A. There was not any order to fire, to the best of my knowledge. I was paying strict attention and I could have heard it if the battalion had heard it.
Q. What was the effect of the firing—what was the result?
A. There was a general clearing out of that mob for about ten minutes—five or ten minutes.
Q. They scattered and left that neighborhood?
A. Yes, sir; the firing commenced, and the troops appeared not to understand exactly where their enemies was. They fired too much towards where your humble servant was, I thought, and I undertook to help them to stop the firing, and the companies were fronted down Twenty-eighth street.
Q. The time this firing commenced, was the crowd all about, on each side of this body of troops that were coming up the track—they were each side of them—the crowd was all about on each side of your company?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Were scattered all about there?
A. Yes; they became very thick in a very short time.
Q. Then the crowd scattered after the firing?