Obadiah: "I told them Marshals when they brung me in that I don't remember nuthin' except that I'm innocent of whatever I done... I mean whoever says I done whatever they says, well they're wrong, I didn't do it!" "I don't mind repeating it because it's my truthful story! I got clocked on the back of the melon by a mad pony and I don't remember nothin' after that, but I know for a fact I ain't no criminal and don't deserve no prison cell!" "If you ask me I'd say it's a misapplication of justice! Like I told them Marshals, there must be another Rupert Pupkin who done something bad, I don't even know what, but I reckon I'm here because of that other fella with my name!"   "Sure, it sounds like a crazy story to me, too. I got chiren, I know a tall tale when it gets told t'me... But I'm tellin' you true here and you just gotta believe me and let me out... I ain't done nuthin' funny nor unlawful, and just because I cain't remember details of my life don't mean I ain't tellin' you the truth!"   "The last thing I remember is this dude tellin' me that it's too bad I never been to the town of Boxtop Hill, he says, because they got nice places to drink and not much mud in the roadways now. I guess if I'd ever set foot in that town I could know what he meant... But I ain't been near the place ...ever!"