Finally, they discover a Rosanna Moore, discovered to be Mrs Bunnerstripe's daughter and Sol Rawlins' mother. Why? In spite of his victory, Calton won't give up on the case he still wants to understand what happened. He seems to know the truth but won't reveal what he knows, seemingly in order to protect Madge. Then the trial of Fitzgerald takes place the scenes are very credible by the way: witness question, counter interrogation etc. Kilsip will find numerous new elements to the case, including the existence of a lady of little virtue, Sol Rawlins, who had apparently brought Fitzgerald some key documents the same night. In order to fight the evidence assembled by Gorby, Calton seeks the help of another policeman, Kilsip, who is also a rival of Gorby. It quickly becomes apparent that the evidence is against him, and so Fitzgerald is arrested. The policeman in charge of the case, Gorby, is convinced that Fitzgerald is the killer. That night however, Frettlby informs Whyte that the marriage is off. Apparently, he was promised to his daughter, Madge Frettlby, and chosen over Brian Fitzgerald, a young man of Irish descent.

Whyte had a row that same night with Mark Frettlby, a wealthy Australian. The murdered man is Oliver Whyte, a young man with no money who has arrived from England. When the cab driver stops, the man at the back is dead. We discover two drunk men: One helps the other into a cab, seems to recognise him and moves away but apparently comes back, then gets into the cab and after a while leaves again. The action is set in Melbourne in 188X, a Thursday night. “The mystery of a Hansom cab” is often considered as the most famous crime classics of the Victorian era. “The mystery of a Hansom cab” is an 1886 crime novel by New Zealander writer Fergus Hume.

The mystery of a hansom cab