After we took him to the Colonel, Sergeant Murray and I had a difficult thing to get that man away. I shouted to Murray: "Into the kitchen."
We fought our way through the dining room into the kitchen with two or three hundred fellows. Murray left the man in my care until he called the patrol wagon. Then I started for the Auditorium. After we went to the kitchen I searched the man again for possible other weapons. I did not find anything. He said: "My gun is gone; your people took it away from me."
I forced him down into a chair and held him down until the police got back.
(Mr. Zabel)—You accompanied the Colonel from the train to the hotel?
(Answer)—Yes.
(Mr. Zabel)—Did you notice the police protection?
(Answer)—They did not have enough men to keep the crowd away from the side of the Colonel. I think it was one of the ex-President's party who walked along side of the ex-President. When I got to the hotel I was of course pretty busy with the Colonel, and Sergeant Murray was there. Someone asked me to see if he could not get an officer to go with the carriage to the Auditorium and walk on the side the ex-President was. I called the Sergeant and he said he would find a man for me there. As to how many men were there, I do not remember. I know Sergeant Murray was there and I saw one other man.
(Mr. Zabel)—Any policeman assisting you and the sergeant in making the arrest of this fellow?
(Answer)—There was another officer there when we started to the hotel trying to keep the crowd back.