"Jack Minton."
"Do you know anything of his character or antecedents?"
"He is a criminal. He has been confined at Sing Sing prison for a term of years."
"That alone is a ground of suspicion. Now how do you know he is here?"
"I met him less than an hour since."
"Did you speak to him?"
"Yes."
"State the particulars of your interview."
"He recognized me and invited me into a saloon to take a drink."
"And you accepted?"