Annie Sharpe). An operation by a doctor called in from London was attempted but "something went wrong" during the operation. Ten days later, Alfred's "whole abdomen burst"; Adams, and his partner in practice, operated immediately and "repaired the burst" (in Adams's words). Since then, Adams was giving Hullett large doses of morphine. "I am too full of dope to say anything sensible", Hullett said to one on his friends. Hullett started exhibiting heart problems, and in March 1956, a heart specialist opined that Hullett had been suffering from "some type of heart trouble" since childhood, and that the condition was now worsening. The specialist expected that Hullett would die within a few months and might die at any time; on 13 March, he had severe chest pains consistent with a heart attack. He died the next morning of what Adams described as cerebral hemorrhage. Shortly after his death, Adams went to a chemists to get a 10 cc hypodermic morphine solution in the name of Mr Hullett containing 5 grains of morphine, and for the prescription to be back-dated to the previous day. The police presumed this was to cover morphine Adams had given him from his own private supplies. Mr Hullett left Adams £500 in his will. In cross examination during Adams's committal hearing, the defence forced an admission from the Crown's expert witness that Mr Hullett died of a coronary thrombosis. Death of Annie Sharpe Mrs Annie Sharpe was the proprietor of 'Barton', a boarding house where at least two of Adams's victims, the Neil Miller sisters (Hilda, died 1953; and Clara, died 1954) had lived; Adams had cut both of them off from their relatives and prevented them from receiving their mail. Sharpe herself tried to get the Neil Miller sisters to "invest £5,000 in her business"; she admitted only to receiving a £200 cheque from Clara Neil Miller. She and Adams were the only people present during Clara Neil Miller's burial. After interviewing Sharpe, Hannam considered her a key witness and thought she was the key to the whole matter, suspecting she was money-grabbing and in collusion with Adams. While the investigation was underway, Sharpe was suddenly "diagnosed" by Adams himself with cancer in her abdominal cavity and died a few days after this diagnosis, on 13 or 15 November 1956. Her body was cremated. After the acquittal In the aftermath of the trial, Adams resigned