A consultation was immediately held in order to devise the best means to be pursued to induce Edwards to reveal who his partners really were.  William at once resolved upon a plan which he was hopeful would lead to good and immediate results.  Calling a carriage, he directed the driver to take him to the residence of Edwards’ sister, Mrs. Andrews, on Logan Place.  On arriving at the house, he found that lady and her daughter at home, and he was immediately ushered into the parlor by the pretty servant, Mary Crilly.  Without unnecessary preliminary, William informed the lady that we had succeeded in arresting Edwards for the robbery of the Geneva Bank, and that he was now in custody.  He also stated that from information which he had obtained, he was led to believe that his family were perfectly aware of his actions in this matter, if indeed they had not aided him in accomplishing it.

At this point both mother and daughter burst into tears and sobbingly denied any knowledge of Edwards’ crime until after he had committed it, and then they could not act as his accusers.  Mrs. Andrews finally urged him to visit Edwards’ brother, who resided on Freeman street, and hinted that he could tell something about the matter, although she asserted he took no part in it, and knew nothing about it until it had been completed.

Taking it for granted that they had told him all they knew about the robbery, William next hurried to the place of business of Edwards’ brother, whom he was fortunate enough to find in his office, and disengaged.  He at once stated who he was, and what he wanted to know.  Mr. Edwards was at first disposed to deny all knowledge of the matter, but on William’s informing him of his brother’s arrest, and hinting that he had made a partial confession, he changed his mind and became quite communicative.

The brother then stated that for years he had been troubled with Newton’s bad habits and extravagances, although he had never known him to commit a crime until the robbery of the bank at Geneva.  He remembered hearing his brother boast once when he was intoxicated, that he could get plenty of money without work; but as Newton gambled a great deal, he imagined that he had alluded to that means of obtaining his money.

“Well,” said William abruptly, “I want to know what you know about this robbery.”

“I will tell you all I know,” answered Mr. Edwards.  “Some three or four weeks before I heard of this robbery, Newton was at my house, and was intoxicated.  He boasted in his maudlin way that he had an opportunity to rob a bank, and that the cashier was a party to the affair; but I attributed all this to the wild utterances of a drunken man, and paid no further attention to it.  On the Saturday night before the robbery took place, however, he came to my house during my absence, and had a companion with him, for whom he made a bed upon my parlor floor.  In the morning they went away, and I have not seen him since.  My wife informed