A. I did; there was some little boys threw a couple of stones, and I says, "Quit that, boy, there will be trouble here."
Q. A couple of stones?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you hear any firing? Did you hear anybody shoot before the soldiers shot?
A. No, sir.
Q. You didn't see but a couple of stones thrown at all?
A. It was thrown from a couple of boys from the sand-house. They were in the sand-house, and there was some stones in the sand, and they threw them over our heads. I seen the boys that threw them—little boys about eight or ten years of age. There is a sand-house where they dry sand for the engines, and they were in the sand-house at the time.
Q. You did not see any stones come from the side of the hill?
A. No, sir; I was on this side of the railroad, nearer to Penn street than I was to the hillside.
Q. They would not have reached you?