By Senator Reyburn:
Q. You did not hear enough of the conversation between those men, to find out whether there was an organization?
A. None, whatever. I did not hear sufficient of that. I believe that is all the conversation I heard in regard to the matter. There was a remark made that rather implied I had better get out of the way, and I stood over by the engine.
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. These men were both strangers to you, the short man and the large one?
A. They were men who were working. I evidently took them to be mill men about the city here. I do not think they were strangers in the city at all, sir.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. Were they railroad men?
A. I do not think so. I could not judge from their appearance. Just from their appearance, I took them to be men working about some of the mills or about some heavy employment in the city. I judged that more from their general appearance and from their hands. I noticed one man put up his fist. He had a very large heavy fist, and it looked like a work-man's fist.
Q. That was Thursday or Friday subsequent to the burning, that you met this other man?