While he was regaining consciousness, but still unable to recall what was passing around him, he was questioned, with the following re-
What is your age?—Twenty-seven. (Correct.)
Where were you born?—Laredo. (Correct.)
Did you rob Guy's Pharmacy No; I was picked up for it the night of the Sanger Bros. robbery, but I do not know where Guy's Pharmacy is, Who robbed the Hondo Bank!~—In reply he named five men, two of whom are now in penitentiary for that offence. (A question he would never answer before.)
What are you reading in gaol1—Mechanical books about automobiles. (Correct.)
A number of other correct answers were given. On recovering consciousness, he remembered being asked the questions, but not how he had replied.
The prosecuting attorney admitted that a mistake had been made, and that this man was actually in custody at the time of the robbery.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.