A. They were sent there for that purpose, to do just as they said for them to do.
Q. You delegated the power to the railroad officials to have charge of these men?
A. I cannot say that I delegated them, because there were not over four or five that were under my control.
Q. Did you consider, under all the circumstances, that the railroad officials or anybody else had the right to dismiss police without consulting you, or had any control over them?
A. Under those circumstances, I did.
By Mr. Larrabee:
Q. Was that dismissal anything more than a mere taking of those warrants from the hands of the police, and putting them in the hands of the sheriff?
A. There was nothing of the kind took place, and now understand me: policemen, at the suggestion of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, were sent there during the afternoon and the night. They were there under the control of the railroad authorities, and when the railroad authorities did not want them any more, they dismissed them, which was on Friday morning.
Q. You understand they gave them a formal dismissal, and told them their services were not needed to keep the peace any longer?
A. I do not know in what form it was done.