1 I will represent the official police until their arrival.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST 2 To-day the police traced them down and examined their caravan.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 3 The police have really done nothing locally, save the arrest of these gipsies.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 4 He knew well that I should never willingly invoke the aid of the police against him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 5 From the police point of view he will have kidnapped the boy for the purpose of ransom.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 6 The papers had been made up into sealed envelopes, one or two of which had been opened by the police.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 7 For my own part," the Duke continued, "I have advised the police to turn their attention to the south of France.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 8 It was not a thing that I could take to the police, for they would have laughed at me, but you will tell me what to do.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN 9 The police are making the mistake of concentrating their attention upon the second, because it happens to be the one which is actually criminal.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 10 The police believe that they have evidence in their possession which supplies a very convincing motive for the crime, and altogether it cannot be doubted that sensational developments will follow.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 11 I recognized him at once as Stanley Hopkins, a young police inspector, for whose future Holmes had high hopes, while he in turn professed the admiration and respect of a pupil for the scientific methods of the famous amateur.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 12 It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to look in upon us of an evening, and his visits were welcome to Sherlock Holmes, for they enabled him to keep in touch with all that was going on at the police headquarters.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS 13 On the contrary, she spoke of him with such bitterness that she was unconsciously considerably strengthening the case of the police for, of course, if her son had heard her speak of the man in this fashion, it would predispose him towards hatred and violence.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 14 The police theory is that a most sensational crime has been committed, that the victim was clubbed to death in his own bedroom, his papers rifled, and his dead body dragged across to the wood-stack, which was then ignited so as to hide all traces of the crime.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 15 There were points about this strange business which would, I was sure, have specially appealed to him, and the efforts of the police would have been supplemented, or more probably anticipated, by the trained observation and the alert mind of the first criminal agent in Europe.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 16 The public has already learned those particulars of the crime which came out in the police investigation, but a good deal was suppressed upon that occasion, since the case for the prosecution was so overwhelmingly strong that it was not necessary to bring forward all the facts.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContextHighlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 17 In deference to my promise, and much against my will, I consented to leave him there for three days, under the charge of Mrs. Hayes, since it was evident that it was impossible to inform the police where he was without telling them also who was the murderer, and I could not see how that murderer could be punished without ruin to my unfortunate James.
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