That the missing man was almost certainly dead, as proved by the finding of the scarab after his disappearance.
"2.

That he had probably been murdered by one or more of four persons, as proved by the finding of the scarab on the premises occupied by two of them and accessible to the others.
"3.

That, of those four persons, one--Mr.Jellicoe--was the last person who was known to have been in the company of the missing man; had had an exceptional opportunity for committing the murder; and was known to have delivered a dead body to the Museum subsequently to the disappearance.
"4.

That the supposition that Mr.Jellicoe had committed the murder rendered all the other circumstances of the disappearance clearly intelligible, whereas on any other supposition they were quite inexplicable.
"The evidence of the newspaper report, therefore, clearly pointed to the probability that John Bellingham had been murdered by Mr.Jellicoe and his body concealed in the mummy-case.
"I do not wish to give you the impression that I, then and there, believed that Mr.Jellicoe was the murderer.

I did not.