Q. How did you get that idea?
A. From the manner in which they acted. We regarded them as bad as anybody we had met there, and so far as my boys were concerned we had made up our minds to give it to them when we got a chance. We thought it was their duty to protect the peace, and not assist in breaking it up, and we preferred them to citizens. That is what I mean. We meant to give it to them, if we got a chance.
By Mr. Means:
Q. Did you have an opportunity to mingle in with the crowd?
A. Not a great many. I served with the Pittsburghers for three years, and I met a few of them out there.
Q. You knew some of the Pittsburghers?
A. Yes; I have served with them.
Q. In what regiment were you?
A. The Sixty-first Pennsylvania, commanded by Oliver H. Ripley, of Pittsburgh.
Q. You met some of them there while on this trip?