A. No; I don't think there were any strangers, although I can't say that I recognized any of them. If they were brought before me now, I could not say you were there or you were not there, because the fact of the matter is, I felt a little indignation, and so expressed myself to some police officers, that were standing, who happened to be near me. A police officer made a remark that excited me, and I turned upon him and berated him for what I supposed was his neglect of duty, and in that way my attention, possibly, was a little distracted from what was just passing at the time before me. If I understand you, you would like to get the name of this gate-*keeper at the bridge.
Q. Can you get any other gentlemen that could relate the same fact that Major Mumma can?
A. I cannot just now.
Q. About that squad of officers?
A. The major can. There was some people with him. McAllister's statement refers to a different transaction from what Mumma's does. Mumma's will be confined, if I remember rightly, to what he saw at Progress.
John D. Patterson, being duly sworn, testified as follows:
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. You were mayor of the city of Harrisburg, I believe, in July last?
A. Yes, sir.