By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Was the command to fire given by any of the officers?
A. I think it was.
Q. What ones?
A. I could not designate the officer. I heard the word fire so frequently between the parties outside casting their anathemas at the soldiers. As I understood, the order came from an officer; but I could not distinguish which one it was. I heard the order to load very distinctly.
Q. Did you hear the order from an officer to fire?
A. I did so.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Which men fired? These men endeavoring to press back the crowd, did they fire? You say they wheeled to clear the crowd off Twenty-eighth street; did they fire into this crowd?
A. I think not, sir.