Q. Did you meet any other persons that had been members of the police force?
A. No; not in that position?
Q. What replies did you get from the men when admonishing them to desist?
A. Everybody was filled with the idea that the troops the citizens causelessly, and that had excited the indignation and made men wild. It was a fearful sentiment on Saturday night.
Q. I understood you to state that the reason why you did not go to the Twelfth ward during the Friday and Saturday before, was that you had been superseded by the military?
A. Yes; and because I was perfectly satisfied that the influence that controlled would be disastrous, and that I could not prevent it, and I was not going to permit myself to be compromised by it.
Q. You did go to the scene on Saturday night?
A. I did.
Q. Or rather on Sunday?
A. I did.