Q. Where did you try to raise a posse?
A. In the streets here.
Q. To what class of men did you go?
A. To most anybody that we could get hold of—citizens of Pittsburgh.
Q. What responses did you get usually?
A. Some said they would not go under any consideration and others promised to go, but did not come when the time came.
Q. How many did you succeed in getting?
A. Out of ten or fifteen that promised to come, I think only one or two came.
Q. Did you go outside of the city in trying to raise the posse?
A. No.