Douglas Henslowe's Safety Deposit Box

PHOTOGRAPHS

A dozen fading photographs wrapped in tissue and placed in a yellowing envelope.

Perverse and disturbing pictures. Clearly taken from concealment, with each capturing between three and a dozen people engaged in depraved sex acts in a variety of interior and exterior locations. Slightly more than half of the photos were taken indoors in one or more residences of opulent and yet tasteful decoration and costly furnishings.A few photos were taken outside, apparently in private gardens.

Two photos were taken in the same non-opulent working-class apartment or servant’s room. Those in the photos are well coiffed, some wear elaborate jewelry, although there is no clothing in evidence to give clues as to the social status of the individuals shown. One man, apparently of Latin American descent, recurs in all of the photos. He is participating with obvious gusto in all the various activities on display. Edgar Job appears in two of the main set of interior photos.

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

Appear to have been actual working books, as opposed to copies. The books appear to have been written in some sort of code. There was a buck sheet tucked into the back cover of the book.

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT (DECODED)

The books of account record information about the inventories and sales of a product identified by the letter “N”. The “N” was tracked in very small volumes of liquid ounces. The distribution occurred through a network of anonymous retailers identified by code names like “Slick”, “Moses”, and “Umbrella”. A single unit volume of “N” appears to have fetched roughly $3 of “retail” price. The code names “Black” and “Towncar” are used in the book. “Towncar” was clearly the code name of the accountant who kept these books.