"Did your office adjoin that of the Secretary of State?"
"It did."
"What occurred at that time and place?"
"Mr. Gregory rapped.... I let him in.... He handed me a letter from the Governor, and we went into the Secretary's room.... Then he went over to the window and looked out—and drew the blind part of the way down. For a while he just studied the room ... taking in its details."
The man in convict garb paused and fell into a fit of broken coughing.
"Did you have any conversation with him?"
"I did, sir."
"What was it, in substance?"
"I explained to him that the plan was to kill Senator Goebel, when he came to the senate that morning. I showed him two rifles in the corner.... They were of different makes."
"What did he do then?"