A. No, sir; we did not call for the militia at all.
Q. Did not find it necessary?
A. Did not find it necessary.
Q. About how large was the crowd at that time? How many would it number in your opinion?
A. It is a hard matter to give you an estimate. The crowd broke and ran across the bridge, and parties who lived on the other side of the canal have estimated them from two to five hundred people. I judge there were two or three hundred people there anyhow.
Q. Did they re-assemble at any time after being dispersed that night?
A. No, sir. Right after we had dispersed them, we organized at once into companies and patrolled the whole town, and of course it was known that we would arrest any assemblies or any crowds at any place. On Tuesday evening there were a number of parties who were looked upon with a good deal of suspicion at the depot—at the railroad; but they made no demonstration, and dispersed on our approach.
Q. What was done with the parties that you arrested?
A. Tried and convicted at court.
Q. Do you know how many were tried and convicted?