He said, that was all right. That is all I know, unless some special question may arise. Q. How many policemen had been discharged prior to Thursday? A. One hundred and sixteen. Q. How long had they been discharged before that? A. They were discharged, I think, sometime about the latter part of June, or may be the 1st of July. I am not certain as to the date. Q. Had you any knowledge of any anticipated outbreak or strike by the men before it was communicated to you by Mr. Watt? A. Not the slightest. And at that time we had no idea there was going to be any such trouble at all, as we have had sometimes in this city. Q. You were present when Mr. Watt asked the mayor to furnish him with the police? A. I was in the office. Q. You heard the mayor's reply? A. He went out with Mr. Watt and instructed the chief of police to get the men. Q. Did Mr. Watt have to promise to pay the men before the mayor gave that instruction? A. I believe something was said about pay. These men, you see, were not on the pay-rolls of the city. The regular men were in bed or scattered all over the city. These men happened to be there that day, being paid off. Q. Did the mayor require Mr. Watt to become responsible for their pay? A. I believe something was said about the railroad company--that it would have to pay the men, as no provision was made by the city for their pay. I think very few of these men were on the regular force. Q. Did the mayor make that a condition before he instructed you to send out for the men? A. He never instructed me to send out for anybody. Q. Who did he instruct? A. Either the chief of detectives or the chief of police--I cannot remember which. Q. Did he make any order at that time, calling out policemen? A. Not as I know of. Q. These men went out as volunteers? A. Yes; in that sense. They were men who had been discharged. They went out under the control of Officer Charles McGovern. Q. They volunteered to go? A. We had no right to make a demand on them as a police force. They were not in the employ of the city. Q. When the telegram came to you calling for fifty policemen, what effort did you make to get them? A. We hunted them up as well as we could. A great many of these men wouldn't go because they were incensed at the city for discharging them, but a number of them did respond. Q. You hunted up as many as you could get to go willingly? A. Yes. Q. How many? A. About thirty-five. It not being my special business, I didn't pay much attention to it. Q. Did you notify the mayor of that call for fifty additional police? A. Yes; he sent us out, and says, go hunt them up. Q. How many did you get? A. I think about thirty-five. I never burdened my mind specially with that. Q. Did you get another call from the railroad company? A. I have no recollection of another call, except when Mr. Watt came and said he wanted from fifty to one hundred men additional. Q. Did you communicate that to the mayor?