Dec 9, 2009

The Red-Headed League | Overview

The story begins as Dr. Watson drops in on his friend Sherlock Holmes to find him in conversation with a man named Mr. Jabez Wilson. Wilson has come to Holmes with a problem concerning an organization for which he was working but that has mysteriously disappeared. Wilson owns a pawnshop but had for the last two months been employed part-time. At Holmes' urging, he tells his story.

Wilson's assistant Vincent Spaulding had pointed out a job notice in the newspaper to Wilson. It was a job sponsored by the Red- Headed League, and only men with red hair need apply. Spaulding convinced...