I'm in complete agreement with acrosstheuniverse on this latest thread. Having been raised in a very similiar house(but in Walton),the front living room (THE PARLOUR as it iwas always called) was usually only used for VISITORS. JULIA would only admit someone she knew & unfortunately the idea of an unknown QUALTROUGH being admitted with the idea of robbery just doesnt add up. JULIA knew both PARRY & MARSDEN for CERTAIN & she would willingly have admitterd either or both.....PARRY was QUALTROUGH. AS MARK R points out, would WHW have been so stupid as to make the call to the chess club himself & the fiddle the coins..NO CHANCE!! AS you say, the time factor & lack of ANY blood stains make it impossible for WHW to have done the deed...but I'm more convinced now that he organised it!!
Again I agree completely with MARK R about MURPHY's conclusion....it was much the same as the prosecution came up in 1931..just plain IMPOSSIBLE!! IAN(FJumble)