"Oh! I play cards with a great many fellows," Ingham replied. "I don't know which one you mean."
"Well, we know who he was," said the sergeant.
"Then what are you asking me for?" said Ingham. "Am I under arrest?"
"I guess you will have to stay here awhile," was the sergeant's reply.
Presently a number of persons came into the room, and Ingham thought he saw among them one of the bindery girls who had formerly lodged with Mrs. Sanford. She looked at him very hard, and then went out into the hall, where he could hear her talking with the station-keeper and Stokes. He also heard the sergeant call a policeman and give him some instructions, in which Ingham caught the words, "Pinkerton's office." The man then put on his coat and went out. Presently the sergeant approached him again, and, looking at him significantly, said:
"Now we know all about your playing cards with that man, and afterward robbing him."
"I don't know what you mean," Ingham replied; "I don't know what man you are talking about."
"Didn't you see that piece in the paper yesterday?" asked the sergeant.
"I saw a number of pieces in the paper yesterday, but I can't tell which one you are referring to."
The sergeant then showed him the item headed "Highway Robbery," and said: