Bellingham. And yet it would
not be evidence that could be used to establish identity. Now, if Mr.
Jellicoe were the murderer and had the body hidden elsewhere, vague
suspicion would be precisely what he would desire, and positive
evidence what he would wish to avoid.

"It transpired later that John Bellingham did wear a ring on that
finger and that the ring fitted very tightly. Whence it followed that
the absence of the finger was an additional point tending to implicate
Mr. Jellicoe.

"And now let us briefly review this mass of evidence. You will see
that it consists of a multitude of items, each either trivial or
speculative. Up to the time of the actual discovery I had not a single
crucial fact, nor any clue as to motive. But, slight as the individual
points of evidence were, they pointed with impressive unanimity to one
person--Mr. Jellicoe. Thus:

"The person who had the opportunity to commit murder and dispose of the
body was Mr. Jellicoe.

"The deceased was last certainly seen alive with Mr. Jellicoe.

"An unidentified human body was delivered to the Museum by Mr. Jellicoe.

"The only person who could have a motive for personating the deceased
was Mr. Jellicoe.

"The only known person who could possibly have done so was Mr. Jellicoe.

"One of the two persons who could have had a motive for dropping the
scarab was Mr. Jellicoe. The person who found that scarab was Mr.
Jellicoe, although, owing to his defective eyesight and his spectacles,
he was the most unlikely person of those present to find it.

"The person who was responsible for the execution of the defective will
was Mr. Jellicoe.

"Then as to the remains. They were apparently not those of John
Bellingham, but parts of a particular kind of body. But the only
person who was known to have had such a body in his possession was Mr.
Jellicoe.

"The only person who could have had any motive for substituting those
remains for the remains of the deceased was Mr. Jellicoe.

"Finally, the person who caused the discovery of those remains at that
singularly opportune moment was Mr. Jellicoe.

"This was the sum of the evidence that was in my possession up to the
time of the hearing and, indeed, for some time after, and it was not
enough to act upon. But when the case had been heard in Court, it was
evident either that the proceedings would be abandoned--which was
unlikely--or that there would be new developments.

"I watched the progress o