Page:C12 - Émeutes de Québec de 1918 - Témoignage du Major George Robert Rodgers BAnQ Québec E17S10D1661-918.djvu/34

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A. That is why I had started the gun, moral effect.


Q. The gun you said was aimed at what ?


A. Our gun, the machine-gun ?


Q. Yes.


A. To the building.


Q. What building ?


A. Back of the cabstand.


Q. How high was it ?


A. Well, I got down myself …


Q. On the tripod ?


A. It was a little tripod ; I think it would hit about that high, a couple of feet.


THE CORONER : Three feet ?


A. Not Three.


MR. LAVERGNE : From the box. How was the tripod fixed ?


A. The tripod just stands on the ground.


Q. Very flat ?


A. Very flat. You see the tripod is stationary and it works on the tripod.


Q. The tripod can be flattened, can it not ?


A. Just sits down, just goes out to the full extent.


Q. You fired about 36 …


A. About 36; there are 48 in a chamber.


Q. At the building ?


A. At the building.


Q. Satisfied that there was not anybody in front of it ?


A. I walked up immediately afterwards. I walked up immediately before and I walked up immediately afterwards.


Q. As far as the building ?


A. As far as the building.


Q. You felt satisfied that everything was over ?


A. I felt satisfied that everything was over and