The story of the boy Haddon was absolutely false in representing Rogers as having assisted in the theft of the gold produced.

The boy was a creature of Shine's; that was obvious on the face of his evidence and the evidence of Miss Shine and Detective Downy.

Shine had had the lad in his toils, otherwise why had he taken such precautions to shield the man, and why had he given him warning of the approach of the troopers?
Rogers' story was entirely credible, he said.

It was to the effect that Shine had confessed to him that he had robbed the mine of a quantity of gold and had been robbed in turn by the boy Haddon, who was his real accomplice.

He solicited the aid of the unfortunate prisoner to recover the treasure, and offered him half the gold as a reward.