"'The body was further described, in the police evidence, as that
of a middle-aged man, presumably a gentleman. It was clad in a
black 'evening-dress' suit, and two pearl studs of some value
remained in the limp shirt-front; from which, however, a third
and fellow stud was missing. The Police Inspector--who asked
for an open verdict, pending further inquiry--added that the
linen, and the clothing generally, bore no mark leading to
identification. Further, if a crime had been committed, the
motive had not been robbery. The trousers-pockets contained a
sovereign, and eighteen shillings in silver. In the waistcoat
was a gold watch (which had stopped at 10.55), with a chain and
a sovereign-purse containing two sovereigns and a
half-sovereign: in the left-hand breast pocket of the
dinner-jacket a handkerchief, unmarked: in the right-hand pocket
a bundle of notes and a worn bean-shaped case for a pair of
eyeglasses. The glasses were missing. The Police had carefully
dried the notes and separated them.
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