E. Wallace Mathews, sworn:
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. Where do you reside?
A. In Philadelphia—No. 4105 Walnut street.
Q. What is your connection with the National Guard—what is your rank?
A. At present I am not in the National Guard. During the July riots I occupied the position of brigadier general, and was in command of the First brigade, First division.
Q. State whether you were at Twenty-eighth street on Saturday, the 21st, when the collision occurred between the troops and the mob?
A. I was in the neighborhood of Twenty-eighth street, near the railway crossing, in command of my brigade.
Q. State what occurred prior to the firing?
A. The troops had been marching in column of fours, preceded by a gentleman in citizen's dress, who was pointed out to me as the sheriff of the county, and directly in advance of us was General Brinton and an officer dressed in fatigue uniform—a major general—who was pointed out to me as General Pearson. We marched toward Twenty-eighth street, in which was a dense crowd. The crowd was pressing upon both flanks, and was very dense in front, on Twenty-eighth street, at the crossing.