“He did not.”

“Did he talk about any one?”

“All he said was that he intended to prove that he was not a forger.”

“Did he say how he was going to do it?”

“No.”

“Were you ever acquainted with Simeon Rich?”

“No.”

“Is he living in the city?”

“I don’t know.”

“And you don’t know what became of Lawrence’s wife and child?”