However, the narration of her premonition was
listened to with deep interest by those in the court. Widow Anne
concluded her evidence by asking how she was to live now that her
boy Sid was dead. The Coroner professed himself unable to answer
this question, and dismissed her.
Samuel Quass, the landlord of the Sailor's Rest, was next called.
He proved to be a big, burly, red-haired, red-whiskered man, who
looked like a sailor. And indeed a few questions elicited the
information that he was a retired sea-captain. He gave his
evidence gruffly but honestly, and although he kept so shady a
public-house, seemed straightforward enough. He told much the
same tale as had appeared in the newspapers. In the hotel on
that night there was only himself, his wife and two children, and
the staff of servants. Bolton retired to bed saying that he
might start early for Gartley, and paid one pound to get the case
taken across to river and placed on a lorry. As Bolton had
vanished next morning, Quass obeyed instructions, with the result
which everyone knew. He also stated that he did not know the
case contained a mummy.
"What did you think it contained?" asked the Coroner quickly.
"Clothes and curios from foreign parts," said the witness coolly.
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