Of the fact that he was alive at that time and place there could be no doubt whatever; for he was seen at the same moment by two persons, both of whom were intimately acquainted with him, and one of whom, Doctor Norbury, was apparently a disinterested witness.
After that date he was never seen, alive or dead, by any person who knew him and was able to identify him.

It was stated that he had been seen on the twenty-third of November following by the housemaid of Mr.Hurst; but as this person was unacquainted with him, it was uncertain whether the person whom she saw was or was not John Bellingham.
"Hence the disappearance dated, not from the twenty-third of November, as everyone seems to have assumed, but from the fourteenth of October; and the question was not, 'What became of John Bellingham after he entered Mr.Hurst's house ?' but, 'What became of him after his interview in Queen Square ?' "But as soon as I had decided that that interview must form the real starting-point of the inquiry, a most striking set of circumstances came into view.

It became obvious that if Mr.Jellicoe had had any reason for wishing to make away with John Bellingham, he had such an opportunity as seldom falls to the lot of an intending murderer.
"Just consider the conditions.

John Bellingham was known to be setting out alone upon a journey beyond the sea.

His exact destination was not stated.