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At the "little cafe down by the depot" in Mottstown, this "cafe man" serves dinner to Doc and Mrs. Hines and suggests they hire a car to take them to Jefferson rather than wait for the train (359).

The railroad agent in Mottstown tries to talk Mrs. Hines into renting a car rather than waiting for the "two oclock in the morning" train to Jefferson (360).

The owner of a garage in Mottstown. He offers to rent a car to Doc and Mrs. Hines for three dollars but also tells them they can take the train "for fiftytwo cents apiece" (358).

A store-keeper in Mottstown, he sees and tells about how Mrs. Hines comes to get Doc from the chair where she had left him and rents a car from Salmon to take them to Jefferson.

This is "the man behind the wheel" of the car in which Christmas is driven from Mottstown to Jefferson; he keeps the engine running while the officers go into the jail to get him (356).

"Five or six deputies" from Jefferson and Mottstown help the sheriffs of these towns escort Joe from the jail in Mottstown to the car that will take him to Jefferson (355).

After Joe Christmas' arrest, the unnamed sheriff of the county that includes Mottstown encourages the crowd outside the jail to respect the law.

Russell works in the sheriff's office and gossips about Mrs. Hines's visit.

He guards Joe at the jail in Mottstown.

Halliday is the resident of Mottstown who recognizes Joe Christman and, after hitting him in the face, captures him in the hope of claiming the thousand dollar reward.