Q. For how long a time did he keep these men employed?
A. A portion of them were discharged about ten days thereafter—perhaps in all the half of them—and the remainder were continued for forty or fifty days. I would state that the committee of public safety and other citizens united in a paper, whereby they pledged themselves to pay all expenses that might be incurred by this committee, without any limit whatever, and that we subsequently obtained specific subscriptions to the amount of about fifty thousand dollars.
Q. How much of that was expended in the operation?
A. I can't say positively, but a small portion of it, probably fifteen thousand dollars.
Q. And after the organization of that committee of public safety, the peace was preserved from that time forward?
A. Yes, sir; how much the committee had to do with it is a question I could not determine.
Q. Did the people unite heartily in carrying out the suggestions made by that committee?
A. Yes; I think the committee had no cause of complaint. They had the sympathy and coöperation of the community generally.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. You know nothing of the causes leading to the riot?