A. No, sir; the city did not pay me for that as a constable.
Q. Is not that part of your duties as a constable?
A. It is a part of my duty as constable to try to suppress or arrest anybody I would see acting disorderly on the street, but a constable among two or three hundred men is of very little use. We ain't paid by the city government as constable, to do anything——
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Could you not have arrested this man who was firing on the troops?
A. I do not know.
Q. Were you not armed?
A. I was not.
Q. Had no pistol?
A. No, sir.