“I wouldn’t have committed murder,” was the quick reply.
“Now let us get back to your story of to-day,” Case said. “Who was it that told you of the capture of my chums?”
“I can’t tell you that.”
“Was it one of your employers?”
“It was not.”
“Was it a man with whom you are acquainted?” asked Case.
“I never saw him until to-day,” he replied.
“How did he come to speak to you of the boys at all?”
“He mentioned that he had seen three boys evidently under a restraint in a boat with three men farther up the stream.”
“So the boat held three men and three boys? Anyone else?”