I thought he ought to go without conditions.

The time approached for the train to pass through Worcester for Boston.

It went from a little wooden station near the site of the present Union Depot, about half a mile from the City Hall.

It was determined, on consultation, to take advantage of an apparently pacific mood of the crowd, and to start Butman at once for the station in time to catch the train.

I took one arm and I am quite sure Colonel Higginson took the other; a few policemen went ahead and a few behind; and we started from the back door of the City Hall.