Some of them contained an allusion to the Eastbourne incident, but no names were mentioned.
A reference to "developments" in connection with the "Innesmore Mansions Murder," however, caught his eye.

Appended to a brief account of the inquest were the following paragraphs: "It may be taken as certain that the police are not altogether at sea as to the motive of this atrocious crime.

Strange as it may seem--the victim being a young and attractive lady, living unostentatiously and taking little, if any, part in the social life of London--there is some probability that Mrs.Lester's death was the outcome of political revenge rather than an incident in an interrupted burglary.
"At first, every indication pointed to the act of some ghoul surprised by the unfortunate lady in her bedroom, but we have reason to believe that graver issues to the community-at-large will be revealed when Scotland Yard's inquiry is completed.

It must not be forgotten that her husband died 'suddenly' some six months ago in Shanghai.

Oddly enough, the police are now keeping a close surveillance on Chinese quarters in London, not only in the neighborhood of the docks, but in the fashionable West.