Q. Could any force of determined men have stopped the riot?
A. I am only speaking about that gun shop, and I think that from thirty to fifty determined men could have prevented the riot at that place.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. You were willing to be one of them?
A. I said so.
Q. Did you tell him you wanted a force to guard that gun store?
A. Yes; I said for God's sake do something to protect that gun store. I looked at it this way: That it would be terribly fatal if the mob were to get in and get guns and ammunition.
By Mr. Means:
Q. Did the major know who you were?
A. Intimately.