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: And you said it was John Jasper?

Witness: Yes. She asked, would I give her three-and-sixpence to buy some opium. She said that on Christmas Eve a young gentleman gave her three-and-sixpence, and he said that his name was Edwin. And she said where could she see Jasper? And I told her in the Cathedral.

Mr. Walters: Did she go to the Cathedral next morning?

Witness: Yes; I saw her behind a pillar, shaking her fist at him.

Mr. Walters: You think she knew something about him?

Witness: Yes; that she knew more about his character than anybody else suspected.

Mr. Walters: May I take it that the results of your investigations led you to the conclusions about John Jasper—that they increased your suspicions?

Witness: I had my suspicions from the first.

Mr. Walters: Did you keep a record of your successes at the time?

Witness: Yes.