"Somebody else introduced them but Spies opposed it. He said there was no use making resolutions." "That is, the girl had had her day in court and it was no use passing resolutions?" "He said it would be a good opportunity for some one to take a pistol and go and shoot Wight." "You are sure Spies said that?"--"Yes, sir." "You wrote out your report immediately with all the facts fresh in your mind."--"Yes, I wrote it that night." "Didn't you write in your report [reading from it] that Keegan said that after Spies got through with his remarks?"--"Yes, but Mr. Spies said it also." "You are sure of that?"--"Yes, sir." "Will you show me the place in your report where this is said?"--"I don't find it." "Then your memory is better now than it was immediately after the meeting?" "It is considerably better now that I have refreshed it." "A detective's memory gets better as the time goes on, does it?" Mr. Grinnell objected to this kind of cross-examination. Referring to the charges against Sergt. Patton, Mr. Foster asked: "Were the circumstances stated that the girl had been grossly abused, but his brother officers stood round and swore him out?" "It may have been." "And was it not stated as a general expression that such a man ought to be shot?" "It may have been." In regard to the strike at La Salle, Mr. Foster made it appear as if Parsons had simply stated in general terms that if soap was put on the rails the train would not be able to move, but that he did not advise anybody to go and put the soap on. Fielden's remark that something had been discovered by which the working men could resist the police and militia, and Parson's remark that he would not live on snowballs another winter, were represented by Mr. Foster in an equally innocent and harmless light. The cross-examination for the day concluded with the following questions and answers: [Illustration: OSCAR NEEBE.] "You heard Fielden say: 'While we march toward the Board of Trade we will sing the Marseillaise hymn?'"--"Yes, sir." "That you understood to be the French national hymn?"--"Yes, sir." W. H. Freeman, a reporter, testified as follows: