Q. They did that systematically, did they?
A. Oh, yes; carried me right out.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Did you, at any time during the riots, employ your night force in the day time?
A. Such of them as we could get. Understand this, my idea of this matter was that the soldiers, having possession of the railroad property, were cooped up for the night, and that when daylight would appear they would go out into the open ground, and take possession of things. My idea was, they went into this place to prevent being pushed back during the night. The great body of the police force went off at six o'clock in the morning. I, supposing that the police would have nothing to do, except to do street duty under this excitement, and had instructed the chief of police to call upon the discharged policemen, supposing that he could get plenty of them, but that expectation was not realized, and not expecting that the soldiers would leave the city at the time they did, had given no orders to keep the night policemen on duty that morning; but when I found that the soldiers had all dispersed, I telegraphed down to the central station to detain such policemen as were there—and there were some there—and they were detained, and they were on duty all day.
Q. Did you make any effort to re-assemble the night police after you ascertained they had left?
A. Could not do it.
Q. Did you make any effort?
A. Could not do it.
Q. Could not you find them?