Q. Did you make any effort before you disbanded to see him?
A. No, sir.
Q. Knowing him to be there, or believing him to be there?
A. No, sir; I did not make any effort to see him. At this time I suppose that the mob was gathered in such great crowds it would be advisable for the military to be out of the road of the mob so as not to get their ill will.
Q. In your military experience, in your judgment, could you have taken a position and intrenched yourself and held your ground against the mob during the night?
A. Oh, no.
Q. Nowhere in the vicinity?
A. No, sir; unless I had been in the round-house.
Q. Could you not have marched out away from there and held your body?
A. They would have suffered great loss to have marched away.