CASE BOOK ONE
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FILENAME(S): CASE BOOK ONE
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
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| GAMES 572 S2 | CASE BOOK ONE | SEQ | Radd Maxx | 17 | 8 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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MASTER O| 00000BE0: 46 20 44 49 53 47 55 49 53 45 2C 20 48 41 53 20 |F DISGUISE, HAS | 00000BF0: 45 53 43 41 50 45 44 20 50 52 49 53 4F 4E 2E 20 |ESCAPED PRISON. | 00000C00: 20 C9 54 20 57 41 53 20 C8 4F 4C 4D 45 53 20 57 | .T WAS .OLMES W| 00000C10: 48 4F 20 4F 52 49 47 49 4E 41 4C 4C 59 0D 20 20 |HO ORIGINALLY. | 00000C20: 20 20 20 43 41 50 54 55 52 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 | CAPTURED THE | 00000C30: C3 48 41 4D 45 4C 45 4F 4E 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 54 |.HAMELEON, AND T| 00000C40: 48 45 20 43 52 49 4D 49 4E 41 4C 20 53 57 4F 52 |HE CRIMINAL SWOR| 00000C50: 45 20 56 45 4E 47 45 41 4E 43 45 20 4F 4E 20 54 |E VENGEANCE ON T| 00000C60: 48 49 53 2C 20 54 48 45 0D 20 20 20 20 20 46 49 |HIS, THE. 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. 221B BAKER STR
EET CASE BOOK 1... CAS
E #1: THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNHOLY MAN..
A STRANGE PREACHER HAD COME TO
TOWN, A LARGE MOROCCO-BOUND BIBLE.
UNDER HIS ARM. SCOTLAND YARD IS PUZZLED
WHEN THE PREACHER IS FOUND. STABBED
TO DEATH IN HIS BALCONY SEAT AT THE PLA
YHOUSE DURING A. PERFORMANCE OF HAML
ET... DUCHESS TALLCOURT, WHO AC
COMPANIED THE VICTIM TO THE PLAYHOUSE,.
DISCOVERED THE BODY UPON RETURNING F
ROM THE POWDER ROOM AFTER. INTERMISS
ION. THE PREACHER'S BIBLE WAS GONE, AND
ON THE FLOOR NEARBY. WERE A GERMAN-
MADE CIGARETTE AND A PACKET OF ASPIRIN..
. THE LONGWORTH ACTING TROUPE W
AS PERFORMING THE PLAY, EARL. LONGWO
RTH IN THE LEAD. LONGWORTH, A RASCALLY
CAD, HAD BEEN WOOING THE. DUCHES' DA
UGHTER, ANASTASIA, IN HOPES OF GAINING S
UPPORT FOR HIS. POVERTY-STRICKEN TRO
UPE... SCOTLAND YARD WANTS TO K
NOW: A) WHO KILLED THE PREACHER, B)THE.
WEAPON, AND C)THE MOTIVE....
CASE #2: THE ADVENTURE OF
SILVER PATCH.. YESTERDAY MORNIN
G, THE FAMOUS THOROUGHBREAD HORSE, SILVE
R PATCH,. AND HIS TRAINER, OSCAR SWI
TT, WERE FOUND DEAD IN THE HORSE'S STALL
AT. THE COSGROVE STABLES...
THE HORSE HAD BEEN POISONED, AND THE T
RAINER HAD BEEN HIT OVER. THE HEAD A
ND STABBED REPEATEDLY WITH A SHARP OBJEC
T... SILVER PATCH, SO NAMED FOR
THE PATCH OF SILVER HAIR ON HIS MANE,.
WAS OWNED BY SIR REGINALD COSGROVE,
A BREEDER WHO ALSO OWNS FOUR OTHER.
HORSES... PERSONS ROUTINELY QUE
STIONED BY INSPECTOR GREGSON OF SCOTLAND
. YARD INCLUDE SIR REGINALD COSGROVE
AND HIS PETITE WIFE, MADAME HILDA.
COSGROVE; THE COSGROVE COOK, MRS. MAGGIE
DOAN; MRS. DOAN'S HUSBAND,. HOUSEPA
INTER HENRY DOAN; AND RIVAL HORSE BREEDE
R SIR ARCHIBALD BAXTER.. SCOTLAND YA
RD IS ALSO LOOKING FOR ONE BOBBY JANSEN,
A STABLE BOY WHO. LEFT THE COSGROVE
S' EMPLOY, UNHAPPILY, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
.. THE ONLY CLUES DISCOVERED AT
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME WERE SOME. B
ROKEN PIECES OF GLASS FROM THE BOTTOM OF
AN ALE BOTTLE AND A. PAWNBROKER'S T
ICKET... UNABLE TO DEVELOP A SO
LID LEAD, INSPECTOR GREGSON HAS COME TO.
221B BAKER STREET TO CONSULT WITH H
OLMES. GREGSON WANTS TO KNOW: . A)W
HO KILLED THE HORSE AND TRAINER, B)THE W
EAPON USED, AND C)THE. MOTIVE....
CASE #3: THE ADVENTURE OF THE
CHAMELEON'S VENGEANCE.. BYRON
CHIVERS, A BOYHOOD FRIEND OF HOLMES, ARR
IVES FROM. SWITZERLAND WITH A FINE S
WISS POCKET WATCH AS A PRESENT FOR THE.
SLEUTH... BYRON, WATSON, AN
D HOLMES ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR THE PLAY
HOUSE,. WHERE VIOLIN VIRTUOSO ALFRED
O FETUCHINNI IS GOING TO PERFORM. IT IS
. WELL KNOWN THAT HOLMES IS A VIOLIN
BUFF, SO PLAYHOUSE DIRECTION SIR. C
HARLES HIGGINBOTTOM HAS ASKED HOLMES TO
PLAY A DUET FINALE WITH. FETUCHINNI.
.. WHILE BYRON, WATSON, AND HOL
MES ARE WAITING FOR THEIR CARRIAGE,.
INSPECTOR LESTRADE RUSHES UP WITH OMINO
US NEWS: THE CHAMELEON, A. MASTER O
F DISGUISE, HAS ESCAPED PRISON. IT WAS
HOLMES WHO ORIGINALLY. CAPTURED THE
CHAMELEON, AND THE CRIMINAL SWORE VENGEA
NCE ON THIS, THE. FIRST ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS CAPTURE... FEARING FOR H
IS FRIEND'S LIFE, WATSON ATTEMPTS TO PRE
VENT HOLMES. FROM GOING TO THE CONCE
RT. THE DETECTIVE IS ADAMANT...
AT THE PLAYHOUSE, MADAM CLARA LESLIE,
A WEALTHY PATRON OF THE. ARTS, PRESE
NTS HOLMES WITH A POTTED GERANIUM. CARR
IAGE DRIVER JEROME. MAGNUSON TELLS T
HE PARTY HE'LL RETURN TO PICK THEM UP AF
TER THE. CONCERT... WATSON
ATTENDS TO THE WC AND RETURNS WITH A SUD
DEN CASE OF. LARYNGITIS, BLAMING IT
ON HIS NERVOUSNESS CONCERNING THE CHAMEL
EON. . SIR CHARLES HIGGENBOTTOM PERS
ONALLY GREETS HOLMES' PARTY TO SHOW THEM
. TO THEIR BALCONY SEATS, AND HOLMES
NOTICES THAT SIR CHARLES IS. EXTRAO
RDINARILY PALE... THE CHAMELEON
HAS INDEED FORMULATED A PLOT WHICH INVO
LVES A. DEATHLY SURPRISE FOR HOLMES.
IN ORDER TO ABORT THE CHAMELEON'S PLAY
,. HOLMES MUST FIND OUT A)WHAT THE S
URPRISE IS, B)WHERE THE SURPRISE IS,.
AND C)UNMASK THE CHAMELEON....
CASE #4: THE ADVENTURE OF THE
CODED MESSAGE.. LAST WEEK THE
SAD SONG OF A HUNGRY CANARY DREW LANDLOR
D HILDA. TREVORS TO CHECK THE SMALL
ROOM ABOVE THE PAWNBROKER'S SHOP, WHERE
SHE. FOUND THE CANARY'S OWNER AND PR
OPRIETOR OF THE PAWNBROKER SHOP, RAFER.
HARMON, DEAD OF A HEART ATTACK. HAR
MON WAS SLUMPED OVER HIS EDWARDIAN.
DESK, SURROUNDED BY A ROOMFUL OF ASSORTE
D PAWNED ITEMS SUCH AS A. RIDING SAD
DLE, A COBBLER'S BENCH, A COMPLETE SET O
F OLD ENGLISH ARMOR,. A HANDMADE WOO
DEN BATTLESHIP, AN OLD HANDCARVED HOTEL
SIGN, A. COLLECTION OF DUTCH POTTERY
, AND AN ARRAY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,.
CLOCKS, AND WATCHES. ON THE DESKTOP
NEXT TO HARMON WAS AN ENVELOPE. ADD
RESSED TO ONE HARRY BLAKE, IN CARE OF A
PRISON IN SWITZERLAND... AN INV
ESTIGATION BY SCOTLAND YARD HAS REVEALED
THAT RAFER HARMON. WAS ACTUALLY RUD
OLF HICKEL, A PETTY THIEF WANTED BY AUTH
ORITIES FOR. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A NU
MBER OF BURGLARY CAPERS. HICKEL DROPPED
OUT OF. SIGHT A FEW YEARS AGO AFTER
DOUBLE-CROSSING A BAND OF FELLOW THIEVE
S. INVOLVED IN A LONDON MUSEUM JEWEL
HEIST... HICKEL DISAPPEARED WI
TH THE TWO MOST VALUABLE ITEMS OF THE HE
IST:. THE FAMOUS MATCHING EYES OF LU
CIFER PEARLS, WORTH OVER \50000 APIECE..
HIS PARTNERS, AND SCOTLAND YARD, HA
VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HICKEL EVER. S
INCE... THE ENVELOPE ON HICKEL'
S DESK CONTAINED A NOTE, APPARENTLY.
WRITTEN IN CODE. SCOTLAND YARD BELIEVE
S THAT HICKEL KNEW HE WAS DYING. AND
PENNED THIS NOTE, INTENDING TO SEND IT
TO HIS OLD FRIEND HARRY. BLAKE, DUE
TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON INTWO WEEKS..
. THE CODED NOTE READS AS FOLLO
WS:.. XQZMZ
BDCHRMHRKQZDO.. UNABLE TO CRACK
THE CODE, SCOTLAND YARD HAS COME TO HOL
MES FOR. ASSISTANCE. THE YARD WANTS
HOLMES TO CRACK THE CODE... WA
TSON SHAKES HIS HEAD IN BEWILDERMENT AS
HOLMES STUDIES THE. MESSAGE, TAKES A
PUFF ON HIS PIPE, AND REMARKS THAT THIS
SHOULD BE A. RATHER ELEMENTARY CODE
TO BREAK.... CASE #5:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLERK'S DEMISE..
INSPECTOR GREGSON AND HIS SCOTLAN
D YARD ASSISTANT, INSPECTOR. ALFRED
COOKE, HAVE BRAVED THE BITTER AIR OF ONE
OF LONDON'S COLDEST. WINTERS ON REC
ORD TO COME ACROSS TOWN. STANDING BEFOR
E THE FIREPLACE,. THE TWO DETECTIVES
WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE SUFFICIENTLY THAWED
OUT BEFORE. THEY FINALLY SPEAK...
ADDRESSING HOLMES AND WATSON, GR
EGSON RELATES THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SUR
ROUNDING THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE TOB
ACCO CLERK, MANFRED. MALONEY, WHO WA
S STABBED TO DEATH IN THE TOBACCONIST SH
OP THIS. MORNING. NEAR THE DEAD MAN
'S BODY WERE A PUDDLE OF WATER AND A.
ROLLED-UP NEWSPAPER. THE FOREFINGER O
F MALONEY'S RIGHT HAND WAS. SMEARED
WITH BLOOD, AND THE WORD ERIN WAS SCRAWL
ED IN BLOOD ON THE. CIGAR CASE ABOVE
HIS BODY... GREGSON BELIEVES T
HAT IF THEY CAN JUST FIND A WOMAN NAMED
ERIN. WHO KNEW MALONEY, THEY CAN SOL
VE THE MYSTERY. GREGSON'S ASSISTANT,.
HOWEVER, HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE WORD
ERIN IS A CODE WORD OF THE ERSE. KER
NES, A SECRET REVOLUTIONARY GROUP ACTIVE
IN IRELAND DURING THE. COUNTRY'S LA
ST STRUGGLE WITH BRITAIN, AND HE BELIEVE
S THAT MALONEY'S. DEATH WAS SOME SOR
T OF REVENGE KILLING... GREGSON
ASKS HOLMES WHICH OF THE TWO THEORIES H
E THINKS CORRECT,. BUT HOLMES EXPRES
SES HIS WISH TO VISIT THE SCENE OF THE C
RIME BEFORE. EMBRACING ANY THEORIES.
.. AT THE SHOP, HOLMES NOTICES
THAT THE AREA BEHIND THE COUNTER IS.
IN DISARRAY, AS IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN FRA
NTICALLY SEARCHING FOR. SOMETHING.
ABOVE THE BACK SHELF, NEXT TO A PHOTO OF
MALONEY HIMSELF. SMOKING A PIPE, IS
A LARGE HANGING CALENDAR. PENCILED INT
O THE. CALENDAR BLOCK CONTAINING TOD
AY'S DATE ARE THE INITIALS D.H. AND THE.
TIME 9:00 AM... "DID YOU F
IND A WEAPON?" WATSON ASKS THE SCOTLAND
YARD. DETECTIVE... "NO" REP
LIES GREGSON... "DO YOU HAVE AN
Y WITNESSES OR SUSPECTS?" ASKS WATSON...
"NONE," SAYS GREGSON. "THE BO
DY WAS FOUND THIS MORNING BY. CARRIA
GE DRIVER DANIEL HARDY, WHO STOPPED IN T
HE SHOP TO PURCHASE SOME. PIPE TOBAC
CO.".. "INDEED" REMARKS INSPECT
OR COOKE, "THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX CASE.
. IT SEEMS TOO MUCH TO HOPE THAT WE
WILL EVER FIND THE SOLUTION."..
"NOT SO, INSPECTOR," OFFERS A CONFIDENT
HOLMES. "QUITE OFTEN,. THE MORE CO
MPLEX A CASE APPEARS ON THE SURFACE, THE
SIMPLER THE ACTUAL. SOLUTION."..
HOLMES ASSURES THEM THAT THEY WIL
L BE ABLE TO DISCOVER A)THE. MURDERE
R, B)THE WEAPON, AND C)THE MOTIVE....
CASE #6: THE ADVENTURE OF
THE REWRITTEN DEATH.. THE CURTA
IN RISES ON THE THIRD ACT OF A PLAYHOUSE
MYSTERY. . HOLMES AND WATSON ARE AT
TENDING... PLAYHOUSE STAR RODER
ICK GARRICK, DASHINGLY COSTUMED IN A CRI
MSON. UNIFORM, ACTS TO SOLVE THE PUZ
ZLING DEATH OF A FELLOW OFFICER...
IN THE WINGS VANCE HILLYARD, GARRICK
'S UNDERSTUDY, STANDS. SILENTLY REFL
ECTING ON EACH MOVEMENT THE NOTED THESPI
AN MAKES. . PLAYHOUSE OWNER OGDEN BE
NNETT, FRETTING OVER DECLINING TICKET SA
LES,. PACES NERVOUSLY BEHIND THE SCE
NERY... ON STAGE, THE LOVELY RE
GINA FULTON, ACTRESS-WIFE OF PLAYWRIGHT.
STEVEN FULTON, SOBS UNDER QUESTIONI
NG. ALBERT BOSWELL, ATTIRED IN A. G
REEN OFFICER'S TUNIC TO DENOTE THE RIFLE
BRIGADE, STEPS TO HER SIDE...
IN A STUNNING DENOUNCEMENT, GARRICK REVE
ALS BOSWELL TO BE THE. MURDERER. CO
RNERED, BOSWELL DRAWS A REVOLVER AND THE
TWO MEN GRAPPLE.. A SHOT RINGS OUT
, THEN A SECOND. BOSWELL RECOILS, FALLI
NG LIFELESSLY. BETWEEN THE FOOTLIGHT
S... APPLAUSE IS SHORT. FULTON
HYSTERICALLY SCREAMS FOR A DOCTOR. .
BOSWELL HAS BEEN MURDERED...
GARRICK SWEARS THE SECOND SHOT DID NOT R
ESULT FROM THE STAGED. FIGHT. PROP
MASTER CLIFF ACKER SWEARS HE LOADED THE
GUN WITH BLANKS. . STEPHEN FULTON, D
ISCOUNTING RUMOR OF AN AFFAIR BETWEEN HI
S WIFE AND. BOSWELL, VOWS THE SOLE R
EASON HE WROTE THE CONFRONTATION SCENE,.
SUBSTITUTING THE REVOLVER FOR A KNI
FE, WAS IN THE INTERESTS OF BETTER.
DRAMA... HOLMES MUST FIND OUT A
)WHO KILLED THE ACTOR, AND B)THE MOTIVE.
... CASE #7: THE ADVENTURE
OF THE PILLAGED PAWNBROKER.. E
ARLY THIS MORNING, MILES BALFOUR, THE PR
OPRIETOR OF THE. PAWNBROKER SHOP, WA
S FOUND STABBED TO DEATH BEHIND THE MAIN
COUNTER OF. HIS ESTABLISHMENT...
THE LOCK ON BALFOUR'S FRONT DOOR
HAD BEEN BROKEN AND FIVE POUNDS. ELE
VEN SHILLINGS WAS MISSING FROM THE CASH
TILL... A CAREFUL INVENTORY, CO
NDUCTED BY SCOTLAND YARD, ALSO REVEALED.
THAT THE BIZARRE THIEF HAD ABSCONDE
D WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: . YESTER
DAY'S NEWSPAPER, A PORCELAIN FLOWER VASE
, A BALL OF STRING, AND. A HELMET WH
ICH WAS UNBOLTED FROM A COMPLETE SET OF
ARMOR... MRS. EUNICE BALFOUR, W
HO DISCOVERED HER HUSBAND'S BODY, IS AT
A. LOSS TO SHED FURTHER LIGHT ON THE
TRAGEDY. SHE RECALLS THAT HER. HUS
BAND, WHO HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE SHO
P FROM ALISTAIR KREBS, HAD. ONLY BIT
TER WORDS FOR HIS UNPROFITABLE INVESTMEN
T... INDEED, MRS. BALFOUR COULD
REMEMBER ONLY THREE CUSTOMERS DURING.
THE ENTIRE WEEK: NEWSPAPER REPORTER
HENRY KIRK, WHO PAID IN COIN TO. RED
EEM SOME BOOKS; MRS. PHYLLIS CAHILL, WHO
CLEANED OUT HER HUSBAND. JOHN'S ATT
IC; AND PLAYHOUSE MANAGER WILBUR PARTRID
GE, WHO PAWNED A. DUSTY PROP BOX FOR
WHICH HE COULDN'T FIND A KEY...
SCOTLAND YARD THEORIZES BALFOUR HAPPEN
ED TO SURPRISE A THIEF. BURGLING THE
SHOP DURING THE NIGHT AND THEY HAVE ARR
ESTED PAULIE "THE. PICK" CHANDLER, A
PETTY CROOK WHO WAS SEEN IN THE AREA...
INFORMED OF THE FACTS IN THE C
ASE, HOLMES IS CONVINCED A THREAD. O
F DEEPER LOGIC RUNS THROUGHOUT THE EXTRA
ORDINARY AFFAIR AND THAT. SCOTLAND Y
ARD HAS YET TO FIND A)THE KILLER, B)THE
WEAPON, AND C)THE. MOTIVE....
CASE #8: THE ADVENTURE OF THE E
MPTY-HANDED THIEF.. YESTERDAY E
VENING, THE SHIFTLESS OWNER OF THE BOARD
'S HEAD INN,. JEROME GALTON, WAS FOU
ND MURDERED IN HIS STUDY ABOVE THE PUB..
. MRS. BERNICE GALTON, THE DECE
ASED'S RATHER PLAIN WIFE, STATED SHE.
LEFT THE FLAT HURRIEDLY AROUND 5:30 PM
TO PAY AN OVERDUE GROCER'S. BILL.
AFTER DINING WITH HER FATHER, LORD RENSH
AW, AT THE HOTEL, MRS.. GALTON RETUR
NED AT 8 PM TO FIND HER HUSBAND LYING ON
THE FLOOR AMID. SCATTERED PAPERS, B
ROKEN GLASS, AND SEVERAL OVERTURNED CHAI
RS. THE. PUB KEEPER HAD BEEN REPEAT
EDLY STABBED IN THE CHEST... TH
E DOOR OF GALTON'S WALL SAFE WAS OPEN, A
ND A BOX CONTAINING THE. RENSHAW DIA
MONDS, BEQUEATHED TO BEATRICE BY HER LAT
E MOTHER, LADY. RENSHAW, WAS MISSING
... MISS CYNTHIA DALE, THE COME
LY WAITRESS, REMEMBERED GALTON HAD.
SEEMED FRETFUL EARLIER THAT AFTERNOON WH
EN HE RECEIVED IN THE MAIN AN. INORD
INATE AMOUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE, AND, GRU
MBLING, RETIRED TO HIS. STUDY TO OPE
N THE LETTERS... CONSTABLES LEA
RNED TOBACCONIST ZACHARY BURKE HAD ENGAG
ED GALTON. IN A HEATED QUARREL ON TH
E DAY OF THE MURDER. BOTH BURKE AND LOR
D. RENSHAW PROVED MOST UNCOOPERATIVE
UNDER QUESTIONING... THE MOST
STARTLING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CASE OCCURR
ED THIS MORNING,. WHEN A ROYAL EUROP
EAN FAMILY INFORMED AUTHORITIES THAT THE
Y HAD. PURCHASED THE RENSHAW DIAMOND
S, SECRETLY, FROM GALTON TWO YEARS AGO..
. SCOTLAND YARD WANTS TO KNOW A
)WHO KILLED THE PUB OWNER, B)THE. WE
APON, AND C)THE MOTIVE....
CASE #9: THE ADVENTURE OF THE PECULIAR
CHARWOMAN.. LAST WEEK THE BODY
OF A YOUNG CHARWOMAN WAS FOUND IN THE.
STOREROOM OF THE TOBACCONIST. TOBAC
CO DEALER DANIEL FERGUSON, WHO. DISC
OVERED THE DEAD GIRL, HAS IDENTIFIED THE
VICTIM AS BESSIE KIDDER,. A NEW EMP
LOYEE OF THE FIRM... MRS. LOUIS
E FERGUSON, THE DEALER'S WIFE, RATHER CA
LLOUSLY. REMARKED THAT HER HUSBAND P
ROBABLY WORKED THE POOR GIRL TO DEATH...
INDEED, ALL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS
THE VICTIM DID EXPIRE FROM THE. RIGO
RS OF HER JOB OR, AT LEAST, BY NATURAL C
AUSES. NO MARKS WERE. FOUND ON THE
BODY, NO TRACES OF POISON FOUND...
PERSONS ROUTINELY QUESTIONED BY INSP
ECTOR LESTRADE INCLUDE LOWELL. QUILL
EY, A CLERK WHO INSISTS HE NEVER MET THE
UNFORTUNATE GIRL; RALPH. PENNMAN, A
DELIVERY MAN WHO REFUSES TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS WITHOUT. THE PRESENCE OF A
SOLICITOR; AND DANIEL FERGUSON, WHO CLA
IMS THE. INVESTIGATION HAS UPSET HIS
DELICATE SCHEDULE OF WEEKLY COMMUTING T
O. HIS LIVERPOOL SHOP... LE
STRADE WOULD READILY CLOSE THE CASE IF I
T WERE NOT FOR ONE. DISTURBING PIECE
OF EVIDENCE. BESSIE KIDDER APPARENTLY
REPORTED FOR. WORK WITH PAINTED FING
ERNAILS... HOLMES MUST FIND OUT
A)WHO KILLED THE CHARWOMAN, B)THE MOTIV
E,. AND C)THE CAUSE OF DEATH....
CASE #10: THE ADVENTURE OF
THE DUCHESS' DEMISE.. THE KINDL
Y DUCHESS OF BARRINGTON WAS FOUND MURDER
ED THIS. AFTERNOON IN HER SITTING RO
OM AT BARRINGTON MANOR. SHE HAD BEEN.
BRUTALLY STRUCK OVER THE HEAD WITH A
FIREPLACE POKER... SCOTLAND YAR
D HAS LEARNED FROM THE HOUSEMAID, MRS. M
AGGIE WYATT,. THAT A BRIDGE PARTY WA
S IN PROGRESS DURING THE TIME OF THE MUR
DER. . THE DUCHESS, AN EXPERT PLAYER
, WOULD BUT WATCH, SEEMINGLY CONTENT TO.
ENJOY HAVING COMPANY IN HER LONELY
ESTATE... THE PLAYERS INCLUDED
LUCY BLACKTHORN, THE DUCHESS' NIECE; COL
IN. RODNEY, LUCY'S SUITOR; ALEX STAF
FORD, A RETIRED MUSIC HALL PERFORMER;.
AND VERA BIGELOW, A CHARMING YOUNG WO
MAN OF OBSCURE ORIGIN... MRS. W
YATT STATED THAT RODNEY, GOADED INTO A F
OUL MOOD BY HIS. CONTINUAL LOSEES, F
REQUENTLY SNAPPED AT THE DUCHESS, AND DI
D HIS. CHANCES OF OBTAINING THE DUCH
ESS' CONSENT TO LUCY'S MARRIAGE GREAT.
HARM... APPEARING CONSIDERAB
LY RUFFLED, THE DUCHESS EXCUSED HERSELF
AND. RETIRED TO HER SITTING ROOM. S
HE ASKED THAT EACH PLAYER MIGHT VISIT.
HER, WHEN, AS DUMMY, THEY WOULD TAKE
NO ACTIVE PART IN THE GAME... A
FTER RODNEY'S VISIT, THE DUCHESS CALLED
DOWN, INVITING STAFFORD. TO COME UP
WHEN HE COULD... AS STAFFORD LE
FT THE SITTING ROOM, THE PLAYERS HEARD T
HE DUCHESS. CALL THROUGH THE DOOR IN
A SHRILL AND SOMEWHAT STRAINED VOICE, "
YOU'LL. HELP ME, WON'T YOU, ALEX?" T
O WHICH STAFFORD NODDED IN REPLY...
THOSE WORDS WERE THE LAST THE GUEST
S OF BARRINGTON MANOR EVER. HEARD TH
E DUCHESS SPEAK. FROM THAT MOMENT, THE
PLAYERS WERE NEVER OUT. OF SIGHT OF
EACH OTHER. THE DUCHESS' SITTING ROOM W
AS IN PLAIN SIGHT. OF THE CARD PARLO
R, YET SOMEONE, SOMEHOW, HAD MANAGED TO
COMMIT. MURDER... SCOTLAND
YARD WANTS HOLMES TO UNCOVER A)WHO KILLE
D THE DUCHESS,. B)THE MOTIVE, AND C)
HOW THE KILLER'S ALIBI WAS ESTABLISHED..
.. CASE #11: THE ADVENT
URE OF THE DEADLY CALLER.. THE
ANNUAL LYONS FAMILY REUNION AT THE HOTEL
HAS BEEN POSTPONED. INDEFINITELY.
THIS MORNING, THE WEALTHY MATRIARCH OF T
HE CLAN, MRS.. GRISELDA LYONS, WAS F
OUND POISONED IN HER HOTEL ROOM...
THE WINDOWS AND THE DOOR WERE ALL ST
ILL LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE. AND NOTH
ING EATABLE OR DRINKABLE WAS FOUND IN TH
E VICTIM'S ROOM... HOTEL MANAGE
R GILES HAGEDORN, WHO WAS DRAWN TO THE R
OOM BY A. COMPLAIN FROM A GUEST OVER
HEARING A WHISTLING RADIATOR, STATES MRS
.. LYONS WAS ABLE TO GASP THREE WORD
S BEFORE SHE EXPIRED: "I CALLED. HI
M"... SCOTLAND YARD HAS ARRESTE
D HOTEL BELLHOP BRUCE SINCLAIR AND IS.
HOLDING HIM FOR THE MURDER OF THE GUE
ST... SINCLAIR SWEARS HE IS INN
OCENT, BUT ADMITS HE ANSWERED A CALL BY.
MRS. LYONS DURING THE NIGHT TO OPEN
A HEATING VENTILATOR NEAR THE. WOMA
N'S BED... ACCORDING TO MRS. LY
ONS' STEPSON, CAPTAIN VICTOR JUNO, RECEN
TLY. RETURNED FROM DUTY IN INDIA, TH
E FAMILY TOOK ADJOINING SUITES AT THE.
HOTEL AND SPENT THE AFTERNOON ON A PI
CNIC IN THE PARK WHERE A QUARREL. EN
SUED... AGAINST HER MOTHER'S WI
SHES, PRISCILLA LYONS HAD INVITED HOMER.
MAYHEW, A BANK TELLER WHO HAD CONTI
NUOUSLY COURTED PRISCILLA DURING. HE
R STAY IN LONDON... LATE IN THE
EVENING, THE FAMILY ADJOINED TO THE PUB
, WHERE MRS.. LYONS INTRODUCED HER F
IANCE, LORENZO MARCHETTI, A FLAMBOYANT Y
OUNG MAN. MANY YEARS HER JUNIOR...
TO PROVE SINCLAIR'S INNOCENCE, H
OLMES MUST UNMASK A)THE KILLER,. B)T
HE WEAPON, AND C)THE MOTIVE....
CASE #12: THE ADVENTURE OF THE S
PINSTER'S WILL.. WEALTHY SPINST
ER MISS MURGATROYD PIERPOINT HAS DIED IN
HER SLEEP.. THE DECEASED, FOUND IN
THE BEDROOM OF HER TOWNHOUSE NEAR THE PA
RK,. HAD ON HER NIGHTSTAND AN UNREAD
NEWSPAPER, A PACKET OF ASPIRIN, AND A.
BOTTLE OF BRANDY, WHICH PIERPOINT CL
AIMED TO HAVE USED FOR MEDICINAL. PU
RPOSES... A READING OF THE ELDE
RLY LADY'S WILL WAS CONDUCTED THIS MORNI
NG... TO HER NIECE, MISS FLOREN
CE CATLETT, PIERPOINT BEQUEATHED THE SUM
. OF \5000, WITH THE SOLE CONDITION
THAT THE MONEY WOULD BE FORFEIT IF.
HER NIECE MARRIED WITHIN FIVE YEARS...
THE PROVISO DREW AN OUTBURST FRO
M CATLETT'S FIANCE, ELMO. WADSWORTH,
A STEVEDORE AT THE DOCK... HOU
SEMAID DAPHNE FARBER WAS REMEMBERED WITH
A TRUST PAYING \2000. A YEAR. THE
TRUST WAS TO BE CONTINUED AS LONG AS THE
MAID CARED FOR. PIERPOINT'S POODLE
FLOPSY... TO DRUGGIST WARD RAMS
EY, PIERPOINT FACETIOUSLY BEQUEATHED A.
PLAYED-OUT GOLD MINE, WHICH SHE CLAI
MED WAS AS WORTHLES AS RAMSEY'S. PRO
MISES TO MARRY HER HAD BEEN...
THE DRUGGIST TOOK HIS MISFORTUNE IN GOOD
HUMOR, STATING THAT THE. SPINSTER H
AD, OVER THE YEARS, RELISHED INFORMING H
IM OF HER VINDICTIVE. PROVISION...
THE REMAINDER OF PIERPOINT'S EST
ATE WAS TO REVERT TO LAWYER. MEREDIT
H BALLARD, WHO THE INCREASINGLY NEARSIGH
TED SPINSTER HAD COME. TO RELY ON TO
TRANSACT HER AFFAIRS... DR. WA
TSON, WHO EXAMINED THE SPINSTER ONLY LAS
T WEEK AND FOUND. HER IN EXCELLENT H
EALTH, SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY. HOLMES MUST
FIND OUT. A)THE KILLER, B)THE WEAPON
, AND C)THE MOTIVE.... CAS
E #13: THE ADVENTURE OF THE NETTLESOME
BRIDE.. MISS IMOGENE BOYLAN, F
IANCEE OF THE SQUIRE OF WARWICK, WAS FOU
ND. MURDERED THIS MORNING IN HER SUI
TE AT THE HOTEL... THE VICTIM L
AY STABBED TO DEATH BEFORE A FULL-LENGTH
DRESSING. MIRROR, HER ENGAGEMENT RI
NG REMOVED FROM HER FINGER... A
MONG THE SUSPECTS ROUTINELY QUESTIONED B
Y SCOTLAND YARD WERE. PENELOPE HOLLO
WAY, A SEAMSTRESS WHO WAS PREPARING MISS
BOYLAN'S BRIDAL. TROUSSEAU; NEWSPAP
ER REPORTER MATTHEW PRATT, A POWERFUL SO
CIETY. COLUMNIST; CURT RHODES, THE D
ECEASED'S COUSIN; AND THE SQUIRE OF.
WARWICK... EACH WAS RUMORED TO
HAVE DRAWN BOYLAN'S WRATH DURING THE CO
URSE. OF THE WEEK. HOLLOWAY HAD INF
URIATED THE BRIDE-TO-BE WITH DRESSMAKING
. DELAYS. PRATT HAD PRINTED AN ODIO
USLY SLANTED "CINDERELLA" STORY. CON
CERNING THE MARRIAGE. RHODES HAD PRESSE
D HIS COUSIN TO USE HER. INFLUENCE W
ITH THE SQUIRE TO OBTAIN A LOAN FOR RHOD
ES' TOBACCONIST. SHOP. THE SQUIRE H
AD BECOME INCREASINGLY DISTURBED BY HIS
FIANCEE'S. PETULANT BEHAVIOR...
SCOTLAND YARD WANTS TO KNOW A)THE K
ILLER, B)THE MOTIVE, AND C)THE. WEAP
ON.... CASE #14: THE ADV
ENTURE OF THE AMOROUS SAILOR.. FROM
THE JOURNAL OF DR. WATSON:. WHE
N I RECEIVED THE TELEGRAM FROM SIGNAPORE
, I WAS STUNNED TO. LEARN THAT WILLI
E DRYDEN, A PHILANDERING MERCHANT SEAMAN
FRIEND, WAS. PLANNING MARRIAGE...
HIS PLAN WAS TO WED LONDON PUB W
AITRESS MITZI CORNWALLIS ON HIS. NEX
T STOP IN PORT AND HE WANTED ME TO BE HI
S BEST MAN... A WEEK LATER THE
WEDDING TOOK PLACE IN THE HOTEL BALLROOM
AND. HOLMES ACCOMPANIED ME. MITZI'
S FATHER AND MOTHER, NILS AND CLOVIS.
CORNWALLIS, SEEMED ANXIOUS TO GIVE THE
BRIDE AWAY, AND THE WEDDING. CAME O
FF, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE THE EXPRESSION, WIT
HOUT A HITCH. DESIRING. TO KISS THE
BRIDE, I TOOK MY PLACE IN THE RECEIVING
LINE BEHIND A. VEILED LADY IN BLACK
. I KISSED AND CHATTED WITH MITZI, THEN
MOVED TO. SHAKE HANDS WITH WILLIE.
MY OLD FRIEND LOOKED AT ME WITH A PUZZL
ED. EXPRESSION, HIS HAND TO HIS MOUT
H, AND FELL OVER DEAD... HOLMES
APPREHENDED THE LADY IN BLACK AS SHE WA
S RUNNING OUT A. SIDE DOOR. WE REMO
VED HER VEIL TO DISCOVER THAT SHE WAS OR
IENTAL. . THOUGH QUESTIONED INTENSEL
Y BY INSPECTOR GREGSON, THE WOMAN WOULD
NOT. UTTER A WORD... HOLMES
SIMPLY LOOKED AT POOR WILLIE'S LEFT HAN
D AND ANNOUNCED. THAT HE HAD DEDUCED
A)THE WOMAN'S IDENTITY, B)HER MOTIVE FO
R MURDERING. WILLIE, AND C)THE METHO
D SHE USED.... CASE #15:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNKNOWN VICTIM..
HOLMES AND WATSON ARE AMONG THOS
E ATTENDING A PARTY GIVEN BY SIR. BA
RRY AUGUSTON AND HIS WIFE CLAUDIA. OTHE
RS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDE MR.. AND MR
S. JEFFRY RIVERSIDE, GOOD FRIENDS OF THE
AUGUSTONS; THE REVEREND. ALLEN J. L
AKELY, ELLIOT MAYLARD, AN ACTOR CURRENTL
Y APPEARING AT THE. PLAYHOUSE; AND P
RICILLA ELLINGTON, THE FAMOUS AUTHORESS.
.. THE GUEST OF HONOR, GENERAL
CARL SEAGRAM, ARRIVED IN FULL. MILIT
ARY REGALIA, COMPLETE WITH A SWORD AT HI
S SIDE... THE EVENING WENT WELL
UNTIL HALF PAST TEN, WHEN A SCREAM WAS.
HEARD FROM UPSTAIRS. HOLMES, WATSO
N, AND AUGUSTON, AMONG OTHERS, RAN.
UP TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG... THE
Y FOUND THE MAID WHO HAD SCREAMED STANDI
NG IN THE DOORWAY OF A. BEDROOM USED
BY THE AUGUSTONS AS A GUEST CHAMBER. O
N THE BED LAY A. DEAD MAN WHO HAD BE
EN STABBED IN THE HEART. A BLOODY SWORD
, FOUND. NEXT TO THE BODY, WAS IMMED
IATELY RECOGNIZED AS SEAGRAM'S. WHEN TH
E. GENERAL WAS CALLED FOR, HE COULD
NOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE ON THE. GROUND
S... INSPECTOR LESTRADE, WHO AR
RIVED WITH SEVERAL OFFICERS SHORTLY.
THEREAFTER, ESTABLISHED ONE PUZZLING FA
CT: NO ONE PRESENT HAD EVER. SEEN T
HE DEAD MAN BEFORE... "OBVIOUSL
Y, THE GENERAL KILLED THIS MAN, THEN FLE
D THE PREMISES.". CONCLUDES LESTRADE
. "ALTHOUGH I'VE NO IDEA WHAT THE MOTIV
E COULD BE,. OR WHO THIS FELLOW IS,
ONCE WE FIND THE GENERAL, WE'LL HAVE THE
. ANSWERS.".. "I'M NOT SO S
URE," REPLIES HOLMES. "I THINK THAT AFT
ER SOME. INVESTIGATION, WE'LL FIND T
HAT THE GENERAL IS NOT OUR MAN."..
HOLMES PLANS TO FIND A)THE REAL MURD
ERER, B)THE IDENTITY OF THE. VICTIM,
AND C)THE MOTIVE.... CASE #
16: THE ADVENTURE OF THE KIDNAPPED SONG
STRESS.. FROM THE JOURNAL OF DR. WAT
SON. HOLMES AND I HAD LONG LOOK
ED FORWARD TO SEEING AMERICAN. SONGS
TRESS WINNIE OATS AT THE PLAYHOUSE. LON
DON WAS SHOCKED, HOWEVER,. WHEN THE
"SONGBIRD OF CINCINNATI" WAS SWEPT OFF T
HE STAGE BY A MASKED. KIDNAPPER WHO
SWUNG DOWN FROM THE RAFTERS ON A ROPE...
PLAYHOUSE DIRECTOR BARNEY LOSS
HAS HIRED HOLMES TO FIND HIS. IMPOR
TED STAR. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVE
STIGATION, THE SLEUTH. QUESTIONED WI
NNIE'S HUSBAND, GUY OATS; HER MANAGER, D
ALE RICE; AND. MRS. OATS' UNDERSTUDY
, APRIL BURNS... THE MASK USED
BY THE KIDNAPPER WAS FOUND IN THE BACK O
F A. CARRIAGE USED BY AMERICAN NEWSP
APERMAN LLOYD NEWCOMB TO RACE FROM THE.
PUB TO SCOTLAND YARD, GATHERING INFO
RMATION FOR HIS STORY. NEWCOMB. SEE
MED EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WINNIE
OATS' CAREER, SO INSPECTOR. GREGSON
SEARCHED THE NEWSPAPERMAN'S HOTEL ROOM
AND FOUND PROGRAMS FROM. EACH OF OAT
S' PERFORMANCES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS
... GREGSON ALSO DISCOVERED THA
T WINNIE'S HUSBAND GUY HAD BOOKED. P
ASSAGE FOR ONE PERSON ON A STEAMSHIP LEA
VING LONDON. THE RESERVATION. HAD B
EEN MADE BEFORE THE KIDNAPPING...
WINNIE'S MANAGER, DALE RICE, SAID THA
T WINNIE AND HER HUSBAND HAD. AN ARG
UMENT BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE, BUT THAT W
INNIE WOULD NOT TELL HIM. WHAT THE A
RGUMENT WAS ABOUT. LOSS WANTS YOU TO FI
ND A)THE KIDNAPPER,. B)THE MOTIVE, A
ND C)THE LOCATION OF WINNIE....
CASE #17: THE ADVENTURE OF THE POIS
ONED POKER PLAYER.. THE PRIVATE
POKER CLUB KNOWN AS THE SEVEN DIAMONDS
MEETS WEEKLY. IN A ROOM AT THE HOTEL
TO PLAY THEIR HIGH STAKES GAME...
THE CLUB'S MEMBERS INCLUDE JOSH FARR
BE, A BANKER; THEODORE. BEDHAM, AN A
RT DEALER; RALPH COTSON, A JEWELER; GEOR
GE HEMSTUD, A SEA. CAPTAIN; ROBERT H
UTBOY, A TAILOR; WILSON PETERSON, AN INV
ENTOR... ANOTHER PLAYER, ROGER
STEARNS, FELL OVER DEAD LAST WEEK DURING
. ONE OF THE CLUB'S REGULAR GAMES.
AT FIRST, STEARNS' DEATH WAS THOUGHT.
TO BE THE RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK. B
UT A SUBSEQUENT AUTOPSY REVEALED. TH
AT STEARNS DIED OF CYANIDE POISONING...
SCOTLAND YARD SUSPECTS FOUL PLA
Y, BUT IS AT A LOSS TO DETERMINE. A)
THE MURDERER, B)THE MOTIVE, AND C)HOW TH
E POISON WAS ADMINISTERED....
CASE #18: THE ADVENTURE OF THE GLUT
TONOUS GOSSIP.. SOCIETY PAGE ED
ITOR CHARLES MAXWELL THOUGHT OF HIMSELF
AS A. BRILLIANT JOURNALIST. HOWEVER
, MOST PEOPLE REGARDED HIM ONLY AS A.
MALICIOUS GOSSIP... LAST WEEK
, MAXWELL WAS FINISHING HIS FOURTH SERVI
NG OF FISH AND. CHIPS AT THE PUB WHE
N HE COLLAPSED. THREE WAITERS CARRIED T
HE OBESE. NEWSMAN TO A LARGE FOOD DE
LIVERY CARRIAGE PARKED OUTSIDE THE PUB A
ND. RUSH HIM ON HIS WAY TO A HOSPITA
L. MAXWELL WAS DOA... THE EVER
-SUSPICIOUS BERNARD QUIGLEY, CLAIMS MANA
GER OF THAMES. LIFE INSURANCE COMPAN
Y, LEARNED FROM THE AUTOPSY THAT SIGINIF
ICANT. TRACES OF LEAD WERE IN MAXWEL
L'S BLOOD. QUIGLEY BELIEVES MAXWELL WAS
. POISONED AND REFUSES TO PAY ANY CL
AIMS UNTIL THE MURDER IS SOLVED...
THE LAMENTING WIDOW, VALERIE MAXWELL
, NOW COMES TO YOU FOR HELP. . SHE W
ANTS TO BE PAID THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS.
VALERIE TELLS HOLMES. THAT MAXWELL'
S YOUNGER BROTHER IVAR, AN ASSISTANT IN
THE APOTHECARY,. WAS THE ONLY OTHER
BENEFICIARY... VALERIE TELLS HO
LMES AND WATSON THAT MAXWELL HAD MANY EN
EMIES. . BANKER IAN RUTLEDGE HAS SUE
D HIM THREE TIMES FOR LIBEL. ONLY LAST.
WEEK, TOBACCONIST ARNOLD HAWKE PUBL
ICLY REBUED MAXWELL AS A LIAR. . RUM
OR HAS IT THAT MAXWELL WAS ALSO SOUNDLY
PUBLICLY THRASHED RECENTLY. BY HOTEL
MANAGER FRED THRUSH FOR IMPLYING THAT T
HRUSH'S WIFE HELEN WAS. HAVING AN AF
FAIR WITH "THE MILKMAN" NAMED HAROLD QUA
IL... HOLMES DECLARES THAT A MU
RDER HAS OCCURRED. HE MUST DISCOVER.
A)THE KILLER, B)THE MOTIVE, AND C)THE
MANNER IN WHICH THE MURDER WA. ACCOM
PLISHED.... CASE #19: THE
ADVENTURE OF THE WELL-INFORMED THIEF..
JOAN HAIGH IS A CHEERFUL WIDOW L
IVING IN A SMALL FLAT IN. NEWCHESTER
DOWNS. LAST WEEK, SHE WAS THE VICTIM O
F A THEFT THAT WIPED. OUT HER ENTIRE
LIFE SAVINGS... PENNILESS, MRS
. HAIGH COMES TO HOLMES AND WATSON TO RE
STORE HER. LOSS. SHE TELLS HOLMES T
HAT THE THEFT OCCURRED BETWEEN 3:30 PM A
ND. 4:00 PM LAST MONDAY WHEN SHE WAS
STROLLING IN THE PARK. "I TAKE MY.
WALK EVERY DAY AT PRECISELY THAT TIME."
SHE SAID... "WAS THERE ANYTHIN
G ODD ABOUT THIS THEFT?" ASKED WATSON...
"OH, MY DEAR YES!" EXCLAIMED M
RS. HAIGH. "THE THIEF KNEW EXACTLY.
WHERE TO LOOK. HE FOUND MY DIAMONDS HI
DDEN IN A BRICK IN THE. FIREPLACE AN
D MY ENTIRE GOLD COIN COLLECTION CONCEAL
ED IN THE CEILING.. SOMEHOW HE EVEN
KNEW TO TAKE MY TATTERED BATH MAT, WHICH
HAD \20 SEWN. INSIDE. NOTHING ELSE
IN THE HOUSE WAS DISTURBED."..
"WHO KNEW OF YOUR POSSESSIONS?" ASKED H
OLMES... "ABSOLUTELY NO ONE COU
LD KNOW," REPLIED THE WIDOW. "I CAREFUL
LY. HID MY VALUABLES LONG AGO AND NE
VER TOLD A SOUL.".. MRS. HAIGH
TELLS HOLMES THAT SHE NEVER HAS VISITORS
TO HER MODEST. HOME, SAVE FOR HER D
OCKWORKER NEPHEW, RANCE, AND HER NEIGHBO
RS ALICE. AND RIDLEY CRANAPPLE. RID
LEY IS A PAWNBROKER. IN THE WEEK PRECED
ING. THE THEFT, MRS. HAIGH VISITED T
HE CHURCH AND PASSED A DONATION TO.
REVEREND SMITH, HAD A TOOTH EXTRACTED BY
DENTIST HARRISON BEALE, AND. PURCHA
SED FOOD AT OSCAR KRUGER'S MARKET...
HOLMES MUST DISCOVER A)WHO STOLE M
RS. HAIGH'S LIFE SAVINGS AND. B)HOW
THE THIEF KNEW WHERE TO LOOK....
CASE #20: THE ADVENTURE OF THE LIM
PING TAX COLLECTOR.. VERA ALEXA
NDER, WIFE OF THE LATE TAX COLLECTOR CLA
RENCE. ALEXANDER, HAS HIRED HOLMES T
O INVESTIGATE THE APPARENT SUICIDE OF HE
R. HUSBAND... CLARENCE WAS
FOUND ON A GRASSY KNOLL IN THE PARK. TI
GHTLY. GRIPPED IN ONE HAND WAS A TYP
EWRITTEN SUICIDE NOTE. IN THE OTHER WAS
. AN APOTHECARY'S BOTTLE MARKED "POI
SON"... WILLIAM KENNEY, A COMMO
DITIES SPECULATOR, WITNESSED CLARENCE'S.
DEATH. HE WAS JOGGING PAST A PARK
BENCH WHERE CLARENCE WAS SEATED,. WH
EN CLARENCE ROSE SUDDENLY GASPING FOR AI
R... "THE BLOKE TURNED ABSOLUTE
LY PURPLE. HE STAGGERED FORWARD. SE
VERAL FEET, LIMPING ON HIS LEFT LEG. TH
EN HE COLLAPSED.". RECOLLECTED KENNE
Y... VERA BELIEVES CLARENCE WAS
MURDERED. "HE WAS IN PERFECT MENTAL.
AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, MR. HOLMES."..
AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, CLAREN
CE WAS RESTING IN THE PARK AFTER. CO
MPLETING A NUMBER OF FIELD AUDITS OF LOC
AL CITIZENS: BANKER STEPHEN. GUESS,
LOCKSMITH ERIC WANG, MUSEUM SUPERINTEND
ENT MATHEW LERNER, AND. PAWNBROKER P
HILLIP PUPIL... HOLMES MUST FIN
D A)THE KILLER, B)THE MOTIVE, AND C)HOW
THE CRIME. WAS COMMITTED....
CASE #21: THE ADVENTURE OF THE
FALLEN ANGEL.. FROM THE JOURNAL OF
DR. WATSON:. EARLY THIS MORNING
, THE ROYAL GUARD DISCOVERED HUMAN FLY H
ECTOR. ANGEL CLUTCHING A FOOT-LONG S
ECTION OF ROPE AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER.
OF LONDON. HE HAD APPARENTLY FALLE
N TO HIS DEATH FROM A LEDGE AT THE.
VERY TOP OF THE TOWER... MOMENT
S LATER, THE ROYAL GUARD MADE A MORE STA
RTLING DISCOVERY: . THE CROWN JEWELS
, STORED IN A CHAMBER ATOP THE TOWER, HA
D. DISAPPEARED... WITHIN MI
NUTES, A LOUD RAP AT THE DOOR OF 221B BA
KER STREET. ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF
A SCOTLAND YARD CARRIAGE FOR THE MASTER
. SLEUTH. INSPECTOR LESTRADE PRESEN
TED MY FRIEND WITH AN URGENT LETTER.
FROM THE QUEEN IMPLORING HOLMES TO RECO
VER THE MISSING GEMS... UPON AR
RIVAL AT THE TOWER, HOLMES OBSERVED 1) H
ECTOR ANGEL. ENTERED THE TOWER FROM
THE OUTSIDE THROUGH A VENT AT THE VERY T
OP, 2). THE ONLY ROPE FOUND AT THE T
OWER WAS THE PIECE HECTOR WAS CLUTCHING
AS. HE FELL TO HIS DEATH, AND 3) HEC
TOR WAS MURDERED BY AN ACCOMPLICE TO.
THE JEWEL THEFT... HOLMES MUS
T DISCOVER A)WHO KILLED HECTOR ANGEL, B)
THE MURDER. WEAPON, AND C)HOW THE KI
LLER ESCAPED FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
.... CASE #22: THE ADVE
NTURE OF THE ALPHABET SPY.. FROM THE
JOURNAL OF DR. WATSON:. WE'D A
LL THOUGHT SECRET SERVICE AGENT THROWBUS
H HAD BEEN KILLED. IN THE ADVENTURE
OF THE MYSTERY MAN, BUT HE RESURFACED TO
DRAW HOLMES. AND I INTO ANOTHER CAS
E OF INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE. IT WAS FIV
E YEARS. AFTER AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR W
HEN AGENT THROWBUSH APPEARED AND ASKED U
S. TO OBSERVE THE PATRONS OF THE BOA
RD'S HEAD INN, WHERE A KNOWN FOREIGN.
AGENT WAS WORKING AS A COOK. THE COOK
WAS EXPECTED TO PASS AN. IMPORTANT
MESSAGE TO A SECOND AGENT THAT NIGHT. U
NFORTUNATELY, THE. SECRET SERVICE DI
DN'T KNOW WHO THE SECOND AGENT WAS OR HO
W THE MESSAGE. WOULD BE PASSED. THE
REFORE, THEY WERE COMPELLED TO CALL UPON
THE KEEN. EYE OF HOLMES...
WE WERE JUST FINISHING OUR ENTREE AND L
OOKING FORWARD TO DESSERT,. WHEN HOL
MES LEAPT ACROSS THE DINING ROOM TO KEEP
THE SECOND AGENT FROM. EATING THE M
ESSAGE PLANET IN HIS ALPHABET SOUP BY TH
E COOK. HOLMES. WAS CERTAIN THE MES
SAGE WAS A DATE WRITTEN OUT, BUT WE HAD
TO. UNSCRAMBLE THE FOLLOWING SIXTEEN
ALPHABET NOODLES:..
TTTEEENNN.
UUHAIGS..
"THESE LETTERS FOR TWO WORDS," HOLMES EX
PLAINED, "THE NAME OF A. MONTH AND T
HE DAY WITHIN THAT MONTH, SPELLED OUT.
THERE ARE TWO. LETTERS AMONG THE SIX
TEEN THAT DO NOT APPEAR IN THE SPELLING
OF ANY. DAY OF THE MONTH, SO THEY MU
ST BE IN THE NAME OF THE MONTH."..
ARMED WITH THIS INSIGHT, HOLMES WENT
ON TO SOLVE A)THE MESSAGE,. B)WHAT
EVENT THE DATE REFERS TO, AND C)WHO SENT
THE MESSAGE.... CASE #23:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MYSTERIOUS SKULL.
. FROM THE JOURNAL OF DR. WATSON:.
LONDON WAS A BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY
AS WE HOSTED THE OLYMPIC GAMES. IN
1908. HOLMES PREFERRED THE TRACK AND FI
ELD EVENTS TO THE WATER. SPORTS, SO
WE WERE CONTENTED TO SIT IN THE OLYMPIC
STADIUM, UNTIL. LESTRADE SHOWED UP..
. EVIDENTLY, THE COACH OF THE A
MERICAN WATER POLO TEAM WAS FOUND. F
LOATING IN THE HENLEY REGATTA LANES MARK
ED OFF IN THE THAMES. HE WAS. MORTA
LLY INJURED BY A SKULL FRACTURE. AS THE
COACH EXPIRED, HORATIO. HORNBLOWN A
ND FRED FARENT, THE FISHERMEN WHO DRAGGE
D HIM FROM THE. RIVER, HEARD HIM WHI
SPER, "THE SKULL! THE SKULL!"..
ON THE VICTIM'S BODY WAS A TICKET TO "
HAMLET", FIVE LOCKER KEYS,. AND, ODD
LY ENOUGH, A PASS FROM SCOTLAND YARD. L
ESTRADE EXPLAINED THAT. THE COACH WA
S ON THE OLYMPIC RULES COMMITTEE AND OFT
EN SAT AT THE. WINDOW OF CHIEF INSPE
CTOR TAGART'S OFFICE, WHICH OVERLOOKED T
HE. APOTHECARY ACROSS THE STREET...
HOLMES CONCLUDED THAT MORE THAN
ONE MAN HAD A HAND IN THE MURDER. O
F THE AMERICAN WATER POLO COACH, AND THR
OUGH DEDICATED INVESTIGATION. UNCOVE
RED A)THE KILLERS, B)THE WEAPON, AND C)T
HE MOTIVE.... CASE #24:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MUSICAL MURDER..
PIANIST WILLIAM MINOR AND HIS STR
ING QUARTET WERE THE RAGE OF. LONDON
, SO HOLMES AND WATSON GOT FRONT ROW SEA
TS. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. OF HIS FIN
ALE, A NEW COMPOSITION CALLED "GOODBYE,
DOLLY", WILLIAM WAS. STRUCK DEAD BY
AN ARROW THROUGH THE HEART. SCOTLAND YA
RD IMMEDIATELY. SEALED OFF THE PLAYH
OUSE. THE YARD QUESTIONED EACH REMAININ
G MEMBER. OF THE STRING QUARTET: CE
LLIST BEATRICE FLATTY, HARPIST JEFFERY.
DESHARPE, AND VIOLINIST HEIDE MINOR,
WILLIAM'S WIFE OF MANY YEARS. . PLA
YHOUSE OWNER MAJOR G. F. KEYS AND CONCER
T PROMOTOR OCTAVIA SCALES. WERE ALSO
QUESTIONED... LESTRADE WAS SCR
ATCHING HIS HEAD AS HE APPROACHED HOLMES
' FRONT. ROW SEAT. "WE FOUND THE AR
ROW EASILY ENOUGH, BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO.
FIND A BLOODY BOW ANYWHERE!"..
"IF YOU CAN'T FIND A BOW AT A STRIN
G CONCERT," HOLMES RETURNED. IMPATIE
NTLY, "YOU ARE LOOKING WITHOUT SEEING!".
. HOLMES WENT ON TO NOTE THAT,
AS MINOR WAS DYING, HE HAMMERED. THR
EE NOTES ON THE KEYBOARD. HOLMES, BEING
A MUSICIAN, RECOGNIZED THE. NOTES A
S A NATURAL G AND A NATURAL F FOLLOWED B
Y AN E-FLAT. HOLMES. HELPED OUT THE
YARD AGAIN, BY DISCLOSING A)THE KILLER,
B)THE MOTIVE,. AND C)THE WEAPON....
CASE #25: THE ADVENTURE
OF THE EYE OF THE EIGER.. FROM THE J
OURNAL OF DR. WATSON:. HOW THE
MIGHTY FALL! I HAVE ALWAYS REGARDED THE
LEGENDARY. MOUNTAINEER SIR EDMUND H
ILLMAN WITH THE UTMOST ESTEEM. NOW THE
GREAT. MAN SITS BEFORE HOLMES AND ME
IN RUINS. THIS CONQUEROR OF THE. T
REACHEROUS SOUTH FACE OF THE EIGER MOUNT
AIN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR. SHOPLIFTI
NG AT EIGER FASHIONS, A LOCAL SPORTS FUR
BISHING SHOP... "I AM GUILTY, M
R. HOLMES. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT ABOUT
THAT. I. STUFFED THE PAIR OF BOXER
UNDERWEAR INTO MY COAT POCKET RIGHT IN F
RONT. OF THE SHOPKEEPER. I CAN'T SA
Y WHY I DID IT. I HAVE NEVER STOLEN.
ANYTHING BEFORE IN MY LIFE. BESIDES,
I DETEST BOXER SHORTS. AS A. SPORTS
MAN, I ONLY WEAR JOCKEY UNDERWEAR."..
HOLMES CLEARLY TOOK PITY ON THE M
AN'S ABJECT TALE, PARTICULARLY. WHEN
SIR EDMUND OBSERVED THAT, BEFORE THE TH
EFT, HE HAD BEEN OFFERED A. LUCRATIV
E CONTRACT TO ENDORSE A NEW LINE OF HAWA
IIAN SPORTSWEAR TO BE. INTRODUCED BY
EIGER FASHIONS UNDER THE NAME OF "LEI G
EAR". SINCE THE. ARREST, THE OWNERS
OF EIGER FASION, EILEEN AND GERALD MULC
H, HAVE. WITHDRAWN THE OFFER...
PERHAPS HOLMES WAS ONLY TRYING TO D
ISTRACT THE OLD CHAP FROM HIS. WOES,
BUT I WAS QUITE SURPRISED WHEN HE GAVE
SIR EDMUND A PAD OF PAPER. AND A SET
OF COLORED INKS AND INVITED HIM TO DOOD
LE WHILE RECOUNTING. THE FAMOUS EIGE
R EXPEDITION. THE MODEST SIR EDMUND SPO
KE MAINLY WITH. PRAISE OF THE MEN WH
O CLIMBED WITH HIM: EDMUND INFALL GERMA
IN, A. SWISS DIPLOMAT; REGIE JACKSON
, A STOCKBROKER; DR. SIMON KLOPPS, A.
PSYCHOLOGIST; AND GERALD MULCH OF EIGE
R FASHIONS... JUST AS SIR EDMUN
D APPROACHED THE MOST THRILLING PART OF
HIS. TALE, HOLMES INTERRUPTED AND AS
KED TO LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINEER'S. SC
RIBBLES... "IT WORKED," HOLMES
MUTTERED. THEN POINTING TO WHAT SIR EDM
UND. HAD ABSENTMINDEDLY SKETCHED, TH
E GREAT DETECTIVE PROCLAIMED THAT HE.
WOULD PROVE SIR EDMUND INNOCENT OF ANY
WRONGDOING. "A MAN CANNOT BE. FOUN
D GUILTY UNLESS HE IS SHOWN TO POSSESS M
ENS REA OR GUILTY PURPOSE. FOR HIS A
CTS. YOU, SIR EDMUND, ARE COMPLETELY IN
NOCENT.".. I EXAMINED THE SCRIB
BLES TO SEE WHAT LED HOLMES TO SUCH AN.
EXTRAORDINARY CONCLUSION. AFTER ALL
, SIR EDMUND CONFESSED HIS GUILT...
THE SCRIBBLES ONLY CONSISTED OF A S
KETCH OF THE EIGER MOUNTAIN. WITH WH
AT RESEMBLED A GREEN EYE AT THE SUMMIT..
. "WHAT DOES THIS SHOW, HOLMES?
".. THE MASTER DETECITVE REPLIE
D, "IT MERELY IDENTIFIES A)THE. CRIM
INAL RESPONSIBLE FOR SIR EDMUND'S PLIGHT
, B)HIS MOTIVE, AND C)THE. METHOD OF
HIS CRIME."... CASE #26:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE RANDOM MURDERS..
SCOTLAND YARD IS BEWILDERED BY
A RECENT SPATE OF MURDERS IN THE. FA
SHIONABLE SEASIDE COMMUNITY OF EASTBOURN
E. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS,. 47 CITIZ
ENS HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY GUNSHOT. ALL
VICTIMS WERE SHOT IN. THE HEAD WHILE
STANDING IN THE DOORWAY TO THEIR HOMES.
INSPECTOR. LESTRADE FELT HE HAD NO
CHOICE BUT TO CONSULT THE MASTER DETECT
IVE TO. SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF THE RAND
OM MURDERS: "PLEASE HELP, MR. HOLMES. .
COMMISSIONER HARRY MUGG HAS TOLD ME
THAT IF I DON'T SOLVE THIS CRIME. W
AVE SOON, I WILL BE REASSIGNED TO THE TR
AFFIC DIVISION. AND YOU KNOW. THERE
ARE ONLY FOUR MOTOR VEHICLES IN ALL OF
ENGLAND!".. IN ORDER TO ASSIST
HOLMES, LESTRADE HAS DRAWN UP A LIST OF.
SUSPECTS: SATANIST ALISTAIR MALLOR
Y; ESCAPED MASS MURDERER HENRY. HYDE
; IRISH REVOLUTIONARY BRENDAL BEE; ANARC
HIST CAESAR GRASSHOPPER;. AND THE AR
CHVILLIANOUS DUO OF PROFESSOR JAMES MORI
ARTY AND COLOR. SEBASTIAN MORAN...
TO LESTRADE'S GRAVE DISAPPOINTME
NT, HOLMES DECLINED THE. ASSIGNMENT
DUE TO THE CRUSH OF PRIOR COMMITMENTS.
WHEN WORD OF THE. MASTER DETECTIVE'S
REFUSAL CIRCULATED, HOLMES WAS SERVED W
ITH A. SUBPOENA TO APPEAR BEFORE THE
SELECT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON LAW.
AND ORDER. WHEN THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
MAN, SIR LEROY TUCK (M.P.,. EASTBOUR
NE) CHALLENGED HOLMES IN PUBLIC SESSION
TO SOLVE THE MURDERS,. THE DETECTIVE
STUNNED THE AUDIENCE BY IDENTIFYING A)T
HE KILLER, B)THE. MASTERMIND, AND C)
THE MOTIVE.... CASE #27:
THE ADVENTURE OF MORIARTY'S CHALLENGE..
FROM THE JOURNAL OF DR. WATSON:.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT DURING MY TO
UR OF DUTY IN INDIA IN THE. SERVICE
OF HER MAJESTY'S IMPERIAL ARMY, THERE WE
RE MANY INSTANCES WHEN. I FOUND MYSE
LF IN THE GRAVEST PERIL. YET AT NO TIME
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. HAVE I BEEN MORE
FEARFUL FOR MY CONTINUED EXISTENCE THAN
I WAS LAST. NIGHT... IT AL
L BEGAN WHEN HOLMES AND I RECEIVED AN IN
VITATION FROM. SHERLOCK'S BROTHER MY
CROFT TO DINE AT 8:00 PM AT THE POSH LON
DON. BISTRO RESTAURANT ON THE OCCASI
ON OF SHERLOCK'S BIRTHDAY. THE. TEL
EGRAM OF INVITATION SPOKE OF A "CELEBRAT
ION OF AN IMPORTANT. MILESTONE IN SH
ERLOCK'S LIFE.".. TO OUR GREAT
DISAPPOINTMENT, MYCROFT DIDN'T APPEAR AN
D SHERLOCK. BEGAN TO SUSPECT THAT HE
WAS THE VICTIM OF A HOAX. THIS SUSPICI
ON WAS. CONFIRMED WHEN HE OPENED HIS
MENU AND IN THE CANDLELIGHT OF THE.
ELEGRANT RESTAURANT READ THE FOLLOWING
MESSAGE:.. "WELCOME, MR. HOLMES
. I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBR
ATION. IN MIND FOR YOU, THAT IS, IF
YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAY FOR THE.
EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT. ON THE OTHER
HAND, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE IF. YOU
DON'T WISH TO MAKE THIS MEAL YOUR LAST.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS. BON. APPETIT
!".
-PROF. JAMES MORIARTY.. TO MY A
STONISHMENT, MY COMPANION ELECTED TO STA
Y. "I CANNOT. PERMIT MORIARTY THE S
ATISFACTION OF WATCHING ME RUN AND COWER
IN FEAR.. NO, WATSON, WE ARE GOING
TO STAY PUT, ENJOY OUR DINNER, AND FOIL
ANY. ATTEMPTS TO SPOIL THE EVENING.
BESIDES, I WANT TO HEAR FAMED. VIOL
INIST SOL OX PERFORM AT 10:00."..
NEITHER THE WAITER, BILL BEACONFIELD,
NOR MAITRE D', HENRI. WICKHILL, CAN
TELL HOW MORIARTY'S MESSAGE GOT IN HOLM
ES' MENU. CHEF. GEORGE TORCHWELL AN
D ASSISTANT IDA MATCHBUSH BOTH ASSURE HO
LMES THAT. NO ONE HAS OR WILL BE PER
MITTED TO TAMPER WITH THE FOOD...
LOOKING ABOUT THE ROOM, HOLMES AND WA
TSON RECOGNIZE ONLY TWO. OTHER DINER
S: BARRISTER RANDY LAMPTREE AND HIS LAD
YFRIEND, CHEMIST. STELLA PLOW...
I HELD MY BREATH UNTIL HOLMES AVER
TED DISASTER BY IDENTIFYING. A)THE P
ERSON MORIARTY SELECTED TO KILL HIM, B)T
HE INTEDED MURDER. METHOD, AND C)THE
TIME THE MURDER WAS TO OCCUR....
CASE #28: THE ADVENTURE OF THE DO
CTOR'S LAST LAMENT.. FROM THE JOURNA
L OF DR. WATSON:. AS A PHYSICIA
N, I AM OF COURSE SADDENED BY THE PASSIN
G OF A. FELLOW PRACTITIONER OF THE M
EDICAL ARTS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT IS BY.
HIS OWN HAND... SUCH WAS T
HE SAD STORY OF A VETERAN OF THE SOUTH A
FRICAN. CAMPAIGN, DR. VINCENT VAN NO
GH. MOVED AS I WAS BY AN ACCOUNT OF HIS
. SELF-INFLICTED DEATH IN THE LONDON
TIMES, I QUOTED ALOUD THE GOOD. DOC
TOR'S SUICIDE NOTE:.. DEAR CONS
TABLE:. I AM FRIGHTFULLY WEARY
WITH LIFE IN GENERAL. I FEAR I'VE BEEN
A. BLOODY BORE. IT IS A RELIEF AT L
ONG LAST TO SAY ADIEU..
VINCENT
.. THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT WENT O
N TO NOTE THAT DR. VAN NOGH POISONED.
HIMSELF WITH CYANIDE, WHICH WAS FOUND
IN HIS MOUTH... THE REPORT CONC
LUDED BY IDENTIFYING VAN NOGH'S PALLBEAR
ERS: . THOMAS RENOVA, WALDO BARRETT,
GEN. VERNON ARNOUX, AND REGINALD. B
URNHAM... TO MY ASTONISHMENT, H
OLMES REPLIED TO MY RECITAL THAT, CLEARL
Y,. DR. VAN NOGH HAD BEEN MURDERED A
ND THAT MY SADNESS FOR HIS PASSING.
COULD BEST BE EXPIATED BY BRINGING THE K
ILLER TO JUSTICE... BEFORE I CO
ULD PROTEST THAT PERHAPS THIS TIME HIS I
MAGINATION HAD. THE BEST OF HIM, HOL
MES SUMMONED: "COME, WATSON, GET YOUR C
OAT, FOR. WE MUST IDENTIFY A)THE KIL
LER, B)THE WEAPON, AND C)THE MOTIVE."...
CASE #29: THE ADVENTURE
OF THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER.. IREN
E MARLOW, WIFE OF THE WEALTHY COLONEL JO
HN MARLOW, HAS COME. TO 221B BAKER S
TREET WITH AN URGENT REQUEST. COLONEL M
ARLOW WAS FOUND. FLOATING DEAD IN TH
E THAMES A WEEK AGO. THERE WERE NO OUTW
ARD SIGNS. OF ANY CAUSE OF DEATH, SO
SCOTLAND YARD CONCLUDED THAT COLONEL MA
RLOW. HAD DROWNED. BUT KNOWING THAT
THE COLONEL WAS A GOOD SWIMMER, MRS..
MARLOW SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY...
HOWEVER, MRS. MARLOW HASN'T THE SLIGHTE
ST IDEA WHY ANYONE WOULD. WANT THE C
OLONEL MURDERED. SHE IS ONLY ABLE TO GI
VE A FEW FACTS. REGARDING THE NIGHT
OF MARLOW'S DEATH. THE COLONEL WENT TO
VISIT A. FRIEND, SIR ARTHUR PENDLETO
N, WHO WAS STAYING AT THE HOTEL. PENDLE
TON. TOLD THE AUTHORITIES THAT MARLO
W LEFT THE HOTEL AT 9:00 PM, ALONE. .
WHEN MARLOW'S BODY WAS RECOVERED, THE
ONLY THING THE AUTHORITIES NOTED. WA
S THAT A BUTTON WAS MISSING FROM THE COL
ONEL'S SHIRT... MRS. MARLOW ALS
O GIVES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: COLO
NEL. MARLOW'S FAVORITE NIGHTSPOTS WE
RE THE PLAYHOUSE AND THE PUB. THE TWO.
MEN HE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST WERE
SIR ARTHUR PENDLETON AND MR.. HAROL
D POUNDLEY. FINALLY, BEFORE THE COLONEL
WAS MARRIED, HE HAD HAD. AN AFFAIR
WITH POUNDLEY'S WIFE... GIVEN T
HESE FACTS, IRENE MARLOW WANTS HOLMES TO
FIND OUT A)WHO. MURDERED COLONEL MA
RLOW, B)THE CAUSE OF DEATH, AND C)WHERE
THE MURDER. OCCURRED... AFT
ER MRS. MARLOW LEAVES, DR. WATSON REMARK
S THAT GIVEN THE LACK. OF FACTS, THI
S IS A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. HOLMES REPLIE
S "ONE NEVER. KNOWS WHEN YOUR ENEMIE
S WILL APPEAR."... CASE #30:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MURDERED STOCKBRO
KER.. A DISTRAUGHT LADY, MISS
MARY ROSEDALE, HAS COME TO SEE HOLMES. .
HER EMPLOYER, JONATHAN BAILEY OF TH
E BROKERAGE FIRM OF BAILEY AND. COOP
ERSFIELD, WAS MURDERED LAST NIGHT. MISS
ROSEDALE IS UPSET BECAUSE. BAILEY'S
WIFE JENNY SEEMS UNCONCERNED BY THE MUR
DER AND BECAUSE MISS. ROSEDALE, ASID
E FROM BEING HIS SECRETARY, WAS ALSO BAI
LEY'S MISTRESS... BAILEY WAS SH
OT OUTSIDE THE TOBACCONIST AFTER LEAVING
WORK. A. BULLET PIERCED HIS HEART.
BY THE TIME HELP ARRIVED, THE ASSAILAN
T HAD. ALREADY VANISHED. SCOTLAND Y
ARD HAS BEEN CALLED IN, BUT THEY HAVE.
MADE LITTLE PROGRESS IN THE CASE. TH
EREFORE, MISS ROSEDALE WANTS. HOLMES
TO BRING THIS CRIME TO JUSTICE...
MISS ROSEDALE SAYS THAT BAILEY HAD B
EEN UNDER PRESSURE LATELY,. BOTH AT
WORK AND AT HOME. A SCOUNDREL OF A COMP
ETITOR, HENRY. LANCELOT, HAS BEEN TR
YING TO DRIVE BAILEY'S BROKERAGE FIRM OU
T OF. BUSINESS BY UNDERCUTTING ITS P
RICES. AT HOME, JENNY HAS STARTED.
DRINKING HEAVILY OF LATE. JONATHAN HAD
BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. THIS...
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS GIV
EN REGARDING THE BROKERAGE FIRM: . B
AILEY'S BUSINESS PARTNER WAS BARRY COOPE
RSFIELD, AN OLD FRIEND. . ROSEDALE W
AS THEIR SECRETARY. THE FIRM ALSO EMPLO
YS A TIMID. SCRIVENER, LIONEL REINFI
ELD. THE BROKERAGE HOUSE IS LOCATED CLO
SE TO. THE DOCK, BUT MUCH BUSINESS I
S ALSO CARRIED OUT OVER LUNCH AT THE.
HOTEL... TO SOLVE THIS CASE,
HOLMES MUST DISCOVER A)WHO MURDERED BAIL
EY,. B)THE MOTIVE, AND C)WHERE THE M
URDER WEAPON IS... THE GAME IS AFOOT
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