Q. Did you or any one else attempt to arrest him at any time during the riot?
A. No; I don't think we did do anything of the kind. I was down several times and saw them still in force there, but my object was more by persuasion to keep them from committing any overt acts of violence, further than to stop trains. I did not want to see any property destroyed or any lives lost, and I knew that the best policy was to counsel peace and keep from getting into a fight with so small a force as we had. There were more than twenty, I suppose, to one of us, and then, besides that, they had the sympathy of a number of the men that were with us—probably of our police officers. It was with a good deal of difficulty that they would even consent to go down. I had to threaten to put them off the force, but I concluded we had better counsel peace, and keep from getting into trouble with them by arresting them.
By Mr. Means:
Q. Did you hear any of the citizens have any conversation with the men when you were there, counseling them to hold it?
A. I did hear one of the citizens.
Q. Just state to this committee what that citizen said to Mr. Ammon?
A. That was a man by the name of Hahn. He made a remark of this kind; says he: "The railroad men are right." That was in Ammon's presence. I don't know whether he directed his remarks to Ammon or to me. Says he, "The railroad operators are right, and I will give as much as I can afford to sustain them and help them hold out."
Q. What did you say that man's name was?
A. His name is Hahn. He is a grocer.
By Senator Yutzy: