Then Mr. Johnston said to him, "Is everything all right upstairs, before I go for the police?"
The prisoner goes upstairs, comes down again, and says, "Everything is all right. There is in a dish they have not taken." Mr. Johnston then went for the police.
Mrs. Johnston started to light a fire in the kitchen, and the prisoner helped her. Then Mrs. Johnston and the prisoner returned to the sitting-room and stood by the
body. Then the prisoner says, "Why, whatever was she doing with her mackintosh and my mackintosh" ; and you will hear how a mackintosh was rolled up and pressed against her. Mrs. Johnston said, "Is that your mackintosh ?" and Wallace, stooping down and fingering it, said, "Yes, it is mine."
The prisoner goes upstairs, comes down again, and says, "Everything is all right. There is in a dish they have not taken." Mr. Johnston then went for the police.
Mrs. Johnston started to light a fire in the kitchen, and the prisoner helped her. Then Mrs. Johnston and the prisoner returned to the sitting-room and stood by the
body. Then the prisoner says, "Why, whatever was she doing with her mackintosh and my mackintosh" ; and you will hear how a mackintosh was rolled up and pressed against her. Mrs. Johnston said, "Is that your mackintosh ?" and Wallace, stooping down and fingering it, said, "Yes, it is mine."
When we got in [he and Mrs Johnston], I looked more carefully, and saw something under her shoulder that looked like a piece of mackintosh. Looking closely, I thought there were two mackintoshes there, and said to Mrs Johnston ‘Why, what was she doing with her mackintosh; and my mackintosh’. We both looked and I touched it, and then saw that there was only one mackintosh, and that it looked like mine. Mrs Johnston said ‘why; is it your mackintosh?’ I said ‘yes’.
Gannon, John. The Killing of Julia Wallace . Amberley Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Gannon, John. The Killing of Julia Wallace . Amberley Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Mr. Johnston and Mrs. Johnston had already seen Mr. Wallace go from room-to-room upstairs checking that all was well... So then why would they want him to go back upstairs? Why didn't Mr. Johnston just move his f*cking ass to the cops already? Is he stupid?
Another thing you might consider in an "innocent Wallace" scenario (if that's the train you're on):
Mrs Johnston noticed that the fire in the kitchen range was almost out, barring a couple of embers that were still glowing. ‘Well, we’ll have a fire,’ she decided.
Gannon, John. The Killing of Julia Wallace . Amberley Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Gannon, John. The Killing of Julia Wallace . Amberley Publishing. Kindle Edition.
It was posed earlier: Why would the Johnstons lock the back door if they had committed the crime without Wallace's aid. The simple answer is that by locking it, they could ensure that they would be with Wallace when he made the discovery, and be sure that he would certainly request they come inside when he saw what had happened. The perfect way to excuse fingerprints, and potentially even tamper with the crime scene.
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But yes if anyone who can post the statement of the residents at 27 Wolverton Street, that would be insanely helpful to the cause.
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