Q. How long were they kept by the policemen?
A. Until Saturday morning.
Q. And no arrests were made?
A. No arrests were made.
Q. And then what was done with them?
A. They came there and wanted to take the information away—the law authorities—I think Mr. Housey was one of them. We would not give them the information—would not let go of that. Then they wanted the names of the men who were implicated in it for the purpose of getting out bench warrants, and they got the names. We gave them to them.
Q. Why were these men not arrested on Friday?
A. Because a troubled state of feeling had been existing in the community by calling out the troops, and I instructed the policemen to be very cautious, and if they made any arrests, an arrest any time before the meeting of the grand jury would be sufficient, simply for the purposes of this information.
Q. Did you not understand these persons were the leaders in the disturbances on Twenty-eighth street?
A. I would understand they were engaged in it.