Mr. Warren the deputy, immediately ran to the
city marshal's office, but not finding him in, went to the mayor's
office, and was informed, that the mayor had gone to dinner. That
he then stated to those in his office that there was a mob in and
about the court house, and called upon them to send men to help
disperse it. That he then returned to the city marshal's office,
found him in his private room, informed him of the trouble in the
court house, and asked him to send all the men he could furnish,
and whether he (Mr. Warren) could aid him in getting his men, to
which he said that Mr. Warren could not assist him in the matter.

That, meanwhile, the struggle at the door continued for some
minutes, and the crowd of negroes finally succeeded in forcing the
door wide open, rushed in in great numbers, overpowered all the
officers, surrounded the negro, and he was forced by them through
the door, down the stairs, and out of the side door of the court
house, and thence through the streets to the section where most of
the negroes of the city reside,--that officers were despatched in
pursuit, but have not succeeded in finding his present abode.

That from the time of the first notice to the mayor and city
marshal, immediately after the arrest, as heretofore stated, to the
giving of this deposition, neither the mayor nor the city marshal
has appeared, nor has a single officer under their direction
appeared, or aided in attempting to disperse the mob, or in keeping
the peace; and that, in my opinion, it was the predetermined
purpose of both not to do their duty in keeping the peace in and
about their court house; for the city marshal, when requested by
Henry S. Hallett, Esq., to disperse a similar mob, which had
collected about the office of his father, a U. S. commissioner,
during the excitement in the "Crafts" case, said that he had orders
not to meddle in the matter, as I am informed by the said Hallett,
and that the city marshal gave a similar answer to Watson Freeman,
Esq., who asked him at about the same time why he did not disperse
the mob, as I am informed by the said Freeman.

That Charles Devens, Jr., Esq., the U. S. marshal for this
district, was at the time of the arrest, returning from Washington,
where he had gone on imperative official busine