"He is a large, well built, and I should say, muscular young fellow. Has
always been reliable before, and has been with us some years."

"Has he ever been arrested before?"

"He says twice. Once for shooting off a gun on Sunday, and again for
knocking a man down for insulting a lady."

"You think he is guilty--that is, you think he had a hand in the
robbery?"

"Mr. Pinkerton, I regret to say I do. It doesn't seem probable that a
strong, hearty man would allow another man to disarm him, gag him, tie
him hand and foot, get away with $100,000, and all that without a
desperate struggle, and he hasn't the sign of a scratch or bruise on
him."

"N-n-no, it doesn't. Still it could be done. You have him under arrest,
then."

"Not exactly. He is in my office now, and apparently has no thought of
trying to escape."

"Well, Mr. Damsel, I am inclined to think that this man Fotheringham
knows no more of this robbery than he has told you. If he is in
collusion with the robber, or robbers--for I think that more than one
had to do with it--he would have made up a story in which two or more
had attacked him. He would have had a cut in the arm, a bruised head or
some such corroborating testimony to show. The fact that he was held up