It was fully dressed and wore boots on which was a moderate amount of dry mud.

It was lying on its back on the bed, which did not appear to have been slept in, and showed no sign of any struggle or disturbance.

The right hand loosely grasped a hypodermic syringe containing a few drops of clear liquid which I have since analysed and found to be a concentrated solution of strophanthin.
"'On the bed, close to the left side of the body, was a brass opium-pipe of a pattern which I believe is made in China.

The bowl of the pipe contained a small quantity of charcoal, and a fragment of opium together with some ash, and there was on the bed a little ash which appeared to have dropped from the bowl when the pipe fell or was laid down.

On the mantelshelf in the bedroom I found a small glass-stoppered jar containing about an ounce of solid opium, and another, larger jar containing wood charcoal broken up into small fragments.