Either Pons told his superiors and the police of his suspicions (the Goolds said the trunk was full of freshly slaughtered poultry) or he talked about it and the story of the trunk got out.
Men enten fortalte Pons sine overordnede og politiet om sin mistanke (Goold-parret hævdede at kufferten var fuld af nyslagtet fjerkræ), eller også snakkede han over sig, og historien om kufferten slap ud.