Q. Did the mayor's clerk come down and order those policemen to report?
A. Yes.
Q. Did he take them away from your store?
A. Yes; at that time everything was quiet about the city.
Q. He had notified you that there would be an attempt made?
A. It was reported that there would be an attempt made on the different gun stores.
Q. Yet he took these policemen away?
A. Yes; because at that time there was no excitement at the lower end of the city.
Q. Did they return before you were driven out of the store by the mob?
A. I did not see them; but I cannot say.