"The ghost's commands, according to Highland belief, were not to be disobeyed." Macpherson must have known the facts "by ordinary means".

We have seen that Clerk and Macdonald were at once suspected; there was "a clatter" against them.

But Angus Cameron had not yet told his tale of what he saw.

Then who _did_ tell?
Here comes in a curious piece of evidence of the year 1896.

A friend writes (29th December, 1896):-- "DEAR LANG, "I enclose a tradition connected with the murder of Sergeant Davies, which my brother picked up lately before he had read the story in your Cock Lane.