It is conjectured that he may have been hurrying down to catch the last train from Waterloo Station, and that in his haste and the extreme darkness he missed his path and walked over the edge of one of the small landing-places for river steamboats.
Feltételezhető, hogy a Waterloo pályaudvarról induló utolsó vonathoz sietett, a koromsötétben eltévedt, és az egyik stég oldaláról a vízbe esett.