“You don’t think Angel had any hand in it, do yuh?” asked Slim.
“I’d hate to say that. But isn’t Angel the one who needed the money? Went broke, didn’t he?”
“And he’s still broke, Hashknife.”
“Are yuh sure?”
“Well, he closed up his place.”
“And old Rance borrowed money from the bank.”
“Sure. But couldn’t that have been a bluff? Why, we all know he drew seventy-five hundred from the bank; and he busted the Eagle. Don’t tell me he’s broke.”
“Don’t look as though he would be. You say the express messenger picked up his gun and emptied it at the robber after the robber left the car?”
“Yeah. Of course, he was shootin’ wild in the dark.”
“And one of his bullets killed the horse, eh? That meant that the robber would have to walk.”