intoxicated. He boasted in his maudlin way that he had an opportunity to
rob a bank, and that the cashier was a party to the affair; but I
attributed all this to the wild utterances of a drunken man, and paid no
further attention to it. On the Saturday night before the robbery took
place, however, he came to my house during my absence, and had a
companion with him, for whom he made a bed upon my parlor floor. In the
morning they went away, and I have not seen him since. My wife informed
me afterward that Newton, who was drunk at the time, had told her that
the man with him was the one that was to help him to rob the bank, and
that she had then ordered both of them out of the house. I did not at
any time know where the bank was located, nor did I ever seriously
entertain the idea of his attempting anything of the kind; but when I
heard of the robbery of the Geneva bank, I at once suspected my brother,
and although humiliated deeply at the thought, I could not take any step
that would tend to bring disgrace and ruin upon my own family."

Without entering into the question of family honor, William inquired:

"Do you know the man who was with him at your house, and who was to
assist in this robbery?"

"No," answered Mr. Edwards. "I never heard his name, and all that I ever
knew of him was that he came from Denver, Colorado."

"Can you describe him?" asked William.

"Yes, I think I can," said Mr. Edwards, and he then gave a description
of the man, which agreed perfectly with that of Edwards' companion on
the day of the robbery.