I thought the Square looked dark and dangerous in the fog, especially as Mr.Cohen was carrying a large sum of money.
"'We had a short discussion on the subject, and finally I persuaded him to take my revolver, as I was going home only through very frequented streets, and moreover carried nothing that was worth stealing.

After a little demur Mr.Cohen accepted the loan of my revolver, and that is how it came to be found on the actual scene of the crime; finally I parted from Mr.Cohen a very few minutes after I had heard the church clock striking a quarter before three.

I was at the Oxford Street end of Great Portland Street at five minutes to three, and it takes at least ten minutes to walk from where I was to the Ashton Club.' "This explanation was all the more credible, mind you, because the question of the revolver had never been very satisfactorily explained by the prosecution.

A man who has effectually strangled his victim would not discharge two shots of his revolver for, apparently, no other purpose than that of rousing the attention of the nearest passer-by.

It was far more likely that it was Mr.Cohen who shot--perhaps wildly into the air, when suddenly attacked from behind.