Henry Stanley

Henry Stanley, 41, of Stoke Newington, was reported missing during the evening of the 4th of January 1923.

Mr. Stanley is not married. He is a noted train enthusiast and member of the London Train Spotter's Association.

His landlady, Mrs. Constance Atkins, alleges that she heard a cry from Mr. Stanley's upstairs room at eight o'clock. He did not answer to her knocking, and when she opened the door the room was full of smoke, and there was no sign of him.

There were two markings in the carpet, spaced just like train tracks. Parallel to this, above on the ceiling was soot, and the wallpaper blistered as if from steam.

A model train set found on the scene had been purchased the previous week from the shop of Mehmet Makryat. The police took it for examination but found nothing wrong with it, and passed it on for expert examination to Mr Arthur Butter, president of the London Train Spotter's Association.

You noticed a similarity between the circumstances of Henry Stanley's disappearance and the case of Randolph and Albert Alexis.

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