Another one of the band went to each passenger as he stood in the circle. John Dietrich was the first to pass through the ordeal of cross-examination.
"Where are you from?"
"Little Rock," replied Dietrich.
"Ah, ha!"
"Yes, have a boot and shoe store there," remarked Dietrich.
"You'd better be there attending to it," was the observation of the chief of the bandits.
"Are there any Southern men here?"
"I am," replied Mr. Crump and three others.
"Any who served in the army?"
"I did," said Crump.