A. Yes, sir.
Q. That is a part I had already forgotten, but it came into my mind a while ago, that while you had that police force there, you received a volley fired by somebody there at that point. I would like to know who it was from?
A. To the best of my knowledge, it was from the soldiers.
Q. Of what command?
A. General Reeder's command. The soldiers came down through the cut, and the first firing we heard, there were some parties said they are firing blank cartridges. The first firing I heard was pistol shots, that was the starting of the fire, but the crowd was very large on both sides of the cut, and the cut was pretty well filled with the rioters—with the mob, and the first I heard was pistol shots, and then I heard louder shots that seemed more like gun shots, and rifle shots. There were several of them, and immediately afterwards, there was a regular volley fired right down in the crowd.
Q. Have you ever been in active service in the army?
A. Yes; I have been three years and nine months.
Q. And from what you know of being there, did you consider that this shooting was musketry, or was it pistol shots?
A. It was musketry, it was rifle firing—there was pistol firing and rifle firing. The shots were sharp enough, that I knew they were minie balls.
Q. Could you tell whether there was a volley or skirmishing?