“Yes,” Flash admitted reluctantly, “but I doubt if I was. Those fellows knew the police would be on their trail in a very short while. They were hard pressed to get away.”
“You didn’t see the man who struck you, I suppose?”
“Only an indistinct outline. Funny thing, for a minute I thought it was you.”
Wells glanced hard at Flash.
“That doesn’t sound very funny to me,” he said. “So you think I did it?”
“No, of course not,” Flash denied, smiling. “But the man did seem about your height. Wonder how long I was knocked out?”
Joe Wells looked at his watch.
“It’s eleven forty-five now.”
“Then I couldn’t have been unconscious very many minutes before you reached me. Joe, you didn’t see anyone around here, did you?”
Wells hesitated and then answered: “Only members of the regular staff.”