Heaven Knows Who (42 page)

journalists differ,
124

jury,
126
; deliberations,
11
; remorse,
257

kerchief exhibit,
96

key complex,
53–4
,
75
,
82–4
; denial,
129–30
; evidence,
171

kitchen described,
70

Knowles, Mr Sheridan,
33–4

laudanum,
262
,
265
,
268
,
269
; dose,
253

Laurie, Mr Donald,
95
,
181

Law Faculty edict,
264

light at night,
33
,
58

Littlejohn, Mr,
28

lime mixer,
266–7

Lister, Professor (Lord),
234

Lord Provost acts at midnight,
255

lodgers,
14–15

Low Waters,
63
,
106

Lundie, Robert,
38
,
64
,
74
; evidence,
177

M'Allister, Mr,
47

M'Call, Assistant Superintendent Alexander,
56
,
77
; evidence,
168
; arrests Jessie,
171
; recalled,
193

M'Crone, Miss,
39
,
91
; evidence on dyeing,
177

M'Donald, John,
84

‘M'Donald, Mrs Mary,'
38–9

M'Gregor, Mrs, evidence
re
dress,
176

M'Gregor, James,
22–3
,
25

M'Intosh, Ann,
90
,
271

M'Intyre, Miss,
30
,
32
; testifies, supports statement,
240–1
; at enquiry,
251

M'Kinnon, Mrs Mary,
20
; protests,
236

M'Lachlan, James,
14
,
17
,
79
; finance,
14
; character,
64–5
; recovers box,
65–6
; unfairly questioned,
79
; alibi,
94
; delivers box,
95
; released,
95
; betrays,
99
,
100
; emigrates,
271

M'Lachlan, Jessie.
See
Jessie.

M'Lachlan, Margaret, evidence of clothes,
181

M'Lachlin, Bernard,
72
,
80

M'Lean, Allan, negatives testimony,
239–40

M'Lean sisters,
33

M'Pherson, Jess.
See
Jess.

M'Quarrie, Mr Donald,
34–5
,
48
,
190

Macdonald, Mr John,
15

Mackay, Miss, astray,
40
; evidence,
40

Maclean, Mr Robert,
121

Macleod, Dr George Husband Baird,
57
,
72
,
77
,
161
; experiments,
78
; evidence of report,
165

milk, nae,
46
,
48

milkboy,
34–5
; arrives,
223
; pivotal,
118

milkman and milk-boy,
189
; nae milk,
190–1

Millar, Thomas, evidence on pawning,
176

Mirrilees, Master,
63

Mitchell, Miss Elizabeth,
49

moans,
32
,
55
; at night,
241–2

Morton, Peter,
80

money motive,
200

motives,
200
; for murder,
198

murder, date, location,
12
; night of,
15
; motive,
198

Mure, Mr Andrew,
121

name confusion,
16
,
103

newspapers,
60
,
123–4
,
268
; competition,
103
; report,
265–6
; protests,
273

Nish,
36

Pannel (accused),
125–6

pardon, conditional,
256

Paton, Daniel,
49
,
158

Paton, George,
34–5
,
48
; evidence,
189

pawn-shop,
38
,
76
,
207

pawning evidence,
176
; problem resolved,
224

Perth Penitentiary,
258–60

Phillips, Mr Alex.,
126

plans,
205
; of house,
184–5

plunder motive,
200

police not called,
154

premeditation,
210

presupposition of guilt,
118

press reaction at reprieve,
257

prison, Governor of,
264
,
269

prisoner's dress,
124

Pritchard, Dr,
12
,
123

Procurator-Fiscal,
80
,
104

public interest in trial,
123

question, trick,
99

questioning, fast,
97

railway evidence of box,
180

Rainny, Mrs, obliges,
37

reasonable doubt,
126

reconstruction, judicial,
211

Reid, Mrs,
94
; in danger,
102
; evidence of box,
180–1

relic in Police Museum,
78

rents,
49
; paid,
37
; arrears evidence,
185

report by Drs Fleming and Macleod,
105
,
162

Ritchie, Mr,
34

room described,
69

Roughead, Mr,
56
,
263
; records,
103–4
; reports,
124
; assessment,
231
; comments on enquiry,
251

Sandyford Place,
17
,
32
; details,
25–6

scandal in Kilsyth,
235

screams at night,
241

self-accusation,
263
,
272

sentence pronounced,
247
; reaction among public,
248

Shaw, Mrs, at Hamilton,
89

sheets as exhibit,
90

sheriffs in attendance,
125

shirts,
169
; story of,
138

Sighthill Cemetery,
102

silverware,
38–9
,
64
,
140
,
262
; pawned,
84
; use of,
157

Slater, Oscar,
12

Smith, Miss,
12

Smith, Mrs Mary,
18
; evidence,
191

Smith, Mr Gordon,
117

Smith, William (‘Black Will'), detective,
255
,
266

spade,
144–6
; enquiry for,
136–7

squeal in the night,
152–4
,
179–80

Stalker, Mr John,
126

statement dilemma,
119
; delayed,
190
; to be read,
213–4
; confirms evidence,
226–7
; slight error,
229
; anticipates prosecution,
231
; authentication,
248

stay of execution,
250

Stewart, Mr,
46
; awakens,
32
; testifies,
243

Stewart, P.C., at Hamilton,
106

Stirling of Kier, Mr,
260–1

story, the last,
253

Strachan, Mr John, solicitor,
111
,
122
; enthuses with Dixon,
117

Strathern, Mr Sheriff Alexander,
80
,
107
; at Edinburgh,
104
; opens trial,
127

subscription for Jessie,
248–50

summing-up begins,
206

Thompson, Sub-Inspector Audley,
66

Thomson, Audley, detective,
255
,
265

Train, Mr,
53

trial, location, duration,
11
; opening,
121
,
126
; second day,
174
; third day,
182

trunk collected,
89
; for clothes,
90
; evidence,
177

verdict of guilty,
212

violence, evidence of,
165

Waddington, Mr,
255

Walker, Mrs,
28
,
30
,
32
,
54–5
,
74
; confirms,
240–1

washing, evidence of,
163
; examined,
203
; the floor,
229

Watson, Dr Ebenezer,
53
,
68
,
160

Wilson, Mr William M'Whirter,
122
; writer,
108
; advises,
113
; is shaken,
114
; regrets non-record,
248

witness, accidentally punished,
256

women in prison,
259

wounds,
68
; evidence,
160–1

‘wuddie' (gallows),
123

Young, Sir George, brought in,
251

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christianna Brand (1907–1988) was one of the most popular authors of the Golden Age of British mystery writing. Born in Malaya and raised in India, Brand used her experience as a salesgirl as inspiration for her first novel,
Death in High Heels
(1941), which she based on a fantasy of murdering an irritating coworker. The same year, she debuted her most famous character, Inspector Cockrill, whose adventures she followed until 1957. The film version of the second Cockrill mystery,
Green for Danger
, is considered one of the best-ever screen adaptations of a classic English mystery.

Brand also found success writing children's fiction. Her Nurse Matilda series, about a grotesque nanny who tames ill-behaved children, was adapted for the screen in 2005 as
Nanny McPhee
. Brand received Edgar Award nominations for the short stories “Twist for Twist” and “Poison in the Cup,” as well as a nomination for her nonfiction work
Heaven Knows Who
.

All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 1960 by Christianna Brand

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