two o'clock
He had raced by some five minutes before , frantically looking back over his shoulder and behaving like a man flying for his life . No one else had seen him . No one else ever did see him alive . At two o'clock there was no news , but I had informed Scotland Yard and official inquiries had been set afoot . Nothing further came to light that night , but as all readers of the daily press will remember , Adderley 's body was taken out of the pond in St. James 's Park on the following day . Death was due to drowning , but his throat was greatly discoloured as though it had been clutched in a fierce grip . It was I who identified the body , and as many people will know , in spite of the closest inquiries , the mystery of Adderley 's death has not been properly cleared up to this day .