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Updated: June 18, 2025
I tell you, not being aware that old Daniel Multenius had met his death by violence, we did not give one second's thought to that aspect and side of the affair we concentrated on the recovery of our property. I knew the house in which these Chinese lived. That evening, Purvis and I went there.
I went into one of the compartments just within the side-door of the place. I saw no one, and heard no one. I rapped on the counter nobody came. So I looked round the partition into the front shop. There was no one there. Then I looked round the other partition into the back parlour, the door of which was wide open. I at once saw an old man whom I took to be Mr. Multenius.
Of that detail I can't tell anything but I can offer a good suggestion about it. "Stephen Purvis was to call at Daniel Multenius's shop in Praed Street between five o'clock and half-past on the afternoon of November 18th to complete the sale of his diamond. About noon on that day, Daniel Multenius went to the City. He went to his bank and took the diamond away.
"The 20th?" observed Ayscough. He looked at Melky, who was paying great attention to the conversation. "Now let's see old Mr. Multenius met his death on the afternoon of the 18th. Parslett was poisoned on the night of the 19th. Um!" "And Parslett was picked up about half-way between the Chink's house and his own place, Mr. Ayscough don't you forget that!" muttered Melky.
Multenius was found dead in his back-parlour yesterday afternoon, about five-thirty, by this young man, Mr. Lauriston, who happened to look in there, and I myself was on the spot a few minutes later. Your book for it's certainly the same was lying on the table in the parlour. Now, this other young man, Mr. Rubinstein, is a relation of Mr. Multenius's from enquiries he's made, Mr.
She had been quick to appreciate all that Ayscough told her she knew how the police mind would reason about it: it would be quite enough for it to know that on the rings which Andy Lauriston said were his there were marks which were certainly identical with those on her grandfather's property: now that the police authorities were in possession of that fact, they would go for Lauriston without demur or hesitation, leaving all the other mysteries and ramifications of the Multenius affair to be sorted, or to sort themselves, at leisure.
"It was not convenient to him we will assume to admit that he did, just then. But I have discovered from the bankers that precisely two years ago, Mr. Spencer Levendale paid to Daniel Multenius a sum of ten thousand pounds. That's a fact!" "For what, mister?" demanded Melky. "Can't say nobody can say," answered the solicitor.
"They did think he might be likely having experience of these South African matters to know something how Stephen Purvis may have been followed. You see you're bound to have some theory! It looks as if Stephen Purvis had been tracked for the sake of that diamond. The thieves probably tracked it to this shop most likely attacked Mr. Multenius for it.
Old Daniel Multenius, unconscious of all the fuss and bother which his death had caused, was to be quietly interred that afternoon, and Zillah and Melky were already in their mourning garments. But Zillah had lost none of her business habits and instincts, and while the faithful Mrs.
But Ayscough was next called to give a brief, bald, matter-of-fact statement of what he knew. He had gone to see Mr. Multenius on a business affair he was making enquiries about a stolen article which was believed to have been pledged in the Edgware Road district.
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