Q. But Sixteenth street runs up to the railroad. Now, could you not have formed the men at Sixteenth street and thrown them across the railroad, with one wing running out towards the hill, and then have kept the crowd back?
A. No; because you could not have got the mob together at any one point—because the mob most all the time extended five hundred or six hundred yards.
Q. To what point did the mob extend, coming towards the city?
A. Nearly into Union depot.
Q. Then could you not have formed at Union depot and kept them back?
A. It would have taken a great many more men than that.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Was any effort made at all to get control of this crowd at any time during the disturbance?
A. Yes.
Q. With your fifteen or sixteen men, you mean?