A. About the time that they broke into them, at different places, I had squads of men. On Fifth street a couple of young men came down firing off guns, and I went to the mayor's office for more men, and I was not there two minutes when word came that Brown's gun store was broke into. I then got some men and placed them in front of the door. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Did you succeed in keeping the crowd out then? A. Yes; but it was not much good then, for the things were gone. They had ransacked the place. By Mr. Larrabee: Q. What time was that? A. It was on Saturday night. It was just about dusk when this party came down, and went in on Liberty street and on Penn street. I was going up that way towards Twenty-eighth street, when I saw this mob coming down. I followed on down to see what they proposed to do. By Senator Yutzy: Q. You had no men stationed about any of these gun stores before they broke into them? A. Yes, sir; at Brown's, on Wood street. Q. Were they uniformed men? A. Yes; on the regular city force. I sent them to the places where I thought they were most needed, and I tried to prevent the mob from getting fire-arms. * * * * * Charles McGovern, re-called. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Were those men that you took to Twenty-eighth street dressed in uniform? A. No; just a few of them had vests on with uniform buttons on. And all of them that had badges about them, I had them place them on their coats in order to show that they were officers. Q. Were there any that had neither vests nor badges among them? A. I think there were. Some of them did not happen to have anything with which to show that they were officers. Q. Were they armed in any way? A. No. Q. They had no maces? A. No; they were taken out in a hurry from the city hall--just taken out on the spur of the moment. Q. What time were those warrants placed in your hands for the arrest of those parties? A. My recollection of the warrants--I could very easily give you a definite answer if I had time to go to the office and refer to my memoranda. Then I could tell you. But I think it was Friday. That is my impression. I think it was Friday morning or Thursday afternoon. Q. How long did you keep them in your possession? A. A day, I think, and a night. That is my impression. Q. Did you make any effort to arrest the parties? A. We were so busy on other matters that there was no effort made, any more than to make inquiries and locating the parties. We did not anticipate any trouble in getting them after the excitement was somewhat allayed. Q. Did you go to their houses during the time that you had the warrants? A. No. Q. Did you try to spot the men among the crowd?