George Harry Storrs was a wealthy man living in Gorse Hall in Stalybridge. He was murdered in November 1909 after being attacked in his home by a knife wielding man.
The first suspect was Cornelius Howard, George's cousin. He had been identified by members of the Storr's household but he was acquitted at trial.
Later Mark Wilde was arrested after he attacked a courting couple with a knife in the woods. He too was identified by some of the same people who earlier thought that Howard was the attacker.
Wilde's barrister had a field day in court. He too was acquitted.
This instalment which seemed to me only tell half a story. In Suspicious Circumstances like to indulge in cojecture and here a lot of interesting stuff was merely alluded to and then left out.
Did Storrs do something that led him to blackmail? What was that? There was the curious matter of a Bavarian governess Marfia Hohl who was found dead in 1907 in Stalybridge. The cause was apparent suicide and she might have been pregnant.
It turned out that Storrs had been friendly towards her and a regular visitor to the house she was employed. Maybe a family member of Maria might had been involved? It could had been Storr's manservant James Worrell. He might have been blackmailing his employer and killed himself soon afterwards Storrs was buried.
The actual episode was rather dull in comparison to the more salacious real life activities of Storr.