A. I noticed that there were men destroying that appeared not to do it for personal gain. Just appeared fonder of destruction than anything else.
Q. Did you think that either of these two parties—the parties carrying away, and the parties breaking up the cars, were citizens?
A. The parties carrying away were citizens, but just appeared to be carrying away because it was there to be had, and wanted to get it.
Q. Those who broke up cars, did they appear to be citizens, too?
A. I could not say about that. The reason that I suppose these parties that carried away were citizens was because they were all making for different localities, and I have every reason to believe they were citizens from some of the things they were carrying away, such as rolling away barrels of flour, and rolling away barrels of lard.
Q. Looked as if they had a place to put it?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Would these goods have been consumed by the fire, had they not been carried off?
A. That was the excuse which some of them gave for it. There were some that would be ashamed to steal that were carrying the things off.
Q. Because they were being destroyed by the fire?