"That's rather a strange statement." "It's true," said Hogan.

"The man forced me to do it." "How was that ?" "He saw me comin' out of the restaurant a little while before, and when he met me, after trying to rob me and finding that it didn't pay, he asked me if I was a friend of yours.

I told him I was.

Then he began to ask if you slept there at night and if anybody was with you.

I didn't want to answer, but he held a pistol at my head and forced me to.