' s ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁letter ▁to ▁Urs ula ▁Thor pe . ▁Und ec ided ▁what ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁their ▁find , ▁they ▁took ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁Sunday ▁Mir ror ▁newspaper . ▁Sid ney ▁Jacob son , ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁deput y ▁chairman , ▁decided ▁not ▁to ▁publish ▁the ▁material ▁and ▁passed ▁the ▁brief case ▁and ▁its ▁content ▁to ▁Thor pe . ▁Cop ies ▁of ▁the ▁documents ▁were , ▁however , ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁newspaper ' s ▁files . ▁ ▁Al leg ed ▁consp i racy ▁In ▁their ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁case , ▁the ▁journal ists ▁Simon ▁Fre eman ▁and ▁Barry ▁Pen rose ▁state ▁that ▁Thor pe ▁probably ▁formed ▁the ▁outline ▁of ▁a ▁plan ▁to ▁silence ▁Scott ▁early ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁after ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁re - emer gence ▁became ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁increasing ▁concern . ▁Hol mes ▁later ▁said ▁that ▁Thor pe ▁was ▁ins istent ▁that ▁Scott ▁be ▁killed : ▁"[ J er emy ▁felt ] ▁he ▁would ▁never ▁be ▁safe ▁with ▁that ▁man ▁around ". ▁Un certain ▁how ▁to ▁proceed , ▁late ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁Hol mes ▁approached ▁a ▁business ▁acquaint ance , ▁a ▁car pet ▁sales man ▁named ▁John ▁Le ▁Mes ur ier ▁( not ▁to ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁the ▁actor ▁of ▁that ▁name ). ▁Le ▁Mes ur ier ▁introduced ▁Hol mes ▁to ▁George ▁De ak in , ▁a ▁fruit ▁machine ▁sales man ▁who , ▁he ▁thought , ▁would ▁have ▁contacts ▁with ▁people ▁who ▁might ▁be ▁prepared ▁to ▁deal