The crime had its origin in a miserable political quar-rel--mere wrangle about offices. Walter
Radnor, the assassin, had ‘claims' upon an office, and, rightly or wrongly, he attributed his defeat to
the secret machina-tions of John Forder. He doubtless did not intend to murder his enemy that
morning when he left home, but heated words had speedily followed the meeting, and the revolver
was handy in his hip pocket.