A. I can only give an estimate of the reports—from one thousand five hundred to two thousand. They are very large works. I have been through them.
Q. When he said, "our boys came home tired out from last night's work," what work did he allude to?
A. The conversation was on this burning altogether—on the destruction of the property. My inference was that it was the work we had witnessed.
Q. Were you talking about any other subject at the time?
A. No, sir; nothing but the disturbance then in progress.
Q. Did you see any attempt while you were there to destroy or set fire to individual property?
A. No; I did not.
Q. When you arrived at the scene of the riot, how large a crowd was there?
A. On the streets—it would be impossible to judge the number.
Q. Engaged in actual burning and rioting?