Sherlock Holmes

1978

"Shortly after our return to England my mother died - she was killed eight years ago in a railway accident near Crewe." -- Helen Stoner

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Sherlock Holmes was not a criminal. He was a private investigator, a fictional character. His partner in solving crimes was Dr. Watson.
Watson

Selden and Barrymore are two people in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Barrymore was the butler at Baskerville Hall. Selden was "The Notting Hill Murderer", who escaped from Princetown Prison and was living rough out on the moor. Selden was Mrs. Barrymore's little brother, thus Mr. Barrymore's brother-in-law. That's why Barrymore brought food out to him.

Because the ash had dropped twice from his cigar.

In the crop of a goose. The crop is a small pouch that many birds have in their digestive track that collects small pebbles and stones. These are used to help grind food up.

Sherlock Holmes,

John H. Watson MD,

Grant Munro,

Effie Munro,

John Hebron,

SH's unnamed page,

Munro's unnamed maid,

Lucy Hebron (Effie's daughter),

unnamed Scottish woman (Lucy's nurse),

Effie's unnamed maiden aunt with whom she came to live at Pinner

Sherlock Holmes

Dr Watson

Lady Eva Blackwell

Earl of Dovercourt (Lady Eva's fiance)

unnamed "impecunious young squire" to whom Lady Eva had written her imprudent letters

Charles Augustus Milverton

Agatha (Milverton's maid to whom Holmes got "engaged")

other unnamed servants of Milverton

unnamed vigilante and her late husband

the Honourable Miss Miles (previous victim of Milverton)

Colonel Dorking (previous victim of Milverton)

Countess d'Albert (Milverton's next intended victim)

Inspector Lestrade

In the TV show Sherlock, Mycroft Holmes is played by Mark Gatiss. In the latest Sherlock Holmes movie A Game of Shadows Mycroft is played by Stephen Fry.

Miss Alice Turner

Simply because it involves forensics. When the minutiae mattered and a single detail could prove or disprove a man's alibi, the knowlege of, say, how long bruises can remain post-mortem became invaluable to Holmes. Sherlock Holmes knew how to identify poisons, what bit of dirt was from where by color and consistancy and whether a drop of water came from the Thames or from Niagra Falls. Such knowlege was very useful to him and without it he wouldn't have been able to solve some cases simply from lack of information, wouldn't be able to "make bricks without clay", as it were.

Holmes was insulting him because Watson did not know that his old friend was asking for help on his own behalf instead of for a friend as he said in the letter. It was a kind of "is there no limit to your stupidity?" statement.

Holmes had just learned that Watson played rugby for Blackheath, which is a rugged sport. Of course, he could be referring to the fact that Watson's blunder about whose case it was had yet again helped him to hit upon the truth.

___"Of course I remember him," said I, as I laid down the letter. "Big Bob Ferguson, the finest three-quarter Richmond ever had. He was always a good-natured chap. It's like him to be so concerned over a friend's case."

___Holmes looked at me thoughtfully and shook his head.

___"I never get your limits, Watson," said he. "There are unexplored possibilities about you. Take a wire down, like a good fellow. 'Will examine your case with pleasure.' "

___"Your case!"

___"We must not let him think that this Agency is a home for the weak-minded. Of course it is his case. Send him that wire and let the matter rest till morning."

An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was the neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also he affected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was none the less in his personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction.

The translation of the six messages:

Message 1: AM HERE ABE SLANEY

Message 2: AT ELRIGE'S

Message 3: COME ELSIE

Message 4: NEVER

Message 5: ELSIE PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD

Message 6: COME HERE AT ONCE

Please note the last letter in each word carries a "flag," and punctuation like apostrophes are not coded. Some letters are not included in these limited messages, and many people have completed the alphabet on their own. Also, many versions of the story differ erroneously on some letters in the cypher messages.

The link below contains images of all six dancing men cypher messages.

The father was murdering the daughters by transferring a poisonous snake through a ventilation system and calling it back with a whistle.

It is a fake society created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He uses this society in The Valley of Fear.

From Sir Charles Baskerville

The elder Neligan was killed by Peter Carey, for the valuable securities which were found with him when he was taken on board, THE SEA UNICORN.

Yew Alley

". . . a queer mongrel, with a most amazing power of scent. I would rather have Toby's help than that of the whole detective force of London." - Sherlock Holmes, 'The Sign of Four'

There are lots of people called Caitlin