That would have changed everything--just one witness.
"What did you go an' do it for ?" repeated the intruder.

"What had Mr.
Cameron ever done to you ?" "You think I did it ?" said Fremont, as cooly as his excitement would permit of.

"You think I struck Mr.Cameron and robbed the office ?" "What about all this ?" asked the boy, swinging a hand over the littered rooms, "and the man on the couch ?" he added.

"Who did it if you didn't ?" "I understand that circumstances are against me," Fremont said, presently.

"It looks bad for me, but I didn't do it.