'How do they know? ' Daniel turned back to Cole. 'Know what?
' 'That the man they caught is one of the gang.'
'He was carrying a large sum of money.'
'So? Lots of people carry large sums of money when they travel.'
'That's true, ' Daniel conceded. 'But they also found a copy of the
Rockford Falls Gazette in his saddlebags. The date's the same as the
day of the robbery.'
'It's still circumstantial evidence, isn't it? ' 'Did I mention he
tried to kill the sheriff before he was captured? ' Cole shook his
head. 'No, you didn't mention that. He won't be walking away free and
clear, then.
They'll hold him for attempted murder.'
'But I want to get him for the robberies. If he's one of the gang,
then he's going to talk to me and tell me everything. I want all the
other names.'
'How do you think you're going to convince him to talk? ' 'I'll figure
out something, ' Daniel replied. 'It would make it easier if there was
a witness to point him out . . . ' 'I wouldn't get my hopes up,
Daniel.
Those women could have told the same story for an altogether different
reason. You think two of them are hell-bent to protect the third
woman. I'm not sure. It occurs to me that we don't know anything
relevant about these women, and I think it's time we looked into their
backgrounds.'
'I'm not taking anything they tell us as true until I've checked it
out.'
'Good, ' Cole replied. He glanced out the window again, just in time
to see Rebecca strike the reporter's arm with her parasol. Even from
the distance separating them, he could see how pale and upset she
was.
Not paying any attention to what she was doing, she picked up her
skirts and rushed into the street, almost running headfirst into a
horse and buggy.
Carver pulled her back in the nick of time.
A minute later, she came running into the office, ordering her guard to
