Q. Were any of the soldiers struck?
A. I did not see anybody struck. There was a man carried away. They say
he got sun struck. I seen him carried away. I didn't see anybody hit.
Q. Did you hear any pistol shots, or any shots fired from the crowd, or
in the crowd, before the firing of the soldiery?
A. No, sir.
Q. Did you hear any?
A. One appeared to be like a cap--it was right in that corner.
[Indicating.]
Q. In the crowd?
A. That was the first shot I heard fired. That soldier fired it. He
didn't fire straight out. His gun went off up in that way.
Q. You heard a noise like a cap before the firing of the troops?
A. I couldn't tell exactly where that come from. It appeared to be
round the watch-box.
Q. About the switch-box?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. That is, the watch-box on the corner of the street, and the railroad
toward the hill?