[BOWMAN] DISCREPANCY IN TRUSTWORTHY RECORDS 139 
tions solicited from people on the streets and in public places, the tag 
being worn by the contributor as a guarantee against further solicita- 
tion by other collectors. On such a day B states (1) that he has a tag, 
and (2) that he has never been tagged. 
Case 19.—B states (1) that C is his wife, and (2) that he was never 
married. 
Case 20.—B stated concerning a religious service (1) that there was 
a congregation of several hundred, and (2) that there were only two 
men on the left side of the church and one woman on the right. 
Case 21.—B, who is requested by C and D to see M, reports (1) to 
C that he has seen M, and (2) subsequently to D that he has not seen M. 
Case 22.—B states (1) that he is a Presbyterian and (2) that he is a 
Lutheran. 
Case 23.—B states concerning his health successively and without 
intervening change of condition (1) that he is well; (2) that he is much 
better; (3) that he is somewhat worse; and (4) that he is very sick. 
Case 24.—(1) B states that the choir at a religious service sang a 
certain hymn. (2) C states that a quartette sang the hymn. 
Case 25.—(1) B states to M that she takes nothing warm for supper. 
(2) Immediately thereafter C enters the room and states to B that the 
fire for her supper is still burning but will not last much longer. 
Case 26.—B stated concerning a farm purchased by him, succes- 
sively, within six months, that it cost him (1) $4,000, (2) $5,000, (3) 
$4,500, and (4) nothing. 
The discrepancies in Cases 5 to 26 will now be re-stated, along with 
the attendant circumstances and the author’s attempts at harmonization. 
CASE 5. 
The Discrepancy.—B stated (1) that C usually dines at the Café 
Wallace; and (2) that C usually dines at the Exchange Restaurant. 
Harmonization.—That C,in the interval between the two statements, 
changed his usual place of dining. 
The Circumstances.—C, a resident of a city, dines at the Café Wal- 
lace on Sunday and on the other days of the week at the Exchange 
Restaurant. (1) B, a brother from the country, was in the city on the 
first occasion on a Sunday and on his return he reported that he had 
dinner with C, where C usually dined, at the Café Wallace. (2) On the 
second occasion B was in the city on an ordinary day of the week and 
on his return he reported that he had dinner with C, where C usually 
dined, at the Exchange Restaurant. 
