By Senator Reyburn:
Q. How much ground would a man have to cover taking in all the side streets?
A. He would have to cover six squares, and extraordinarily large squares at that, and I think that it would take him over twenty minutes to rapidly walk it.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. These police were night watchmen then all of them?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Had you before that had any day police?
A. Oh, yes. Previous to that, altogether the whole police force of policemen, including ten lamp-watchmen, consisted of two hundred and twenty-six men, and in consequence of the heavy taxation, and the absolute inability of the treasurer to pay for the policemen, they were compelled to cut it down one hundred and eleven men, or rather one hundred and sixteen men altogether—I am talking about policemen, I leave the lamp watchmen out—and then there was a deficiency of sixteen to eighteen thousand dollars for the year.
Q. When was that done?
A. That was done on the 1st of July, or thereabouts, maybe a little before that.