July 1, 1894: Jonas Oldacre brought his will to John Hector MacFarlane. (NORW)
July 1, 1985: Patrick Cairns first visited Peter Carrey. (BLAC)
On June 28th…
June 28, 1890: John Turner confessed to the murder of Charles McCarthy. (BOSC)
On June 27th…
June 27, 1890: Holmes and Watson traveled by train to Boscombe Valley. (BOSC)
Editor’s Note: This story contains that great Drawing by Sidney Paget. The one with Holmes laid out on the grass using his magnifying Glass to the minute clue to solve the case with. That drawing along with others drew a world of word pictures in which a skinny boy with glasses found a world that was all his own.
June 27, 1902: “Killer” Evans wounded Watson in the leg. (3GAR)
Holmes turns James Winter, alias Morecroft, alias “Killer” Evans over to Scotland Yard. Holmes had threatened “Killer” Evans with those immortal words that showed Dr Watson just how much he meant to Holmes.
“In an instant he had whisked out a revolver from his breast and had fired two shots. I felt a sudden hot sear as if a red-hot iron had been pressed to my thigh. There was a crash as Holmes’s pistol came down on the man’s head. I had a vision of him sprawling upon the floor with blood running down his face while Holmes rummaged him for weapons. Then my friend’s wiry arms were round me and he was leading me to a chair.
“You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!”
It was worth a wound – it was worth many wounds – to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.
“It’s nothing, Holmes. It’s a mere scratch.”
He had ripped up my trousers with his pocket-knife.
“You are right,” he cried, with an immense sigh of relief. “It is quite superficial.” His face set like flint as he glared at our prisoner, who was sitting up with a dazed face. “By the Lord, it is as well for you. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive. Now, sir, what have you to say for yourself?”
From The Adventure of The Three Garridebs, one of the stories in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.
Words that were exquisite in their effect on me when I first read them back on the plains of Kansas at the ripe old age of 12.
On June 26th…
June 26, 1889: Holmes interviewed Henry Wood about Colonel Barclay’s death. (CROO)
Editor’s Note: Here we meet Toby the mongoose. One of the most unusual animal characters that we see in the Canon.
June 26, 1902: “John Garrideb” visits Holmes. (3GAR)
June 26, 1902: Holmes and Watson visit Nathan Garrideb’s museum. (3GAR)
On June 25th…
June 25, 1889: Holmes investigated Colonel Barclay’s death. (CROO)
June 25, 1890: James McCarthy was brought before the Magistrates. (BOSC)
On June 24th…
June 24, 1890: The coroner’s inquest into Charles McCarthy’s death was held. (BOSC)
June 24, 1902: “John Garrideb” visits Nathan Garrideb. (3GAR)
June 24, 1889: Colonel Barclay died of Apoplexy. (CROO)
On June 23rd…
June 23, 1890: John Turner murdered Charles McCarthy. (BOSC)
On June 22nd…
June 22, 1889: Holmes unmasked Hugh Boone. (TWIS)
June 22, 1890: James McCarthy spends a 3rd day in Bristol. (BOSC)
On June 21st…
June 21, 1890: James McCarthy spends a 2nd day in Bristol. (BOSC)
June 21, 1889: Watson found Holmes in the Bar of Gold. (TWIS)
On June 20th…
June 20, 1858: Sepoy Mutiny ended at Gwalior.
June 20, 1890: James McCarthy goes to visit his wife in Bristol. (BOSC)
On June 19th…
June 19, 1889: Isa Whitney went to the Bar of Gold. (TWIS)
On June 17th…
June 17, 1889: Mrs. Neville St. Clair saw her husband in the Bar of Gold. (TWIS)
On June 15th…
June 15, 1889: Holmes and Watson accompanied Hall Pycroft to Birmingham to meet Arthur Harry Pinner. (STOC)
June 15, 1889: Arthur Pinner attempts suicide. (STOC)
On June 14th…
June 14, 1889: Hall Pycroft finished marking the hardware sellers in Paris. (STOC)
On June 13th…
June 13, 1900: Holmes recovered the Black Pearl of the Borgias from the sixth bust of Napoleon. (SIXN)
On June 12th…
June 12, 1900: Beppo murdered Pietro Venucci. (SIXN)
June 12, 1900: Beppo destroyed the 5th bust of Napoleon. (SIXN)
On June 11th…
June 11, 1900: Lestrade consulted Holmes about the theft of busts of Napoleon. (SIXN)
On June 10th…
June 10, 1889: Hall Pycroft was supposed to start work at Mawson and Williams. (STOC)
June 10, 1900: Beppo destroyed two more busts of Napoleon. (SIXN)
On June 9th…
June 9, 1889: Hall Pycroft started marking all of the hardware sellers in Paris. (STOC)
On June 8th…
June 8, 1889: Hall Pycroft took the train to Birmingham to meet Harry Pinner. (STOC)