I first handcuffed the man whose head he had broken, and tied the
legs of the other, and then kept guard over them till morning. When
the constables came up from town we searched the prisoners, and on
two of them found the watches, money, and rings. We found nothing
on Mr. Bastow. I went with the head constable to Mr. Bastow's room
and searched it thoroughly, but found nothing whatever there."

The evidence created a great sensation in court. John Thorndyke
had first intended to ask Knapp not to make any mention of the fact
that Arthur Bastow was carrying pistols unless the question was
directly put to him. But the more he had thought over the matter,
the more convinced was he that the heavier the sentence the better
it would be for the Rector; and when he had heard from the latter
that there was nothing left in his son's room that could be brought
against him, and that he could not be charged with the capital
crime of being a receiver, he thought it best to let matters take
their course.

The head constable was the next witness. He deposed to the finding
of the articles produced upon the two elder prisoners and the
unsuccessful search of the younger prisoner's room.

"You did not search the house further?" the chairman inquired.

"No, sir; I wanted to get the prisoners down here as fast as I
could, seeing that two of them were seriously hurt."

The chairman nodded.

"You will, of course, make a careful search of the whole house,