But he did not hesitate.
"I know it sounds peculiar--but it's the truth.

We agreed upon it yesterday afternoon." "At whose suggestion ?" "I 'm not sure--but I think it was mine." "Young fellow," the sheriff had approached him now, "you 'd better be certain about that.

It looks to me like that might be a pretty good excuse to give when a man can't produce an alibi.

Anyway, the identification seems pretty complete.

Everybody in this room heard that man talk with a Cousin Jack accent.