Q. Did the crowd scatter when they fired?
A. The crowd scattered.
By Mr. Means:
Q. How many of the soldiers fired at that time—at the first command?
A. The first fire?
Q. When General Pearson gave the command to fire, then his officers under him repeated the command. Now how many soldiers fired when these officers repeated that command?
A. It looked about like a platoon—about twenty-five, I suppose, if not more.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Were the crowd resisting these men? What were they doing when the soldiers came up?
A. They were on Twenty-eighth street crossing—the railroad crosses Twenty-eighth street—they were on there. They were talking and hollering. Some man called Pearson—that was the man I took away—called Pearson a son of a bitch, and these men took Pearson's part. Says he: "Don't call Al a son of a bitch; he is a friend of mine!" I thought there was going to be a fight between them, too, and a man called me over and told me to get him away. I took him away with me across the track towards the round-house, and he started on down. There was nobody in front of me at all, and I had hardly got in there until the crowd was right at my heels.