Sunday 15 February 1926 P.M. continued
Philip Church is adamant Edith Lewis is responsible for murders of the Connett family. Insists it was to get at him. He and Edith Lewis have developed an animosity over Church’s refusal to support her desire to have the new London Abyssinian cat breed be recognised as a pedigree. Edith Lewis herself has created this breed.
We described cat that ‘disappeared’ at Mountford’s place; Church states it’s one of Edith Lewis’. She has power over cats. Tells us her cats can speak. When we mention the Eye of Lamashtu, Church recognises this and is sure Edith Lewis does not possess it.
Church tells us that Thomas Mountford stole the Eye of Lamashtu from British Museum two months ago. Tells us Edith Lewis and Thomas Mountford are good friends. If he is injured due to an attack by a cat-like beast, perhaps they have fallen out. Philip Church asks us to kill Edith Lewis. She is evil and craves power.
Church lives at 42 Bridge Road, Wallington, Sutton. Tel Sutton 653.
Edith Lewis
We call on her house. Housekeeper, Mavis, admits us. Edith is proper lady, age 57, well dressed, sports finest pearls, her clothes fashion is twenty years behind the times. She has one of Lewis Wayne’s cat paintings on her drawing room wall. Edith is chairwoman of Sutton & Croydon Cat Fancier’s Society. Edith is a widow. Husband worked in oil and was wealthy. Died of influenza soon after Great War.
Shows us the new cat breed she herself has bred, the London Abyssinian. She wants it recognised as a pedigree. Philip Church opposes this. They have fallen out over this – big time. The London Abyssinian is not large, does not look sinister, and does not look like the vanishing cat encountered in Mountford’s garden.
Edith Lewis admits she possessed the Eye of Lamashtu. Thomas Mountford gifted it to her. She insists she didn’t know it was a stolen item. She had it for about six weeks but not any longer. She tells us that Philip Church has stolen it from her, and that Mountford went to retrieve it but was terribly wounded during the attempt.
Mavis
Housekeeper to Edith Lewis. Age 54, looks much older and, like her mistress, dresses in decades old Edwardian fashions. Heavy makeup covers pale skin. Polite. Doddery. Twitchy eye. Is killed during our visit to Lewis’ home by the Twin Ugallos.
The Twin Ugallos
Two creatures force their way into Edith Lewis’ home. Kill her housekeeper. Creatures are fast, 7ft tall (though their typical stance seems to be to crouch), lion’s heads and dressed in Arabian pantaloons and desert-fashion cloaks. We defeat them, but not everyone survives unscathed.
Sutton & Croydon Cat Fancier’s Society,
Is a local branch of the CFA the national Cat Fanciers Association. National office is Jermaine Street, Piccadilly, London. Sutton & Croydon meet infrequently. Local halls would be booked in the event of a meeting. Members of the S&CCFS include Edith Lewis (chair), Thomas Mountford, Philip Church, (Lewis Wayne?), and Enid Connett.
Leads
1. Tapping beneath the museum vaults.
2. Edith Lewis vs Philip Church. Who do you trust? Does Church possess the Eye?
3. Thomas Mountford comatose in St. Mary’s Hospital. What could he tell us if conscious?
4. Aloysius Delgardo £1,500 offer to purchase Horn of Alu
5. Sir Harding Bailey asked us to contact them re purchasing the horn.
6. Cat Fancier’s Society members. Anyone else involved?
