A. Yes; but it was not much good then, for the things were gone. They had ransacked the place.
By Mr. Larrabee:
Q. What time was that?
A. It was on Saturday night. It was just about dusk when this party came down, and went in on Liberty street and on Penn street. I was going up that way towards Twenty-eighth street, when I saw this mob coming down. I followed on down to see what they proposed to do.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. You had no men stationed about any of these gun stores before they broke into them?
A. Yes, sir; at Brown's, on Wood street.
Q. Were they uniformed men?
A. Yes; on the regular city force. I sent them to the places where I thought they were most needed, and I tried to prevent the mob from getting fire-arms.