Q. Did you go to any trouble to ascertain the extent of that disturbance, on the first disturbance on Thursday?
A. Of course, I knew the extent of it from what the police told me.
Q. You were shortly informed of what was going on—made all efforts necessary to ascertain?
A. It came to me without an effort.
Q. Didn't require any effort to ascertain?
A. No, sir; I inquired what going on, and ascertained what was going on.
Q. Didn't your police inform you that the mob had overpowered the police, and also the railroad authorities, on Thursday?
A. Why, no! they didn't overpower them. I proved that here. They were not overpowered.
Q. They had every control of their railroad and their rolling stock without interference?
A. I will prove it to you by the police.