By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Did you see Mr. Stewart on Friday?
A. I did not.
Q. At the city hall steps?
A. I did not. I did see Mr. Stewart at the city hall steps on Saturday forenoon.
Q. What was the conversation then?
A. It was simply conveying from Mr. Scott or Mr. Cassatt, as he stated, a desire that I should go up to the Union depot to see Mr. Cassatt. I declined to do so, and gave my reasons for it, which were, substantially, that the troops were brought here unnecessarily; that it was disgracing the city, and that I had an abiding conviction it would end in bloodshed, which would be unnecessary; and I declined to go to see him, as I knew who and what Pennsylvania railroad officers were; that they were imperious and dictatorial, and I could have no influence upon them whatever, and the result verified my predictions.
By Mr. Means:
Q. At that time did this gentleman ask you to swear in a certain number of police officers, and the railroad company would pay them?
A. He never said anything of the kind, either that day or any other day. It is pretty hard to join those two statements together.