The Lascar was known to be a man of the vilest antecedents, but as, by Mrs. St. Clair's story, he was known to have been at the foot of the stair within a very few seconds of her husband's appearance at the window, he could hardly have been more than an accessory to the crime.
Sabemos que el marinero es un tipo de pésimos antecedentes, pero, según el relato de la señora St. Clair, se encontraba al pie de la escalera a los pocos segundos de la desaparición de su marido, por lo que dificilmente puede haber desempeñado más que un papel secundario en el crimen.