Sullivan, the bartender, said that, as he worked the combination to open
the wall safe, he _heard_ the hold-up man _behind him_. As he was not
permitted to move, he could not have known the gunman was a _big,
tough-looking mug_, as he described him.
As there would be no other motive in telling this impossible story, the
hold-up was faked.
Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn.
Burns.