avenue to his store. I went back through Mr. Carter's store, and went with him into his store. I was not in there two minutes until an immense rush of people came past the store, and they shoved the doors to. I said, "Open the doors, I want to see what the trouble is." I was running across the street when a friend of mine said, "There is no use in your going; they have got in." I knew a road coming through another gentleman's store and through Mr. Carter's store, and got into the back yard. The crowd was then in the store and securing all the things as fast as they could. Then Mr. Follensbee followed after me. Of course, he remonstrated outside as well he could. Everything was barricaded up so that we could not get in. I will tell you one thing that occurred there. A negro had got at my private desk and got open the drawers, and was pulling out the things, and had got among the postage stamps when we hallooed at him. The language we used was pretty severe, and he dropped everything and ran. In a few minutes, as soon as things were quieted down, we got a policeman--we tapped for him to come and open a window, and we got in. Of course, then the destruction had taken place. Q. How long after you made that call on the mayor was it that they broke into the store? A. Not over fifteen to twenty minutes. Q. Did he send any policemen down? A. Some were there in front, but I cannot say how many. Some came after the thing was over, but whether they were outside, I do not know. Q. He made no reply when Mr. Follensbee offered to do special duty? A. No reply at all. Q. Nor did he make any demand on the citizens? A. No. By Senator Reyburn: Q. Those parties took away general plunder, did they? A. Yes. Q. They did not come specially for guns? A. They took everything--knives and pistols and spoons and forks and carving knives and fishing tackle, and everything they could. Q. It was simply a party bent on plunder? A. Yes; it was just a mob. I do not charge it on the strikers. By Mr. Larrabee: Q. Did you ever get track of any of those guns. A. We got four out of the lot--those were left by parties--men that came out with three or four and just handed them to us. They preserved them for us. Q. You never got track where they went? A. No; we had a good many guns with marks on them--numbers, and some guns--a special kind of guns--that there are very few of here. By Senator Yutzy: Q. About four hundred of them? A. Yes. Q. And a great variety of other things? A. Yes. Q. You recovered none of the guns? A. No. * * * * * B. K. Walton, _sworn with the uplifted hand_: By Mr. Lindsey: Q. You were one of the deputy sheriffs in July last? A. Yes. Q. State whether you were in the city during Thursday, the 19th, and during Friday. A. I cannot say as to Thursday or Friday--I do not think that I was. I was on Saturday.