Sentence:  On one of his 1921 ventures he was actually come upon by a Detective Sergeant John J. Ryan down on his knees with a tool embedded in a labour office safe in the Postal Telegraph Building ; the jury wanted <WSD>better</WSD> evidence than that and he was acquitted , at a cost of $ 30000 in bribes , it was estimated . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another