Q. Was that your occupation in July last, at the time of the riots?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Will you be kind enough to state any information that you have in regard to the causes leading to the riot?
A. I have none to give of personal knowledge. I was not out of the office that day from three o'clock until the next morning or the next day at one or two. I only know it from reporters that had been out at the scene of the difficulty. I only know it from hearsay, and I do not suppose that is evidence. I am prepared to answer to the queries in regard to the paper. There is an editorial in there. I desire to state that that is mine.
Q. That is in the Critic of July 22?
A. I desire that to be part of my evidence.
Q. "Military Blunder—Uncalled-for Bloodshed."
A. Yes, sir.
[Critic, July 22.]
Military Blunder—Uncalled-for Bloodshed.