A. The whole force was one hundred and twenty men—nine of them were engaged in the station-houses, and ten of them watched lamps—patrolmen, detectives, and all. That was for the whole city.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. How many men were discharged from the day force?
A. One hundred and sixteen men were discharged. Our whole force consisted of two hundred and thirty-six men, all told. The appropriation ran out, and we had to knock the men off.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. What reason was given by the officer for not serving the warrants? He had them one night, had he not?
A. We did not get the houses all located. It seems they were out that night, and we could not get them served, and the next morning we were ordered not to serve them. The case was put into the hands of the sheriff on Friday, I think.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. While you had those warrants for the arrest of those ten men, could you not have arrested them?
A. I do not think, with the few men we could have got, that we could have arrested them out there, on account of those men out there. It might have made the thing worse if we had attempted to arrest them on the ground. I thought it was better to arrest them away from there.