About six o'clock
The men were put in the cells downstairs ; the women and the children got the cots . Susan and Etta lay upon the same mattress , a horse blanket over them . Etta slept ; Susan , wide awake , lived in brain and nerves the heart-breaking scenes through which she had passed numb and stolid . About six o'clock a breakfast of coffee , milk and bread was served . It was evident that the police did not know what to do with these outcasts who had nothing and no place to go -- for practically all were out of work when the blow came . Ashbel demanded shoes , pants and a coat . `` I 've got to get to my job , '' shouted he , `` or else I 'll lose it .