Evidence

There was no mistaking Minister McGinley's anger at Sheriff Cole.
Cole nodded.
"Say it, Cole, for Christ's sake! Say it! And look me in the eye when you say it!" As the Minister spoke big flecks of spit fired from his mouth and spattered the table in front of him. McGinley seemed not to notice.
Cole spoke quietly, but didn't make eye contact.
"The evidence is there, McGinley."
"There is no bloody evidence, Cole!" he shouted, his fist hammering the table three times, one for each syllable of 'evidence.'
"He was the only person there when a girl was murdered."