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. Walters: Durdles?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: The old opium woman?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: Mr. Sapsea, the Mayor?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: Did you talk to them familiarly?

Witness: Yes. I really knew their idiosyncrasies—everyone of them—so I fooled them to the top of their bent, and got everything out of them.

Mr. Walters: I have no doubt but that you asked the old opium woman some questions?

Witness: She had been following Jasper to the Gate House, and she asked me, in a whisper, would I mind telling her who he was, his name, and where he lived.