Q. You knew it was the sheriff afterwards?
A. Yes; I didn't know him, and don't now. I never met him after that.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. State whether there was any order given to fire at Twenty-eighth street?
A. I never received any order, and gave no order to fire, nor do I believe any order was given to fire. The firing at Twenty-eighth street commended by the men in the rear rank of the Weccacoe Legion. The company had been brought to a charge bayonets when the crowd seized this man's musket. I saw them take hold of it. He drew back and fired. The firing extended then towards the right—towards the Washington Grays.
Q. Did he draw his musket away?
A. He stepped back about a pace, and fired.
Q. Did he fire at the man?
A. I cannot tell, but he fired into the crowd. The firing then extended to the right. My regiment was crowded into—the crowd overlapping my right, which I suppose was the cause of the troops being ordered from my right to push the crowd back. The firing was desultory file firing, and I think that the responsibility for it rests with the authorities who put the troops into that perilous position.
Q. Had there been firing by the crowd before that?