I was told that, at the time of the Great Coram Street murder, it was promptly concluded by our street that Biggs's boy (for that period) was at the bottom of it, and had he not been able, in reply to the severe cross-examination to which he was subjected by No. 19, when he called there for orders the morning after the crime (assisted by No. 21, who happened to be on the step at the time), to prove a complete ALIBI, it would have gone hard with him.
On dit que, lors du crime de Great Coram Street, on arriva promptement a la conclusion, dans notre rue, que le commis de chez Biggs (celui de cette époque) y était méchamment melé ; et n’eut-il pas réussi – en réponse au sévere interrogatoire que la concierge du n° 19, assistée de celle du n° 21, qui se trouvait justement a sa porte, lui fit subir quand il vint prendre les commandes –, n’eut-il pas réussi, dis-je, a faire la preuve d’un alibi complet, qu’il aurait appris de quel bois se chauffaient les deux fortes femmes.