Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Part 4 summary

What happens

1. A maid watches Mr. Hyde attack a polite elderly gentleman with a cane, then faints at the violence.
2. Police find the dead man with half the broken cane and an envelope addressed to Mr. Utterson.
3. Utterson identifies Sir Danvers Carew and recognizes the cane as his gift to Henry Jekyll.
4. Utterson takes Inspector Newcomen to Hyde’s Soho address, where an old woman reports Hyde’s brief overnight return.
5. The search reveals disturbed rooms, burned papers, a damaged checkbook, and the remaining cane fragment.
6. Newcomen proposes watching Hyde’s bank, but the lack of photographs and consistent descriptions complicates the search.

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What to notice

Witnesses share a disturbing impression rather than a precise description. This limits the police search despite strong physical evidence.

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