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“Blowing Wells Fargo safes is robbery, Jake Wrecking passenger trains is murder The man who paid you that money has killed innocent people by the dozen”

“I didn’t knorecking the train”

“You didn’t know that blowing the rails out fro train would cause a wreck?” Bell said in disbelief, his face dark with disgust “What did you think would happen?”

The prisoner hung his head

“Jake! What did you think would happen?”

“You gotta believe me, Mr Bell He told me to blow the rail so the train would stop so they could hit the express car I didn’t knoas gonna put her on the ground”

“What do you mean? You’re the one who lit the fuse”

“He switched fuses ona fast fuse that would detonate the charge in time for the train to stop Instead, it burned slow I couldn’t believeto run right over the charge I tried to stop it”

Bell stared at him coldly

“That’s how they caughtto storound they lit out after uy who shot McKinley”

“Jake, you’ve got the hanget it loose Take me to the man who paid you this money”

Jake Dunn shook his head violently He looked, Bell thought, frantic as a ith a leg caught in a trap But no, not a wolf There was no raer in hi that had fallen for bait left for bigger game

“Where is he, Jake?”

“I don’t know”

“Why are you lying to me, Jake?”