A. Colonel Gray.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Do you know whether this soldier was killed by a shot fired from the
mob or not?
A. It was not a pistol shot, I know that from the character of the
wound.
By Senator Reyburn:
Q. He was not one of the soldiers who put the mob back?
A. No, sir; he was one of the soldiers on the hill. They were facing
towards the hill, and there was a great many of the mob that were there
on the side of the hill, between the other soldiers, before us and
Twenty-eighth street--a dense mass of them there.
Q. Was he standing in his command?
A. He was away from his command. He was not exactly in the crowd--the
crowd was below him.
Q. He was not with his command?
A. Was not standing in rank at the time.
Q. How far away from his command?
A. About a rod from where the command was at the time. There was one or
two companies on the hill in the same line with the others, and then
two or more--three rods down, in front, near the hospital grounds. Had
he been down with his command he would not have been shot--the shooting
was higher.
Q. Was he back of his command?
A. As I say, his command was, at the time--some of the companies
were--down near the railroad tracks, and there was a couple of
companies up to the right of our regiment, three rods back of them on
the hill, and it was between two--he was just between the two.