Holmes V. Helen Stone Case

Holmes believed that doctors make the best criminals, because of one case in particular. That case was the one of Miss Helen Stones. Holmes must have wondered about all of the effort and planning that Helens step father put into carrying out his evil plan. Why he wanted to murder his step daughters was easy to understand. There mother died and they recieved her money, when they got married. But he was not going to let that happen. He wanted their money.

Helen told the story of her sisters death to Holmes. She told him how she died in her arms. She told that her last words were "Oh!, My God! Helen! It was the band." She told him how her step father was and angry man. And how he killed his butler. While he was studying in India to become a doctor. He had gotten away with it! She told how they moved back to England, and they kept exotic pets: a baboon and a cheetah. She said how her sister and herself kept their doors locked from the inside at night, so the animals didn't get in. She said about the doctors only getting along with the gypsies that lived close to their property. …show more content…
He must have been impressed at the analytical analysis that it entailed. The doctor had to have vents installed into the rooms. But he couldn't let them vent outside because he planned to put a snake through the vent. So he had them vent into the next room. He had a dummy bell installed with a tiny rope hanging down in a pull. This would allow the snake to go down the rope and land on the bed. He had the bed bolted to the floor. This would assure that the girls would not rearrange their room. The doctor then trained the snake to go through the vent down the rope and drop to the girls bed. And hopefully bite the