In fact, it would be impossible to recount the gruesome aspect of that room and of the murdered man's body such as the police and the medical officer took note of that day.
"It was supposed that the murder had been committed the evening before, as the victim was dressed in his evening clothes, and all the lights in the room had been left fully turned on.

Robbery, also, must have had a large share in the miscreant's motives, for the drawers and cupboards, the portmanteau and dressing-bag had been ransacked as if in search of valuables.

On the floor there lay a pocket-book torn in half and only containing a few letters addressed to the Hon.

Robert de Genneville.
"The Earl of Brockelsby, next-of-kin to the deceased, was also telegraphed for.

He drove over from Brockelsby Castle, which is about seven miles from Birmingham.