Trubus raised his hands in terror and his iron nerve gave way completely.
"Oh, my God!" he cried. "What will my wife and daughter think?"
"You should have figured that out when you started all this," retorted Sawyer. "Take them into the cells, and we'll have them arraigned at Night Court. Make out the full reports now, men."
The prisoners were led out.
Trubus turned and begged with Sawyer for a little time.
"Let me tell my wife," he pleaded. "I don't want any one else to do it."
"You stay just where you are, until I am through with you. You're getting war methods now, Trubus—after waging war from ambush for all this time. Burke, you had better have the young ladies taken home. Go up with them. Use the automobile outside. You can have the evening off as soon as we get through the arraignment at court."
It took an hour before the first charges could be brought to the Magistrate, through whose hands all cases must first be carried. The sisters decided to stay and end their first ordeal with what testimony was desired. This was sufficient for the starting of the wheels of justice. Trubus had called up his lawyer, who was on hand with the usual objections and instructions. But he was held over until the day court, without bail.
"Only let me go home, and break the news to my wife and daughter," begged the subdued man. "Oh, I beg that one privilege."
The judge looked at Captain Sawyer, who nodded.