●   ●   ●    before his own trial came up, juries being notoriously more responsive than judges to states of public outrage. 83  It may have been pure coincidence that Pinkham arrested Eddy and Arens when he did—although he could have arrested them earlier and saved Spofford several days of uneasy hiding in Cambridgeport—but it would be extremely interesting to know whether Pinkham had any connections with Kennedy.