Q. The chief of police was on the ground was he?
A. He was on the ground, and I think manfully did his duty.
Q. How many police were on duty at the time in the city?
A. I suppose there were about twenty-five or thirty, I forget the number.
Q. Do you know what authority the mayor has in case of riot and disturbances, given by the charter of the city or the laws relating to the city?
A. I have never read them. I have never read the charter of the city; but my own judgment would tell me that he had power of suppressing—the same power of suppressing a riot that a sheriff would have.
Q. Was that matter discussed, or taken into consideration by the citizens at the time? Did you hear any expression by legal gentlemen as to what the power of the mayor was?
A. I cannot say that I did; but the matter was discussed pretty freely among citizens, and some seemed to think that the mayor ought to have suppressed the riot. I presume he would if he had been here.
Q. Did he arrive here before the firing took place in the cut?
A. No.