iss van schuyler the velvet stole which pistol was wrapped belongs to iss van schuyler aordg to her own statent 射 last saw it the observation saloon 射 drew attention to its loss durg the eveng, and a search was ade for it without suess

how did the stole e to the possession of x? did x purlo it ti early the eveng? but if , why? nobody uld tell, advance, that there was gog to be a scene beeen jacele and sion did x fd the stole the saloon when he went to t the pistol fro under the settee? but if , why was it not found when the search for it was ade? did it never leave iss van schuylers possession? that is to say: did iss van schuyler urder l doyle? is her aation of rosalie otterbourne a deliberate lie? if 射 did urder her, what was her otive?

other possibilities:

robbery as a otive possible, sce the pearls have disappeared, and l doyle was certaly wearg the last night

one with a grud agast the ridway faily possibly - aga no evidence we know that there is a danro an on board - a killer here we have a killer and a death ay not the o be nnected? but we should have to show that l doyle possessed danro knowled ncerng this an

ncsions: we can group the perns on board to o classes - those who had a possible otive or agast who there is defite evidence, and those who, as far as we know, are free of spicion

group i

andrew penngton

fleeood

rosalie otterbourne

iss van schuyler

louise bourt (robbery?)