A. I cannot tell the time exactly, but it was nine or ten o'clock, as near as I can say. I don't think I looked at my watch the whole twenty-four hours. I merely remember the time by the sequence.
Q. What was his purpose in coming there, or did he express any purpose?
A. My recollection is, he said he had come to see whether he could get provisions and ammunition, and I think that is the same reason that he gives in his report.
Q. What efforts did he make to get provisions and ammunition to the troops that night?
A. None at all, that I know of.
Q. You saw no efforts made?
A. I understood from the conversation that took place, that it was admitted that General Pearson could not get back to the round-house, and that he alone, without any force—there was no force there—could not get any provisions to the troops, and that as he seemed to be particularly obnoxious to the mob, it would be safer—or at least keep the mob from going to extremes—if he was out of the way. For these reasons he accepted General Latta's suggestion that he should leave.
Q. How long did he remain at the hotel?
A. I suppose—perhaps half an hour, perhaps longer.
Q. Do you know where he went?