Q. Was he standing close to where the men commenced firing when he gave the order to those men? You say he wheeled around; those he gave the command to must have been behind him?
A. Here is where he stood. [Illustrating.] He wheeled around to the officers to the rear, and they passed the command to the officers in front. They repeated the order to fire.
By Mr. Means:
Q. Did the officers who repeated that command repeat it in a distinct, loud tone of voice?
A. Yes; they repeated it distinctly.
Q. How many of them?
A. There were some three or four, I could not say exactly. I am positive there was three or four, if not more—positive of three.
Q. And then the firing was done—it was not a volley of musketry—it was just done at random, was it?
A. The first squad that fired there, I don't believe there was more than about half a second between them, and the squads, as soon as this squad fired on this side first, then these other fellows here fired, [indicating,] and the crowd broke away and run down. I laid there. They wheeled right down over me, and fired down Twenty-eighth street.
By Senator Reyburn: