Q. Did you see them load?
A. No, sir; I did not see them fire.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. There was nothing preparatory at all, to this word fire.
A. No, sir; I thought it very strange myself, at the time the command to fire was given. They were not even ready.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. You say you heard General Pearson speak to those officers, and said something about firing. You do not know whether he said not allow the men to fire, or to fire?
A. No, sir.
Q. How long after he made this remark to those officers did the command to fire come from those officers, and did it come from those same officers he was talking to?
A. I could not say whether it came from the same officers he was talking to. There were about fifteen or twenty of them in the crowd. I cannot say who he was addressing. It was started from that crowd, and carried by others still further down the line.