Q. Did the military supersede you?
A. Certainly they did.
Q. I want to know if you think the military can supersede you?
A. Mr. Chairman, you are getting too hair-splitting here. If I had charge the military could not supersede me—it would not be in their power.
Q. Did you not have charge at the commencement?
A. At the commencement I had, but on Friday morning I was thrown to the dogs. In the night they had sent for the sheriff. They did not come down to the mayor's office, where I was ready and waiting to hear what was going on there the whole night, but they went for the sheriff and they took him out.
Q. Did they not telegraph you for fifty more additional police?
A. Did I not tell you half a dozen times that I knew nothing about that—I received no dispatch—how often must I repeat that?
Q. Was it not received at your office?
A. I was told that they sent there for more men, and that they got them.