"The warden was present, of course, when he made the confession.

Timson can get out of jail on a writ of habeas corpus.

Of course, he'll be rearrested immediately and tried, with the deputy marshal, for having brought about the escape of the man that was sentenced to prison.

However, if Timson can be of service to us in unraveling the Whitmore mystery, we might arrange with the Federal authorities to grant him immunity." "Do you think we can use him ?" inquired the chief.
"Yes, in fact we need him," replied Britz.
"It is certainly a most astounding state of affairs," mused Manning.

"I suppose by this time the deputy marshal has cleared out." "It doesn't concern us whether he has or not," said Britz.