Opening the trap-door, he then descended to the vaults--searched each cell, and every nook and corner separately.

Wild had escaped.
Robbed of their prey, the fury of the mob became ungovernable.

At length, at the end of a passage, next to the cell where Mrs.Sheppard had been confined, Blueskin discovered a trap-door which he had not previously noticed.

It was instantly burst open, when the horrible stench that issued from it convinced them that it must be a receptacle for the murdered victims of the thief-taker.
Holding a link into the place, which had the appearance of a deep pit, Blueskin noticed a body richly dressed.

He dragged it out, and perceiving, in spite of the decayed frame, that it was the body of Sir Rowland Trenchard, commanded his attendants to convey it up stairs--an order which was promptly obeyed.
Returning to the audience-chamber, Blueskin had the Jew brought before him.