Late December in London, England, James Ryder, a hotel worker, stole the prized blue carbuncle from Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel.
The theft of more than $132,000 was originally blamed on Ryder’s partner in crime, Henry Baker, but detective Sherlock Holmes discovered all of the proof to show that Ryder was the real thief. Mr. Holmes’s friend, Inspector Peterson, noticed a man attacking a young gentleman wearing a hat and holding a goose. After the incident, all that was left behind was a goose with a note that stated ‘to Mrs. Henry Baker’ and a hat with the initials ‘H.B’ Just as John Watson, Holmes’ associate, and Holmes were discussing the story, Inspector Peterson rushed into the scene with shock, explaining he had found a bright blue …show more content…
Holmes searching for the thief himself, he made the thief come to him. He wrote in the newspaper: 'Found at the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr. Henry Baker can have the same by applying at 6:30 this evening at 221b, Baker Street.' Henry Baker, the man originally blamed for the theft, showed no interest in the bird when Holmes offered it to him when he stopped by. He knew nothing of the crime.
Their conversation was then interrupted by a loud argument outside.
Breckinridge, the man that sold Mrs. Oakshott the goose, was in the middle of an argument with a young gentleman that was asking about Mrs. Oakshott's geese. Holmes stopped the young man as he was walking away from the poultry stand. Holmes said he had the goose that the man was trying to find. Together, they flagged down a cab. Once they arrived at Baker Street, Holmes explains that he had found the blue carbuncle in the throat of the goose Ryder was looking for. Ryder then confessed to the crime. Ryder knows that Horner had been brought up for charges of theft before, so the police would naturally be more suspicious of the other man. Ryder invented something for Horner to do in the Countess's room and then, once Horner left, Ryder and Cusack went through the jewels and had Horner arrested for the
The theft of more than $132,000 was originally blamed on Ryder’s partner in crime, Henry Baker, but detective Sherlock Holmes discovered all of the proof to show that Ryder was the real thief. Mr. Holmes’s friend, Inspector Peterson, noticed a man attacking a young gentleman wearing a hat and holding a goose. After the incident, all that was left behind was a goose with a note that stated ‘to Mrs. Henry Baker’ and a hat with the initials ‘H.B’ Just as John Watson, Holmes’ associate, and Holmes were discussing the story, Inspector Peterson rushed into the scene with shock, explaining he had found a bright blue …show more content…
Holmes searching for the thief himself, he made the thief come to him. He wrote in the newspaper: 'Found at the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr. Henry Baker can have the same by applying at 6:30 this evening at 221b, Baker Street.' Henry Baker, the man originally blamed for the theft, showed no interest in the bird when Holmes offered it to him when he stopped by. He knew nothing of the crime.
Their conversation was then interrupted by a loud argument outside.
Breckinridge, the man that sold Mrs. Oakshott the goose, was in the middle of an argument with a young gentleman that was asking about Mrs. Oakshott's geese. Holmes stopped the young man as he was walking away from the poultry stand. Holmes said he had the goose that the man was trying to find. Together, they flagged down a cab. Once they arrived at Baker Street, Holmes explains that he had found the blue carbuncle in the throat of the goose Ryder was looking for. Ryder then confessed to the crime. Ryder knows that Horner had been brought up for charges of theft before, so the police would naturally be more suspicious of the other man. Ryder invented something for Horner to do in the Countess's room and then, once Horner left, Ryder and Cusack went through the jewels and had Horner arrested for the