"I'll catch that man if I have to arrest every Galician in this city!" It was an unspeakable humiliation to the Sergeant, but with such vigour did he act, that before the morning dawned, he had every exit from the city by rail and by trail under surveillance, and before a week was past, by adopting the very simple policy of arresting every foreigner who attempted to leave the town, he had secured his man.
It was a notable arrest.

From all the evidence, it seemed that the prisoner was a most dangerous criminal.

The principal source of evidence, however, was Rosenblatt, whose deposition was taken down by the Sergeant and the doctor.
The man, it appeared, was known by many names, Koval, Kolowski, Polkoff and others, but his real name was Michael Kalmar.

He was a determined and desperate Nihilist, was wanted for many crimes by the Russian police, and had spent some years as a convict in Siberia where, if justice had its due, he would be at the present time.

He had cast off his wife and children, whom he had shipped to Canada.
Incidentally it came out that it was only Rosenblatt's generosity that had intervened between them and starvation.