አራቱም ተከሳሾች አስተያየት እንዳላቸው እጃቸውን በማውጣታቸው ሃሳባቸውን ለጠበቃቸው እንዲናገሩ እና በጠበቃቸው በኩል ለፍርድ ቤቱ እንዲነገር ቢባሉም ሁሉም በራሳቸው ለራሳቸው መናገር እንደሚፈልጉ በመግለፅ የማይሰሟቸው ከሆነ እነሱም እንደማይሰሟቸው በብስጭት ተናግረዋል።
The four of them admitted they had stolen the coins, and asked him to strike a deal: he was to tell nothing to their master so that they would not be punished, and they would show him where they had buried the coins.