, sir; I simply told them. Those that wanted to go, fell into line, and marched out as volunteers.
Q. They could leave as soon as they wanted?
A. Yes; the same as any other citizens. They were not under pay--not under pay at all.
Q. Did you not have the right from the mayor to demand them to go with you?
A. I did not know I had a right any more than I could command you to assist me.
Q. Did you get such instructions from the mayor?
A. At the time we went out we did not expect any such trouble.
Q. But did the mayor give you instructions to demand them to go with you?
A. He did not think of it, and I did not either. I thought that the presence, as Mr. Watt told me--that the presence of five or six men would have the desired effect.
Q. Did you make any report to the mayor, during the afternoon?
Q. Do you know of an order, given by the mayor to his officers, to compel men to serve on the police force, during those troubles?
A. I do not know of any order of that kind. I know of orders given by the mayor to summon all the men that had been dropped from the rolls, and to get them organized with the men we had, and go on duty. A number of them responded. That was on Sunday.
A. I did not understand it as compulsory at all. I did not think it was.
Q. It was simply a call for volunteers to go out?
Q. Did you state to them anything about their pay--as to how they would be paid?
A. I do not know as I stated anything to them probably the first day, but the understanding was after they got out there that Mr. Watt was responsible for the pay of these men.
Q. The mayor did not make any call on the night police to go out there at all on Thursday?