The valley of fear act 1,scene5

Cecil Barker is the wealthy and handsome American friend of the Douglasses who helps orchestrate the crime scene to protect Douglas.Answering the detectives’ questions, Barker states that he and Douglas knew each other for five years. The only place Douglas had mentioned was Chicago. He was not very social at the mining claim, and one time a hard-looking crowd came looking for him. They were Americans but not miners, which had seemed suspicious. Barker also tells them that Douglas was always armed.