Also, there was no evidence to connect
this unknown woman with the murder, and no sound--according to
the unanimous testimony of the inmates of the Sailor's Rest--had
been heard in the bedroom of Bolton. Yet, as the Coroner
observed, there must have been some knocking and hammering and
ripping going on. But of this nothing could be proved, and
although several witnesses were examined again, not one could
throw light on the mystery. Under these circumstances the jury
could only bring in a verdict of wilful murder against some
person or persons unknown, which was done. And it may be
mentioned that the cord with which Bolton had been strangled was
identified by the landlord and the chamber-maid as belonging to
the blind of the bedroom window.
"Well," said Hope, when the inquest was over, "so nothing can be
proved against anyone. What is to be done next?"
"I'll tell you after I have seen Random," said the Professor
curtly.
CHAPTER VII
THE CAPTAIN OF THE DIVER
The day after the inquest, Sidney Bolton's body was buried in
Gartley churchyard. Owing to the nature of the death, and the
publicity given to the murder by the press, a great concourse of
people assembled to witness the interment, and there was an
impressive silence when the corpse was committed to the grave.
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