Q. Now, how many persons were wounded, so far as you could ascertain?
A. That I cannot ascertain; but I presume there were as many as six or eight more that were wounded—probably more.
Q. Do you know how many of the soldiers were wounded?
A. No; I didn't learn, but I understand—I think that there were but two or three that were in any ways seriously hurt—none mortally.
Q. Now you may state what efforts were made by the sheriff on Tuesday—Monday night and Tuesday to preserve the peace?
A. The only effort that he made then that I know of was that he sent notice to quite a number of the citizens to call at his office and be sworn in as deputy sheriffs. What instructions they received from him I don't know.
Q. Do you know how many offered themselves or responded to his notice?
A. I don't know, but I understood there was some five or six hundred citizens that were sworn in by him or his deputy.
Q. What efforts did the mayor make, if any, to preserve the peace during the entire disturbance?
A. The mayor was not here at the time, but returned the night, I think, shortly before these troops left. He afterwards went out to the depot and was in communication with General Reeder, if I mistake not. I don't think that anything further was done to suppress the mob, for everything was quiet then.