Trial of John Jasper, lay precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent, for the murder of Edwin Drood, engineer

by England) Dickens Fellowship (London

Mr. Chesterton: And you set out to go there?

Witness: I did.

Mr. Chesterton: What happened?

Witness: I was told I should find the house on the right-hand side. It was so obvious that I went past it. I went on up a lane called Crow Lane, I believe, into the Vineries, and somewhere about there I met the boy named Deputy. I asked him to take me to Tope’s, which he did.

Mr. Chesterton: He took you to within sight, didn’t he?

Witness: Yes; I beg pardon.

Mr. Chesterton: He pointed out a window?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Chesterton: You said, “That’s Tope’s”?

Witness: Yes; I thought it was.