A. No; he gave the order to fire. I heard it distinctly.
Q. You are sure it was Pearson—you could distinguish Pearson among the crowd of officers?
A. As a military man, I have heard him give orders. Have heard him time and time and time again, and I know a man's voice when I hear it very often.
Q. What did he have on—a hat?
A. I think he had a soft hat—black soft hat, with a rim about that wide [indicating]—it may have been wider, but I did not pay particular attention to it—did not pay enough attention to him to know that he had a sword, because I did not think it was necessary.
Q. Did you see the troops come out of the round-house the next day?
A. After the firing was over, about five o'clock, I went home, and a gentleman by the name of Root, that boards in the house with me—after supper I says, "Suppose we go over and see what is going on over the hill." We went over and stayed there awhile—did not go down. The next Sunday morning, about one o'clock, I heard an alarm, and I got out of my room and went through the hall and rapped at the door. Says I, "There is an alarm of fire. I bet that's the railroad property." Says he, "Oh, no." I went back to bed, and stayed there until the next morning about seven o'clock. I got up and went over the hill, and about eight o'clock—I think it was eight o'clock, I would not say for certain—the Philadelphia soldiers went out of the round-house. I was away up on the hill.
Q. Did you see them come out?
A. I saw a crowd. I could not distinguish. I was five or six hundred yards away from them.
Q. You were up on the hill?