Q. What was the character of the crowd immediately in front of the military, or near the military?
A. Rough looking. I had seen the same crowd around for two or three days. I had been out and in on the railroad. I had seen them at … street and Twenty-eighth street, for two or three days.
Q. Would you take them to be citizens of Harrisburg?
A. Yes, sir; not as a general thing. I know some of the conductors of the trains remarked to me that everybody was going in and nobody was coming out—all the tramps come in town and none going out.
Q. These men—would you take them to be what is generally denominated tramps?
A. Not all of them. Generally a pretty rough looking set. On the hill side there was plenty of women and children.
Q. I mean in the immediate vicinity of where the troubles were?
A. These were a rough looking set of men. I won't say they were all tramps. They were a rough looking set of men. I noticed them before the military came up. There was no disturbance at all until after the military came up. They were all quiet.
Q. They resisted the military, when they came up?
A. After they formed a line and made a charge.