Q. Did they comply?
A. Most generally.
Q. During the day, Sunday, did you receive any orders from the mayor?
A. No; except I was out with him at the scene of action in the afternoon. The mayor was out there before daylight, and I was out there myself. I came in about six or seven o'clock, and got my breakfast, and went out at ten o'clock, and then I found the mayor there.
Q. Did you receive any orders during Sunday night from the mayor?
A. Nothing, except about handling the police, in trying to prevent the mob getting into those stores.
Q. What did you do to prevent that?
A. They called some of the south side police over, and had them doing duty around in places where they anticipated there might be a break made, but there was considerable damage done before the police arrived.
Q. What damage was done before the police arrived?
A. A couple of stores were gutted, on Penn avenue and on Liberty street.