Chapter 4
One of Jekyll's maidservants is watching out her window on a foggy night and sees Hyde and Sir Danvers meet by chance. They talk under her window, and without warning, Hyde explodes with rage and strikes Danvers with his heavy cane. Hyde stomped upon the man, crushing his bones, while the maid faints.
The maid wakes up, calls the police. They find a purse and gold watch, and an envelope for Utterson on the victim, but no papers or cards. They find part of Hyde's splintered, broken cane. Utterson goes to the police station to see the body. Utterson identifies the victim as Danvers, and notices that the piece of cane resembles one he gave to Jekyll a long time ago. Utterson leads the police to Hyde's house in Soho. As they arrive at Hyde's house, Utterson notices the darkness from the brown fog, and considers the fear people must have of the law and the police. At Hyde's, an very white skinned woman with grey hair and an evil face tells them she hadn't seen Hyde for 2 months. At first the woman protests, but she seems happy to learn that Hyde might be in trouble.
In the house, Utterson and the police inspector find that only a few rooms are being used. They find clues to show that Hyde was responsible for the murder:
Hyde's clothes had been ransacked, a burnt cheque book, the other part of the cane, and at the bank, Hyde's account had several thousand pounds (British money) in it. The inspector believed that they could simply catch him when he returned to the bank, but found that without an accurate description of Hyde, they could not prepare the bank to recognize Hyde when he came in again.