A. Adjutant General Latta. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. What time did he receive that dispatch from General Latta? A. Between twelve and half past four in the morning. I think the order calling out the troops came after the Governor's message. All left the office about half past four. General Pearson, who had written his orders about the regiment before, and I parted at the Union depot. General Pearson went down town, and Mr. Scott, Mr. Watt, and myself went to the Union depot hotel for the purpose of retiring. Q. When you came in from Altoona did you notice the disturbance at Twenty-eighth street? A. Yes. Q. To what extent? A. It was dark, and I could not see any of the crowd. I do not know how many were there. Q. What was the crowd doing then? A. Yelling--talking loud. Q. Were they stopping trains? A. I do not know; they did not stop our train. I went to bed; but it was not five minutes until I received another telegram, and another, pertaining to the business of the road. So I got up. There were a number of messages from President Scott and the general superintendent. They had an idea we could move the trains in the morning, and were giving different orders about stock and different things. Q. Did you make any effort to move a train on Friday morning? A. We were continually making efforts; we never ceased. Q. What effort did you make to move the trains on Friday morning? A. The efforts to move the trains on Friday morning were, securing the crews and firing up the engines, and having everything ready to move when we could get through the crowd. Q. Did you succeed in securing the crews? A. Yes. Q. Were they new men, or old employés? A. Old employés. I want you to bear in mind, that in starting the trains, the crews were always there, professing their readiness to go out, and at no time had we not sufficient crews to take the whole number of cars out. By Senator Reyburn: Q. Who stopped you from running the trains? A. The crowd. By Mr. Larrabee: Q. What was the crowd? A. I did not know them. By Senator Reyburn: Q. Any of your own men? A. I was about continually, and I do not think I ever saw over three or four of my own men in any crowd, if you leave out the sub-officers. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. On Friday morning you had crews enough to start all the trains; did you give orders to start? A. To be ready to start. Q. But you did not give any order to start? A. No. Q. For what reasons? A. To get assistance to keep the crowd off our property. Q. Did you think at that time that the crowd was so large that the trains could not run through it? A. Not without killing them. They had charge of the switches there. By Senator Yutzy: Q. The crowd had? A. Yes. By Mr. Lindsey: Q. Do you think if a train had started you could have run it through the crowd, and gone on--in your opinion? A. If the crowd had not turned the switches. The switchmen were there, but under the management of the crowd.