Q. Did you take that to be a signal to stop?
A. I supposed so. I was in the rear, and Mr. Fox told me. He says,
"Shaffer, you go in the rear, and get on the train." Says I, "All
right, Mr. Fox." Just as I got ready to jump on, the train stopped.
By Mr. Engelbert:
Q. This man that made these signals, was he on the track in front of
the engine?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. How far were you from the engine?
A. I went to jump on. I went to get on, and I seen the young man doing
this. Some of them hooted and cheered, and then she stopped.
Q. You were not at the rear of the train?
A. Not quite; it was a long train. I do not know how many cars were on
it.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. Were you up there on Sunday?
A. No, sir.
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George Cochrane, _sworn_:
By Mr. Reyburn:
Q. What is your full name?
A. George Cochrane.
Q. Your residence?
A. Eighth ward.
Q. Occupation?
A. Been on the police force until they dropped these men.
Q. Are you on the force now?
A. No, sir.
Q. Were you on duty on Thursday and Thursday night of July 19th?
A. I was one of the ten men that was called in on Thursday.
Q. Be kind enough to relate what occurred?
A. We mustered up ten men, started out to the Union depot, got on a car
there and went as far as Twenty-eighth street. Seen a big crowd out
there. Stopped around there a little while, and this McCall, he jumped
on a switch there and made use of some threatening language, and I
believe, struck superintendent Watt, and we arrested him and put him in
the Twelfth ward station-house. We fetched him to central station at
Diamond alley. We came in, got supper and went out again, then went to
the Union depot and stopped out there awhile, and didn't know whether
they wanted any more men or not. We stopped there awhile, and finally
went out as far as Twenty-eighth street again, and stopped there all
night. In the morning, I guess, six or seven o'clock, I came in
again--Friday morning I came in to the Union depot, and seen Mr. Fox
there, and he detailed me for the depot then--detailed five of us.
Stayed in around about the Union depot. I stayed there until nine
o'clock Friday night, and Fox told me I had better go home and get some
sleep. I went home and came back Saturday morning, stayed around there
all day Saturday and Saturday night, and I went up home to change my
clothes. Sunday morning I came back again, stayed around until the
Union depot had catched fire, and word was sent from the mayor's office
that the mayor wanted all the policemen he could get hold of to report
at the mayor's. We went down to the mayor's office, and was detailed
there, doing duty around the city. We went out Second avenue here and
stopped a party there from coming in. The mayor made a speech to them.
Went to the Connellsville depot and arrested some thirty or forty there
that had taken a train and would not pay any fare.
Q. Taken a train to go out?
A. No; they took charge of a train and would not pay fare.
Q. That was the parties that came from Cumberland, Maryland.
A. Yes; that was the same party.
Q. This double-header, on Thursday, I believe, was thirty-six cars and
two locomotives?
A. We started to go out with some four or five policemen on each
locomotive. Sheaffer and I was on the rear part of the train, and we
made several attempts to go out, and the engineer on the first
locomotive he jumped off, and the crowd cheered him. Then he got back
on to his locomotive, and got his coat out of the box and put it on,
and they both left their engine. There was nobody to hinder them going
out, that I could see.
Q. Do you suppose they could run out, and did you have sufficient force
to protect them?
A. There was sufficient force to protect them.
By Mr. Means:
Q. Were any of those ten men you speak of, that left the mayor's
office, dressed in police uniform?
A. No; they had blouses on them.
Q. Could any of them be distinguished from any other citizens?
A. No; a stranger would not have known them, I suppose. There was
hundreds of them out there knew me. I don't suppose a stranger would.
By Senator Yutzy:
Q. What made the engineers leave their engines?
A. They told them to get off.
Q. They told them to get off?
A. They beckoned for them, I believe, and they got off.
Q. Did you know the engineer?
A. Never had any acquaintance with him. Since that time I have.
Q. You did not know them at that time?
A. No, sir.
Q. Didn't tell you why they got off?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was any threats made by any one?
A. No, sir.
By Mr. Means:
Q. You speak of these men making some threats. They struck Mr. Watt?
A. Yes, sir; McCall, he used threatening language at the time he struck
him.
Q. What did he say?