A. I may say that Mr. Bown, senior, came over to my place, and he and Mr. Folensbee went with me up to the mayor, to notify him to send policemen down. After we went there, the mayor at first said he was unable to send any assistance, as the police were scattered through the city, but he would do the best he could. We went to Mr. Johnston's gun shop, a short distance above the mayor's office, and staid there awhile, and came down to the mayor's office, and then walked down to Mr. Bown's establishment, and remained there sometime, without the police coming. Then Mr. Bown and myself went back again, but on the way we met them coming up--we met them coming up--some six or eight of the police--coming; and there were at least six or eight policemen there during the disturbance. The crowd that came up, I don't think, at first numbered over seventy-five or eighty--half grown boys. There seemed to be half a dozen armed with muskets, but a large crowd was collected around the streets. Q. What effort did the policemen make to drive them back? A. Nothing, whatever; but they staid there. I spoke to the mayor's clerk; I said there were not enough of them to do anything, but they staid there. Q. Was the crowd armed when they came there? A. They apparently had a few muskets and guns with them, as far as I could tell. Q. Did you offer your services, as a policeman, to the mayor? A. Not as policeman specially, but I offered to do anything that I could to defend the place--not to the mayor, but to Mr. Bown. Mr. Follensbee, I believe, did. Q. Mr. Follensbee did? A. Yes; my impression at that time was, that fifteen or twenty determined persons could have stopped the whole rumpus in front of Mr. Bown's place. Q. Did the mayor make any demand on the citizens for help? A. Not that I know of. The mayor told me that his police force was scattered around so that he was unable to get together enough to be of any special service. But they did, however, gather up six or eight of them, and they came down here. * * * * * Joseph S. Haymaker, _sworn with the uplifted hand_: By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Where do you reside? A. At Laurel station, on the Fort Wayne railroad. Q. State what you know of the riot that began on the 19th of July?