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He could not account for Leonard Ward 's absence on that morning . No permission , as far as he was aware , had been given him to leave home ; and he had never known his uncle give him any commission at that hour . The different policemen gave their narrations of the state of things -- the open window , the position of the boat , & c. And the ticket-clerk at the small Blewer Station stated that at about 12.15 at night , Mr. Ward had walked in without baggage , and asked for a second-class ticket to London . Leonard here interposed an inquiry whether he had not said a day ticket , and the clerk recollected that he had done so , and had spoken of returning by four o'clock ; but the train , being reckoned as belonging to the previous day , no return tickets were issued for it , and he had therefore taken an ordinary one , and started by the mail train . The London policeman , who had come down with Leonard , stated that , in consequence of a telegraphic message , he had been at the Paddington Station at 6.30 that morning ; had seen a young gentleman answering to the description sent to him , asked if his name were Leonard Ward , and receiving a reply in the affirmative , had informed him of the charge , and taken him into custody . The bag that he placed on the table he had found on the young man 's person . Every one was startled at this unexpected corroboration of the suspicion .