Q. Of the city of Scranton—of the mayor?
A. Yes, sir; under the mayor.
Q. State where you were on the morning of the 1st August, when the men came from the silk-works into the shops, driving the employés out of the shops?
A. Allow me to state it as it was.
Q. In brief?
A. I was here on duty on the upper end of this avenue during the night of the last of July or the 1st of August. I had permission of the chief of police to leave here at five o'clock. Well, I did. During this time there was a fire at what was said to be the Pennsylvania railroad, No. 5. I went out and returned about ten o'clock. I called in to the coal and iron company's store up here, to get a rubber overcoat, with the intention of going home. While I was there, Mr. W. W. Scranton, says to me—I used to be deputy sheriff, was deputy sheriff for the past twelve years, off and on, at this end of the county. I had nothing else from the 24th of November, 1871, till the 12th April, 1878.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Just come to the facts?
A. I stopped there and I went up and looked through a field-piece, and saw a large quantity of men.
Q. Field-glass?