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Of course the verdict was an open one.

There is no evidence to adduce, and whether or not the man himself committed the murders there is now none to say.

The folk here hold almost universally that the captain is simply a hero, and he is to be given a public funeral.

Already it is arranged that his body is to be taken with a train of boats up the Esk for a piece and then brought back to Tate Hill Pier and up the abbey steps, for he is to be buried in the churchyard on the cliff.