'Yes, sir.'
'Own a farm near where you reside?'
'Yes, sir.'
'Had nothing when you commenced as conductor on our road?'
'Nothing to speak of.'
'Made the property since?'
'Yes, sir.'
'Been at work for no other parties?'
'No; but I have been saving money, and invested it from time to time to good advantage.'
'Well, sir, what will you give to settle? Of course you cannot pretend to say you have acquired this property from what you have saved from your salary? You will not deny that you have pocketed a great deal of money belonging to the railway—at least fifty or sixty thousand dollars? Now, sir, what will you give to settle, and not be disgraced, as you certainly will be if a trial is brought, and you are compelled to give up the property you profess to own, but which in reality belongs to the Company?'