A. Yes, sir.
Q. That he would not allow it?
A. Yes; he sent me verbally. Sometimes I would send over a man just to talk to him. That man might bring me back a verbal message, or might bring back a few lines. He said that I should not have the slightest fear.
Q. That he would take care of the railroad property?
A. He would take care of the property, and nothing should be destroyed while he was there. In one of his letters, he said he would rather die than submit to the destruction of property.
Q. Did he intimate to you in these communications that he had control of these men—that they would obey him?
A. They did obey him most implicitly. He said that.
Q. That they would obey him?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And do what he told them to do?