About three o'clock he was alarmed by a policeman's lantern--the search of the grounds after the murder, you see--and made off.

He entered Stowmarket on the far side of the town, and ran into a policeman's arms.

They fought for twenty minutes.

The P.C.won, and 'Rabbit Jack' got six months' hard labour for being in unlawful possession of game and assaulting the police.
Consequently, he never heard a syllable about the 'Stowmarket Mystery,' as this affair was called by the Press, until long after Mr.Hume's second trial and acquittal.

Yet the first thing 'Rabbit Jack' did after his release was to go straight to the police and tell them what he had seen.