Those in front passed the answer back.
"He says they'll get him all right, easy enough." The group looked at the policeman admiringly.
"He's skipped to San Jose." Where the rumor started, and how, no one knew.

But every one seemed persuaded that Zerkow had gone to San Jose.
"But what did he kill her for?
Was he drunk ?" "No, he was crazy, I tell you--crazy in the head.

Thought she was hiding some money from him." Frenna did a big business all day long.

The murder was the one subject of conversation.

Little parties were made up in his saloon--parties of twos and threes--to go over and have a look at the outside of the junk shop.