A. Yes. The roof had fallen in when we laid the line of hose. That was in ten minutes after the soldiers had left the round-house. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. How long before the round-house was consumed by fire? A. I cannot tell you that. Q. Did the soldiers march out in good order? A. I did not see the soldiers except at a distance. Q. Did you remain on duty during the day Sunday? A. Yes; and up until Monday morning at ten o'clock. Q. Had the fire stopped when you left? A. Yes, We were on Washington street. Q. What stopped the crowd from plundering and burning? A. I do not know that. Q. After they fired Union depot, did they fire any other property? A. There was a depot fired on the west side. Q. How far down towards the city did the crowd come? A. It was down there on Seventh avenue. Q. How large a crowd was on Seventh avenue? A. From the Rush House down to Seventh avenue--ten thousand men--you could hardly get through. Q. Were there any police there to arrest the crowd? A. I did not see any. Q. Did you see the crowd when they dispersed from that point? A. No. Q. Were you assisted at any time during the fire by the police? A. No. By Senator Yutzy: Q. Were you protected? A. No. Q. Did you ask for protection? A. No; the mob had a cannon planted at Twenty-seventh street, pointed right at the engine, and they said if you play on the railroad property we will raise you. We did not want to be raised. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Who made those threats? A. That I can not tell you. Q. Was any effort made by the mob to set fire to private property, that you saw? A. I did not see any of that. Q. On Sunday night they had finished all the railroad property? A. I think the last they set afire was that depot on Grant street. Q. What became of the mob after that time? A. I do not know, but I heard several citizens express themselves that they were getting tired of this work. We were then on Bedford avenue. They said they were going too far with it. Q. Citizens said that? A. Yes. Q. What citizens made those remarks? A. I do not recollect. Q. Where were the mob during Sunday night? A. I did not see any of the mob at the time we went out. I saw a great many people on the street. We had to go very slow. They were using all kinds of threats. Q. When you left, on Monday morning, was everything quiet? A. Everything was quiet then. Q. Where had these people gone? A. I do not know. Q. Did you see the mayor about at any time? A. Once, at the corner of Twentieth and Liberty streets, standing against a gas post. Q. What time was that? A. In the afternoon--I do not recollect the hour. By Senator Yutzy: Q. Do you know whether the round-house was on fire when the military left it? A. Yes; at least that building was. Q. How long after the military left did you go to the round-house? A. While I walked from the corner of Twenty-fourth up to Twenty-sixth street. * * * * *