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Indeed , by nine o'clock Pupkin could be himself seen on the Main Street with a great bandage sideways on his head , pointing out the traces of the robber . Gillis , the caretaker , too , it was known by eight , had not been killed . He had been shot through the brain , but whether the injury was serious or not was only a matter of conjecture . In fact , by ten o'clock it was understood that the bullet from the robber 's second shot had grazed the side of the caretaker 's head , but as far as could be known his brain was just as before . I should add that the first report about the bloodstains and the swamp and the bloodhounds turned out to be inaccurate . The stains may have been blood , but as they led to the cellar way of Netley 's store they may have also been molasses , though it was argued , to be sure , that the robber might well have poured molasses over the bloodstains from sheer cunning . It was remembered , too , that there were no bloodhounds in Mariposa , although , mind you , there are any amount of dogs there .