“He was here with two men.”

“At what time?”

“It was about eleven o’clock.”

“Do you know the men who were with him?”

“One of the men was Brockey Gann—the other man I do not know, although I have seen him several times.”

“How long did they remain here?”

“Only a few minutes. They held a whispered conversation and then went out.”

“Did you hear anything they said?”

“Not a word.”

This information only established one fact, and that was that Rich, Darwin, and Brockey were together on New Year’s Eve.