On the train back to Indiana, Kimble convinces Girard to give him one day to track down the one-armed man. Someone in Stafford arranged to have the one-armed man bailed out of jail. It turns out that man was a local war hero who witnessed the killing of Mrs. Kimble. That witness now wants to try to kill the one-armed man. Kimble tries to get to the one-armed man first, hoping to end the running once and for all.