Q. They have left the city entirely?
A. Yes.
Q. You were about the city a good deal attending to your duties, and you know a large part of the population?
A. I do.
Q. That crowd of men that went out there on Saturday and Sunday—was the crowd composed of men about the city?
A. No; they were pretty much all strangers; the biggest portion of them were strange men.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. In your duties as a roundsman, had you noticed any unusual influx of strangers into the town?
A. I had—a great many. We had a large crowd of them, I believe from Cumberland—in the neighborhood of twenty-five or thirty—that is, one batch, and I took notice of others.
Q. Sufficient to attract the attention of the police authorities?