1 00:06:59,127 --> 00:07:01,128 Anything remarkable on hand, Lestrade? 2 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:07,134 No. 3 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:11,471 Nothing in particular. 4 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:39,958 Then tell us about it. 5 00:07:44,672 --> 00:07:46,298 Now you've come to mention it, Mr. Holmes. 6 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:49,259 There's no denying there is something on my mind. 7 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:55,348 It first came to my notice four days ago. 8 00:07:56,517 --> 00:08:00,854 A certain Morse Hudson has a shop for the sale of pictures and statues 9 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:02,355 in Kennington Road. 10 00:08:33,763 --> 00:08:37,724 But what happened last night was more serious and also more singular. 11 00:08:42,730 --> 00:08:43,647 Burglary. 12 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:45,065 Exactly. 13 00:08:47,235 --> 00:08:50,570 A house of a Doctor Barnicot was broken into. 14 00:09:04,585 --> 00:09:07,587 Now this bust was one of a pair purchased from Morse Hudson 15 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:08,755 by Doctor Barnicot. 16 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,591 He had put it in his house. 17 00:09:12,969 --> 00:09:15,929 The other, he put two miles away in his surgery. 18 00:09:17,765 --> 00:09:19,599 Later that same night. 19 00:09:30,152 --> 00:09:31,611 This is certainly very novel. 20 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:33,697 Yes, I thought it would please you. 21 00:09:34,365 --> 00:09:37,617 Though in my opinion, it comes more into Doctor Watson's line than ours. 22 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:40,203 Disease? 23 00:09:41,205 --> 00:09:42,455 I should say madness. 24 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:45,208 Queer sort of madness, too. 25 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:47,294 You wouldn't think there was anybody living- 26 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:51,298 nowadays, would you, have such a hatred for Napoleon Bonaparte. 27 00:09:52,842 --> 00:09:56,094 Actually there are no limits to the possibilities of monomania. 28 00:09:59,307 --> 00:10:00,640 You see, there is the condition 29 00:10:00,975 --> 00:10:04,561 that the modern French psychologists have called an "idee fixe". 30 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:08,481 If someone became obsessed with, say- 31 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:11,484 many injustice committed to an ancestor during the Napoleonic wars, 32 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:15,614 he might form an "idee fixe" and under its influence. 33 00:10:16,741 --> 00:10:19,659 He might be capable of any fantastic outrage. 34 00:10:20,161 --> 00:10:23,580 My dear Watson, that won't do. 35 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,499 How do you explain it then? 36 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:28,335 I don't attempt to do so. 37 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:29,836 My winning. 38 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:34,341 I would simply observe- 39 00:10:34,550 --> 00:10:37,677 that there's a certain method in this gentleman's eccentric madness. 40 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:41,473 I mean, for example, in Dr. Barnicot's house, 41 00:10:42,224 --> 00:10:44,184 where a sound might have aroused the sleeping family, 42 00:10:44,352 --> 00:10:46,353 the bust was taken outside before being broken, 43 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,022 whereas in his surgery, where there was less danger of alarm, 44 00:10:49,190 --> 00:10:50,649 it was smashed where he stood. 45 00:10:54,403 --> 00:10:56,488 I only mentioned it because you usually have a taste 46 00:10:56,614 --> 00:10:59,532 for all that is out of the common, no matter how trivial. 47 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:01,534 No, I dare call nothing trivial, Lestrade. 48 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:04,996 Some of my most classic cases have had the least promising commencement. 49 00:11:05,373 --> 00:11:08,667 Yeah, that dreadful business of the Abernetty family. 50 00:11:10,711 --> 00:11:14,047 I hardly call the dismemberment of an entire family trivial. 51 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:19,052 Well Watson, would you be so kind as to explain? 52 00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:20,553 What? 53 00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:24,683 Well the point is that it only came to Holmes' notice, 54 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:27,686 because the depths which the parsley had sunk into the butter on a hot day. 55 00:11:33,567 --> 00:11:37,028 So you see I cannot afford to smile at your three busts, Lestrade. 56 00:11:37,738 --> 00:11:42,033 However, I would be obliged if you would keep me informed 57 00:11:42,159 --> 00:11:43,326 as to developments. 58 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:02,095 Listen to this Holmes, "Come Instantly, 1-3-1 Pitt Street, Kensington, Lestrade." 59 00:12:02,763 --> 00:12:03,388 What's it about? 60 00:12:03,514 --> 00:12:07,016 Well it could be anything but I suspect it's a sequel to his story of last night. 61 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:10,270 You know, my "idee fixe". Finish your coffee. 62 00:12:10,688 --> 00:12:11,855 There's a cab at the door. 63 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:14,023 Two minutes. 64 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:31,750 It's attempted murder at least. 65 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:34,544 Nothing less will hold the London message boy. 66 00:12:34,670 --> 00:12:37,130 There's a deed of violence in that young fellow's round shoulders 67 00:12:37,298 --> 00:12:38,465 and out-stretched neck. 68 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,133 Well, Lestrade will soon tell us. 69 00:12:47,016 --> 00:12:47,974 Look at this, Watson. 70 00:12:48,642 --> 00:12:51,644 The bottom steps swilled down and the others dry. 71 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:53,980 Footstep's enough, anyhow. Yes, but whose? 72 00:13:03,365 --> 00:13:06,159 It's the Napoleon bust business again, gentlemen. 73 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:07,660 They smashed another? 74 00:13:08,829 --> 00:13:11,664 I'm afraid the affair has taken a graver turn. 75 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:13,833 This way. 76 00:13:21,217 --> 00:13:26,012 Mr. Harker, allow me to present, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. 77 00:13:26,889 --> 00:13:29,849 Mr. Horace Harker, of the Central Press Syndicate. 78 00:13:30,267 --> 00:13:31,684 Good of you to come, gentlemen. 79 00:13:34,271 --> 00:13:36,105 Please forgive my agitation. 80 00:13:36,232 --> 00:13:38,024 No apology necessary, Mr. Harker. 81 00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:40,985 A body on one's front doorstep is always unsettling. 82 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:47,200 You've told him, then? 83 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:48,493 Not a word. 84 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:52,872 Now, tell us exactly what occurred. 85 00:13:55,709 --> 00:13:57,210 It's an extraordinary thing. 86 00:13:58,379 --> 00:14:01,005 All my life, I've been collecting other people's news, 87 00:14:01,173 --> 00:14:03,049 and now I have a real life story of my own, 88 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:05,218 and I can't put two words together. 89 00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:10,473 If I had been a journalist and walked in through that door, 90 00:14:10,599 --> 00:14:12,141 I would have interviewed myself 91 00:14:12,476 --> 00:14:15,395 and had two columns in every London newspaper. 92 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:19,732 And here I am giving away valuable copy by telling my story 93 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:23,361 over and over again to a string of different people. 94 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:29,409 However, I've heard of your name, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 95 00:14:29,743 --> 00:14:32,996 So if you could explain this queer business 96 00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:36,916 I'd be more than paid for my trouble in telling you my story. 97 00:14:42,756 --> 00:14:46,217 A great deal of my journalistic work is done at night in my den, 98 00:14:47,636 --> 00:14:49,512 in that room adjacent to this one. 99 00:14:51,932 --> 00:14:55,768 At some time, in the small hours of this morning. 100 00:16:40,958 --> 00:16:44,377 I shall live that moment over and over again in my dreams. 101 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,217 Do we know who the murdered man was? 102 00:16:51,385 --> 00:16:54,554 Not yet. But you can see the body at the mortuary, if you wish. 103 00:16:55,723 --> 00:16:57,849 Where did you purchase your bust, Mr. Harker? 104 00:17:01,895 --> 00:17:04,147 From Mr. Hudson of Kennington Road. 105 00:17:15,075 --> 00:17:16,492 Do we know what became of it? 106 00:17:17,244 --> 00:17:20,246 The officer at the door tells me it's been found in the front garden 107 00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:22,081 of an empty house on Campden House Road. 108 00:17:22,791 --> 00:17:24,876 I was just going round to see it. Will you come? 109 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:27,587 In a moment, Lestrade. 110 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:39,098 Well, the intruder either had very long legs or was a most active man, 111 00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:43,061 with that area beneath, it was no mean feat to climb up to this ledge 112 00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:46,105 let alone, to open the window. 113 00:17:57,701 --> 00:18:02,580 Mr. Harker, will you come with us to see the remains of your bust? 114 00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:05,750 I must make something of it, 115 00:18:05,876 --> 00:18:08,211 although I have no doubt that every newspaper in London 116 00:18:08,337 --> 00:18:10,630 will be on the streets with a full and detailed account. 117 00:18:11,006 --> 00:18:12,048 Just my luck. 118 00:18:14,676 --> 00:18:17,929 Do you remember when the stand fell down at the Doncaster Races? 119 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:22,475 I was the only journalist in that stand, and my journal was the only one 120 00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:26,646 that didn't have a published account because I was too shaken to write a word. 121 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:32,276 Now, I should be too late with a murder on my own doorstep. 122 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:07,353 Well? 123 00:19:08,188 --> 00:19:11,357 We have a long way to go but there is one suggestive fact. 124 00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:14,652 He didn't smash this in the house or immediately outside it. 125 00:19:17,865 --> 00:19:19,949 Well, perhaps he was so rattled and bustled 126 00:19:20,075 --> 00:19:23,786 by meeting this other fellow that he hardly knew what he was doing. 127 00:19:23,954 --> 00:19:25,037 That's likely enough. 128 00:19:25,205 --> 00:19:28,791 But why did he choose to destroy it outside this particular house? 129 00:19:32,379 --> 00:19:36,007 It's empty. So he knew he wouldn't be disturbed. 130 00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:38,050 Yes, but there's another empty house 131 00:19:38,218 --> 00:19:40,052 further up the street he must have passed. 132 00:19:40,554 --> 00:19:42,013 Why not destroy it there? 133 00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:48,477 The lamp. 134 00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:51,564 By Jove, you're right. 135 00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:56,068 What are we to make of that? 136 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:00,573 Holmes? 137 00:20:02,409 --> 00:20:05,161 Remember it., docket it. 138 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:08,164 We may come on something later, which will bear upon it. 139 00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:10,041 Meanwhile, before we go our separate ways, 140 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:12,501 I suggest we make one last concerted visit. 141 00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:13,336 Where to? 142 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:14,420 The morgue. 143 00:21:08,392 --> 00:21:10,476 They made nothing of his identity up to now. 144 00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:13,813 He was poorly dressed but doesn't seem to have been a laborer. 145 00:21:13,981 --> 00:21:16,816 Whoever's responsible did a nasty job on the fellow's throat. 146 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,777 Oh, that was the murder weapon, had a serrated blade. 147 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:23,322 But whether it belonged to the murderer or the dead man we don't yet know. 148 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:25,408 Anything in his pockets to help identify him? 149 00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:26,826 Precious little. 150 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:32,748 If it might interest you, Mr. Holmes. 151 00:21:33,834 --> 00:21:37,503 Forgive me, Lestrade, I was just contemplating 152 00:21:37,754 --> 00:21:40,256 the one mystery that not even I can solve. 153 00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:43,634 Death itself. Pray continue. 154 00:21:44,177 --> 00:21:46,012 As you can see, he carried very little. 155 00:21:46,847 --> 00:21:49,598 An apple, some string, a shilling map of London, 156 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:51,475 and a photograph. 157 00:21:54,229 --> 00:21:55,855 Or a part of one- it's torn. 158 00:21:57,357 --> 00:21:57,857 Look. 159 00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:02,361 Ugly looking devil, 160 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:04,989 positively Simian. 161 00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:08,868 What steps do you propose next, Lestrade? 162 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:10,369 Well, the most practical way of getting at it, 163 00:22:10,537 --> 00:22:12,830 in my opinion, is to identify the dead man. 164 00:22:13,373 --> 00:22:15,708 Once we know who he is and who his associates are, 165 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:17,043 we should have a good start in learning 166 00:22:17,210 --> 00:22:20,379 who killed him on the doorstep of Mr. Horace Harker. 167 00:22:21,548 --> 00:22:23,883 Don't you think so, Mr. Holmes? 168 00:22:24,217 --> 00:22:27,553 No doubt. It is not the way that I would conduct the case. 169 00:22:27,721 --> 00:22:28,554 Oh what would you do? 170 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,514 Oh, don't let me influence you, Lestrade. 171 00:22:32,309 --> 00:22:35,394 I suggest that you follow your line of inquiry, and I, mine. 172 00:22:36,063 --> 00:22:39,357 And we can compare notes, and each supplement the other. 173 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:41,317 But if you are returning to Pitt Street, 174 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:44,236 I would be grateful if you would tell Mr. Harker 175 00:22:45,572 --> 00:22:48,574 that I have quite made up my mind 176 00:22:51,912 --> 00:22:52,870 in this matter. 177 00:22:54,956 --> 00:22:59,251 And so there was a dangerous and homicidal lunatic 178 00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:02,254 with Napoleonic delusions at his house last night. 179 00:23:05,258 --> 00:23:06,592 It will help him in his article. 180 00:23:06,718 --> 00:23:08,719 You don't seriously believe that, Holmes? 181 00:23:08,845 --> 00:23:10,888 Don't I? Well, perhaps not. 182 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:18,604 I'm sure it will please Mr. Horace Harker 183 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:22,608 and the subscribers to the Central Press Agency. 184 00:23:24,277 --> 00:23:25,444 I would be grateful, Lestrade, 185 00:23:25,612 --> 00:23:27,947 if you could make it convenient to come around to Baker Street 186 00:23:29,116 --> 00:23:30,616 at six o'clock this evening. 187 00:23:32,536 --> 00:23:34,870 Until then, I would like to keep this photograph- 188 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:36,080 found in the dead man's pocket. 189 00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:38,374 Oh, Mr. Holmes that might be a vital clue. 190 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:40,793 I trust it is, otherwise it's of no interest to me. 191 00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:43,712 Good luck, Lestrade. 192 00:24:01,648 --> 00:24:04,775 What we pay our taxes for, I don't know, 193 00:24:04,901 --> 00:24:09,405 when any ruffian can walk in and break one's goods under one's nose. 194 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:14,160 A superb bit of craftsmanship it was, too, 195 00:24:14,536 --> 00:24:18,664 taken from a marble copy of the Emperor's head by Devins. 196 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:23,002 Are you familiar, by any chance, with that great artists oeuvre. 197 00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:24,462 Yes, indeed. Speaking of familiarly, 198 00:24:24,588 --> 00:24:27,256 do you recognize the man in this photograph? 199 00:24:27,591 --> 00:24:31,427 Man in the photograph? Yes, indeed, I do, Mr. Holmes. 200 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:32,928 The name's Beppo. 201 00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:34,180 Beppo? 202 00:24:34,389 --> 00:24:38,184 Yes, he was a sort of Italian piecework man, 203 00:24:38,351 --> 00:24:40,269 who made himself useful here in the shop. 204 00:24:40,562 --> 00:24:44,106 Oh, he could carve a bit, and frame, and guild. 205 00:24:44,608 --> 00:24:46,775 I took him on about ten days ago, 206 00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:50,696 but he only stayed a week and then just disappeared. 207 00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:53,532 Didn't even collect his wages. 208 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:56,327 Perhaps he was responsible for the breakages. 209 00:24:56,703 --> 00:25:00,873 Responsible for the breakages? Huh, responsible for the breakages? 210 00:25:01,416 --> 00:25:04,210 My dear sir, this is an international conspiracy. 211 00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:08,380 A Nihilist plot. Red Republicans, I call them. 212 00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:13,385 Yes. No one but an Anarchist would go about breaking statues. 213 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:16,889 Did they break every one that you sold? 214 00:25:17,224 --> 00:25:19,391 Break every one I sold? Well, hardly that. 215 00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:22,811 Just the two bought by a local doctor and the one left here in my shop. 216 00:25:23,563 --> 00:25:26,565 If anything happened to the other three, I know nothing of it. 217 00:25:26,733 --> 00:25:29,318 Three? So there was six to begin with? 218 00:25:29,486 --> 00:25:32,071 Six to begin with? Yes, yes. A batch of six. 219 00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:35,741 I ordered them especially from Gelder and Company of Stepney. 220 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:39,078 They do excellent molding work. 221 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,914 Do you happen to know the names and addresses of the other customers? 222 00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:46,544 My ledgers, Mr. Holmes, are confidential. 223 00:25:49,756 --> 00:25:51,090 Mr. Hudson, 224 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:57,596 if your theory's correct, ought we to warn these people of this, 225 00:25:58,431 --> 00:26:00,349 this most dangerous plot? 226 00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:05,896 And who better to do that than Mr. Sherlock Holmes? 227 00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:11,860 Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Yes, quite right. Quite right, sir 228 00:26:12,445 --> 00:26:16,907 Yes, the country slumbers but we shall remain vigilant. 229 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:19,702 Follow me, sir. 230 00:26:28,044 --> 00:26:30,629 Here we are. Mr. Josiah Brown of Chiswick, 231 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:33,799 and Mrs. Sandeford of Reading. 232 00:26:33,925 --> 00:26:34,633 Mrs? 233 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:36,885 Mr. Hudson. 234 00:26:40,557 --> 00:26:43,475 Did your two busts differ in anyway from the other four? 235 00:26:43,852 --> 00:26:47,479 Differ from the other four? No, no. They were all identical 236 00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:50,983 and all with a beautiful decoration, which I ordered especially. 237 00:26:52,027 --> 00:26:56,739 Apart from the decoration, were your six busts the same as all the others? 238 00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:59,658 The same as all the others? Well, I suppose so. 239 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:03,662 But you'd have to apply direct to Gelder and Company to find that out, 240 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:05,164 In person. 241 00:27:05,332 --> 00:27:06,582 Excellent idea. 242 00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:13,088 Gentlemen? Gentlemen? When you meet the manager 243 00:27:13,214 --> 00:27:15,841 would you be good enough to warn him of the conspiracy? 244 00:27:16,885 --> 00:27:19,803 With all the busts they have on the premises, 245 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:23,098 the Red Republicans could have a field day. 246 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:30,022 Normally we sell the bust without decoration, 247 00:27:30,273 --> 00:27:34,276 but Mr. Hudson ordered that the whole uniform be painted. 248 00:27:34,402 --> 00:27:38,530 It was extra detail and made it a very special, it's sure. 249 00:27:38,865 --> 00:27:42,951 In times of the construction, however, there is no reason 250 00:27:43,078 --> 00:27:45,829 why the six Napoleons we sold to him 251 00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:48,707 should be different from hundreds of others. 252 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:55,214 You see, the two molds are put together and filled with plaster 253 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:57,508 to make the complete bust. 254 00:27:58,218 --> 00:27:59,051 Are they solid? 255 00:27:59,594 --> 00:28:03,222 Solid? Yes, of course. Naturally. 256 00:28:04,432 --> 00:28:09,228 Then, they are placed in a special room to dry and afterwards stored. 257 00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:13,899 Their wholesale price is six shillings but we would get twelve or more. 258 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:19,405 I can think of no reason that someone should wish to destroy them. 259 00:28:19,906 --> 00:28:21,240 Or murder for them. 260 00:28:22,909 --> 00:28:23,409 Murder? 261 00:28:41,177 --> 00:28:41,719 So, 262 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:49,101 your interest in the molding process had ulterior motives? 263 00:28:49,436 --> 00:28:53,939 Herr Mendelstam, I wonder if you happen to recognize the man in this photograph? 264 00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:55,274 The rascal. 265 00:28:56,943 --> 00:28:58,944 Yes, indeed. I know him very well. 266 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,866 This has always been a respectable establishment 267 00:29:04,117 --> 00:29:07,786 and the only time we ever had the police in here was over this fellow. 268 00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:12,791 About a year ago, he knifed another Italian in the street 269 00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:15,961 and ran in here with the police on his heels. 270 00:29:16,963 --> 00:29:18,630 Was his name Beppo, by any chance? 271 00:29:18,798 --> 00:29:20,883 Beppo? Yes! 272 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,260 His second name, I never knew. 273 00:29:24,137 --> 00:29:28,223 Served me right for employing a man with such a face. 274 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:31,268 But he was a good workman, one of the best. 275 00:29:32,729 --> 00:29:36,315 Do you happen to remember exactly when he was arrested? 276 00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:39,443 I could check the pay list. 277 00:29:40,153 --> 00:29:42,070 According to Morse Hudson's records, 278 00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:44,823 you sold him six Napoleon's on June the third of last year. 279 00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:48,327 Now, let me see. That is correct. 280 00:29:48,745 --> 00:29:55,584 And Beppo, last collected his wages on May the twentieth of that same year. 281 00:29:55,710 --> 00:29:58,837 Then he must have been arrested sometime the following week. 282 00:29:59,005 --> 00:30:02,090 Well, no doubt the police have the exact details. 283 00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:07,179 The young Italian survived, so Beppo only went to prison for one year. 284 00:30:07,722 --> 00:30:10,015 We have a cousin of his work in here. 285 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:12,142 Perhaps you would wish to speak with him? 286 00:30:12,268 --> 00:30:12,851 No. 287 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:17,523 Not a word to the cousin, I beg of you. The matter is very important. 288 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:20,359 And the further I go with it the more important it seems. 289 00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:26,198 Ah so, yeah, I merely thought his cousin might know when Beppo is to be released. 290 00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:28,283 Mendelstam, 291 00:30:30,078 --> 00:30:33,205 if my surmises are correct, 292 00:30:33,873 --> 00:30:37,334 our friend Beppo has been out of jail for at least eleven days. 293 00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:54,893 Hey, Watson. 294 00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:57,396 Harker has baited the traps. 295 00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:58,063 What do you mean? 296 00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:01,859 The press is a very valuable institution if one knows how to use it. 297 00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:03,902 Read all about it. 298 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,157 Very cunning, Holmes. 299 00:31:09,284 --> 00:31:10,367 Thank you, Watson. 300 00:31:45,111 --> 00:31:46,612 Lestrade! 301 00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:51,033 Mr. Holmes. Doctor. 302 00:31:51,159 --> 00:31:52,200 Please sit down. 303 00:31:54,454 --> 00:31:54,953 Thank you. 304 00:31:58,917 --> 00:31:59,750 Well, uh... 305 00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:04,254 What luck, Mr. Holmes? 306 00:32:04,505 --> 00:32:08,800 We've had a very busy day. Not entirely wasted. 307 00:32:09,302 --> 00:32:11,803 I can trace each of the busts now from the beginning. 308 00:32:11,971 --> 00:32:12,930 The busts! 309 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:17,142 Well of course, you have your own methods, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 310 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:18,977 Not for me to say a word against them, 311 00:32:19,145 --> 00:32:21,146 but I think I've done a better day's work than you. 312 00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:24,942 I've identified the dead man. 313 00:32:25,151 --> 00:32:27,152 Splendid! Who is it? 314 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:31,156 Pietro Venucci, son of a respectable Italian tradesman 315 00:32:31,491 --> 00:32:34,284 and involved with a secret political society. 316 00:32:34,410 --> 00:32:35,577 Red Anarchist? 317 00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:37,663 Oh you've been talking to Morse Hudson, haven't you? 318 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:39,831 Do go on, Lestrade. 319 00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:42,668 I refer, of course, to the Mafia, 320 00:32:43,169 --> 00:32:46,797 which, as you may know, enforces its decrees by assassination. 321 00:32:47,882 --> 00:32:50,092 Obviously our murderer broke the rules in some fashion 322 00:32:50,218 --> 00:32:52,177 and Pietro is put on his track. 323 00:32:52,428 --> 00:32:55,430 Possibly with that photograph to aid identification, 324 00:32:56,140 --> 00:33:01,019 they meet but Pietro receives his own death wound in the scuffle. 325 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:06,358 Excellent, Lestrade, but I don't- 326 00:33:06,526 --> 00:33:10,195 quite follow your explanation of the destruction of the busts. 327 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:12,197 Oh, the busts! 328 00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:15,492 You can never get those busts out of your head. The busts are nothing. 329 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:18,286 Petty larceny, six months at most. No, no, no. 330 00:33:18,705 --> 00:33:20,622 It's murder we're really investigating. 331 00:33:21,541 --> 00:33:22,541 And I tell you, 332 00:33:23,543 --> 00:33:26,712 I'm gathering all the threads into my hand. 333 00:33:27,463 --> 00:33:28,547 And the next stage? 334 00:33:28,756 --> 00:33:29,339 Awe well now, 335 00:33:30,383 --> 00:33:33,635 we have an inspector who's made a specialty out of the Italian quarter. 336 00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:37,556 I shall go down there with him, find the man in that photograph you're carrying, 337 00:33:38,224 --> 00:33:39,391 arrest him for murder. 338 00:33:41,644 --> 00:33:43,645 What do you say, Mr. Holmes? 339 00:33:44,564 --> 00:33:45,647 Will you come with us? 340 00:33:46,649 --> 00:33:47,566 I think not. 341 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:51,987 I fancy Chiswick as the address most likely to find him. 342 00:33:52,822 --> 00:33:53,530 Chiswick? 343 00:33:53,906 --> 00:33:56,742 If you and some of your men will come with us to Chiswick tonight, 344 00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:59,536 I will go to the Italian quarter with you tomorrow 345 00:33:59,662 --> 00:34:01,913 and there will be no harm in the delay. 346 00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:06,418 I suggest you dine with us, and then you're welcome to the sofa. 347 00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:09,087 A few hours sleep will do us all good. 348 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,757 I don't intend to leave the house before eleven. 349 00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:14,760 It is unlikely that we shall be home before morning. 350 00:34:14,927 --> 00:34:16,261 But Mr. Holmes... 351 00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:18,388 In the meantime, 352 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:22,768 I have a letter to send by Express Messenger. 353 00:34:22,935 --> 00:34:26,104 Mrs. Hudson? Mrs. Hudson? 354 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:28,440 Chiswick? 355 00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:15,130 Eleven o'clock! Gentlemen, on your feet. 356 00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:17,799 Come along, Lestrade. 357 00:36:19,051 --> 00:36:21,219 Watson, I think you've been overgenerous with the port. 358 00:36:21,345 --> 00:36:23,555 You've been frugal enough with your information. 359 00:36:23,723 --> 00:36:25,390 Ah that will be our four-wheeler. 360 00:36:26,058 --> 00:36:28,393 Don't forget the revolver, Watson, and bring the rugs. 361 00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:33,023 This outing wouldn't be inspired by your "id fixe", would it? 362 00:36:33,149 --> 00:36:34,399 "Idee fixe". 363 00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:36,735 Yes. The plaster bust. 364 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:38,570 I have great hopes, Lestrade. 365 00:36:38,738 --> 00:36:41,573 In fact, I bet it's exactly two-to-one that if you come with us tonight 366 00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:44,743 you'll have the murderer in custody before the sun rises. 367 00:36:44,911 --> 00:36:47,078 I'm not a betting man, Mr. Holmes. 368 00:36:47,246 --> 00:36:48,914 Then you have nothing to lose by it, do you? 369 00:36:52,126 --> 00:36:53,418 Except a good nights' sleep. 370 00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:24,950 Watson, if you've caught a cold it's your fault. 371 00:37:25,117 --> 00:37:26,451 You left the rugs behind. 372 00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:28,787 Sorry, Holmes. 373 00:37:35,753 --> 00:37:36,962 Is that two o'clock? 374 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,728 I don't suppose we can smoke, can we? 375 00:37:53,854 --> 00:37:54,396 Nope. 376 00:37:55,022 --> 00:37:55,730 Thought as much. 377 00:38:00,069 --> 00:38:01,152 Are your men in position? 378 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:02,112 Oh, yes. 379 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,412 Have a humbug, Lestrade? 380 00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:12,414 Watson, 381 00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:15,750 this is no time for humbugs. 382 00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:19,504 Look! 383 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:51,202 Is that who you expected? 384 00:38:51,370 --> 00:38:52,287 His name's Beppo. 385 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:54,497 Good name for a monkey. 386 00:38:58,044 --> 00:38:59,669 He'll leave by the back door. 387 00:39:01,255 --> 00:39:02,047 How do you know that? 388 00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:03,715 Because all the other doors are locked. 389 00:40:05,611 --> 00:40:07,779 Oh dear, it's smashed. 390 00:40:10,324 --> 00:40:12,242 Mr. Josiah Brown, I presume? 391 00:40:12,368 --> 00:40:15,286 Yes, sir. And you, no doubt, are Mr. Sherlock Holmes. 392 00:40:15,996 --> 00:40:18,790 I had the note you sent by the express messenger 393 00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:20,875 and I did exactly as you told me. 394 00:40:21,293 --> 00:40:24,379 Following your instructions, we locked every door, 395 00:40:24,505 --> 00:40:26,131 so as to lead him into the back. 396 00:40:26,715 --> 00:40:29,467 And I'm very glad to see you have the rascal. 397 00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:34,389 Now I hope, gentlemen, you will come and partake in some refreshment. 398 00:40:34,557 --> 00:40:36,474 Thank you, Mr. Brown. The hour is rather late. 399 00:40:38,978 --> 00:40:39,644 Good night. 400 00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:41,146 Oh, good night. 401 00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:43,314 Come, Watson, we have work to do. 402 00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:45,275 Work? What work? 403 00:40:45,818 --> 00:40:50,905 Lestrade, if you will come around to Baker Street tonight at six o'clock 404 00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:54,492 I hope to be able to show you that you still have not grasped 405 00:40:54,618 --> 00:40:56,077 the full meaning of this business. 406 00:40:56,203 --> 00:40:57,996 Oh, I think you'll find my theory of the Mafia 407 00:40:58,164 --> 00:41:00,498 will work out all right, Mr. Holmes. 408 00:41:01,167 --> 00:41:02,333 Good night, Lestrade. 409 00:41:04,545 --> 00:41:05,295 Come along, now. 410 00:41:10,885 --> 00:41:12,177 Baker Street, please. 411 00:41:18,225 --> 00:41:19,350 And now, Watson, 412 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:23,354 I commend to you the universal answer to almost all the problems. 413 00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:25,023 What's that, Holmes? 414 00:41:26,358 --> 00:41:27,108 Sleep. 415 00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:06,689 Good morning, Watson. 416 00:42:10,236 --> 00:42:12,403 And since the manager of Gelder and Company 417 00:42:12,571 --> 00:42:15,698 was mainly responsible for Beppo's initial arrest, 418 00:42:16,075 --> 00:42:20,245 we see the breaking of the busts as a pathetic attempt to revenge himself. 419 00:42:20,996 --> 00:42:23,748 And it was possibly the senseless acts of violence, 420 00:42:23,999 --> 00:42:26,751 which transgressed the Mafia's code of behavior 421 00:42:27,086 --> 00:42:30,838 and lead to the murder of young Venucci. 422 00:42:31,632 --> 00:42:37,053 There, I think that takes care of those details you mentioned last night. 423 00:42:37,930 --> 00:42:40,223 Don't you, Mr. Holmes? 424 00:42:42,101 --> 00:42:42,892 Holmes! 425 00:42:46,438 --> 00:42:47,355 Yes, Watson. 426 00:42:48,649 --> 00:42:50,900 Well, what do you think of Lestrade's theories? 427 00:42:51,026 --> 00:42:53,278 I'm sure that they are of the greatest interest but I regret to say 428 00:42:53,445 --> 00:42:56,114 I've not listened to a word of them. Forgive my inattention, Lestrade, 429 00:42:56,282 --> 00:42:57,407 I had a rather late night. 430 00:42:57,533 --> 00:42:59,450 Look, what do you think I had? 431 00:43:05,833 --> 00:43:06,583 Come in. 432 00:43:11,171 --> 00:43:13,590 Is Mr. Sherlock Holmes here? 433 00:43:19,513 --> 00:43:22,765 I fear I am a little late but the trains were very awkward. 434 00:43:22,891 --> 00:43:26,644 No matter, no matter. Have you brought the item? 435 00:43:28,314 --> 00:43:29,314 Oh, these are my friends and colleagues, 436 00:43:29,481 --> 00:43:31,149 Doctor Watson and Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard. 437 00:43:31,317 --> 00:43:32,900 You may speak freely in front of them. 438 00:43:33,152 --> 00:43:39,115 Gentlemen, you said in your telegram that Mr. Hudson had given you my address. 439 00:43:39,241 --> 00:43:40,825 Mr. Sandeford of Reading. 440 00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:42,952 The same, sir. How do you do? 441 00:43:43,162 --> 00:43:44,996 It's those busts again. 442 00:43:45,164 --> 00:43:46,456 Correct, Lestrade. 443 00:43:47,082 --> 00:43:50,168 Did he also tell you just how much my wife paid for it? 444 00:43:50,502 --> 00:43:51,336 No, he did not. 445 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,340 Well sir, I am an honest man and not a very rich one, 446 00:43:55,507 --> 00:43:59,177 and she only gave fifteen shillings for it and I think you ought to know that 447 00:43:59,345 --> 00:44:02,180 before I take the ten pounds from you that you offered in your telegraph. 448 00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:04,682 Oh your scruple does you much honor, Mr. Sandeford, 449 00:44:04,850 --> 00:44:06,976 but I have stated my price and I shall stick to it. 450 00:44:07,186 --> 00:44:10,688 Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes, that's very handsome of you. Your bust, sir. 451 00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:13,358 You know my wife has always maintained, 452 00:44:13,525 --> 00:44:17,195 there is a marked resemblance between myself and the Emperor. 453 00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:20,198 I can't say I see it myself. 454 00:44:29,625 --> 00:44:31,125 Sixth Napoleon. 455 00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:34,629 I contacted Mrs. Sandeford by telegram this morning. 456 00:44:35,381 --> 00:44:35,880 Now, 457 00:44:37,925 --> 00:44:41,010 if you will sign this paper in front of witnesses, 458 00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:44,222 it is simply to say that you transferred every possible rights 459 00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:46,057 that you would ever have in the bust to me. 460 00:44:46,225 --> 00:44:48,893 I'd be happy to, Mr. Holmes, happy, happy, happy. 461 00:44:49,019 --> 00:44:51,062 I am and a methodical man one never knows 462 00:44:51,230 --> 00:44:54,816 what turn of events my take afterwards. Here is your ten-pound note, sir. 463 00:44:54,942 --> 00:44:56,067 Good evening, Mr. Sandeford. 464 00:44:56,193 --> 00:45:00,738 Thank you very much, Mr. Holmes. It's good evening, gentlemen. 465 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:05,034 Okey. And it's very, very kind of you and thank you so much... 466 00:45:54,918 --> 00:45:58,379 Now gentlemen, if you will give me your undivided attention. 467 00:46:10,809 --> 00:46:12,393 Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to one of- 468 00:46:12,519 --> 00:46:14,979 the most precious objects in the world. 469 00:46:18,567 --> 00:46:21,652 The famous black pearl of the Borgias! 470 00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:26,657 Bravo, Holmes, bravo! 471 00:46:29,328 --> 00:46:33,664 Oh, your legerdemain rivals that Maskelyne himself? 472 00:46:34,124 --> 00:46:35,500 This surpasses it. 473 00:46:36,335 --> 00:46:38,669 The Borgias pearl's been missing since it disappeared 474 00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:42,340 from the Prince of Colonna's bedroom in that Dacre Hotel, 475 00:46:43,050 --> 00:46:44,300 over a year ago. 476 00:46:46,178 --> 00:46:49,972 As you may remember, Lestrade, I was consulted upon the case at the time. 477 00:46:55,062 --> 00:46:58,356 Observe and learn. 478 00:47:01,068 --> 00:47:03,653 The moment the name Venucci surfaced to this case, 479 00:47:03,779 --> 00:47:05,655 I immediately became intrigued. 480 00:47:06,949 --> 00:47:10,493 The Princess of Colonna's maid, for some time, had been one, 481 00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:14,205 Lucrezia Venucci. Suspicion fell on her. 482 00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:16,833 And it was proved that she had a brother in London 483 00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:19,710 but we failed to trace any connection between them. 484 00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:22,296 Beppo was the connection. 485 00:47:22,506 --> 00:47:25,800 He had been courting Lucrezia Venucci 486 00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:28,719 for some time. 487 00:47:29,304 --> 00:47:30,555 Where did you get that? 488 00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:33,057 Papa Venucci. 489 00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:35,393 Oh, I see. 490 00:47:35,644 --> 00:47:39,730 When the Venucci family planned to steal the black pearl, 491 00:47:40,566 --> 00:47:43,734 they used Beppo as a go between for Lucrezia and her brother. 492 00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:47,405 Beppo gleaned enough information to execute the robber himself 493 00:47:47,573 --> 00:47:49,156 and make off with the pearl. 494 00:47:49,658 --> 00:47:51,242 Pietro Venucci, the brother, 495 00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:53,995 caught up with him outside Gelder's workshop, 496 00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:58,040 Beppo stabbed him he then fled into the warehouse 497 00:47:58,417 --> 00:48:00,251 and took refuge in the drying room. 498 00:48:00,919 --> 00:48:03,754 He knew he only had moments in which to conceal the pearl, 499 00:48:03,881 --> 00:48:06,424 which would otherwise be found on him when he was searched. 500 00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:10,094 Among all the plaster casts drying that day, 501 00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:12,054 he made for the batch of six 502 00:48:12,639 --> 00:48:14,724 that had been earmarked for Morse Hudson 503 00:48:15,559 --> 00:48:18,853 and the base of one of them was still soft. 504 00:48:28,155 --> 00:48:30,114 It was an admirable hiding place. 505 00:48:32,451 --> 00:48:34,118 As soon as Beppo got out of prison, 506 00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:38,873 he managed to find employment with Mr. Morse Hudson, 507 00:48:39,082 --> 00:48:41,792 and set about tracking the six Napoleons down. 508 00:48:42,336 --> 00:48:44,629 He found and destroyed three of them. 509 00:48:45,464 --> 00:48:48,257 But the night he located Harker's, 510 00:48:48,634 --> 00:48:54,639 Pietro Venucci, intent on vengeance, accosted him and this time 511 00:48:54,765 --> 00:48:57,391 Beppo slit his throat. 512 00:48:57,643 --> 00:49:01,812 With only two busts left, it was likely he would try the London one first. 513 00:49:01,939 --> 00:49:03,481 Hence our visit to Chiswick. 514 00:49:03,649 --> 00:49:05,149 Exactly, Watson. 515 00:49:05,984 --> 00:49:08,486 That left only the Reading bust. 516 00:49:08,987 --> 00:49:10,988 I bought it in your presence from the owner 517 00:49:12,824 --> 00:49:13,824 and there it lies. 518 00:49:19,081 --> 00:49:21,415 Well, Mr. Holmes. 519 00:49:27,381 --> 00:49:30,299 I've seen you handle a good many cases in my time, 520 00:49:31,677 --> 00:49:35,346 but I don't know that I ever knew a more workman-like one than this. 521 00:49:38,016 --> 00:49:40,935 We're not jealous of you, you know, at Scotland Yard. 522 00:49:43,230 --> 00:49:45,022 No, sir, we're proud of you. 523 00:49:47,025 --> 00:49:49,694 If you come down tomorrow there's not a man from the oldest inspector 524 00:49:49,861 --> 00:49:51,779 to the youngest constable 525 00:49:54,324 --> 00:49:57,034 who wouldn't be glad to shake you by the hand. 526 00:50:00,872 --> 00:50:10,006 Thank you. 527 00:50:16,221 --> 00:50:20,224 Would you get down the Conk-Singleton forgery case, please Watson? 528 00:50:29,276 --> 00:50:30,693 Goodbye, Lestrade. 529 00:50:31,737 --> 00:50:33,070 And if any little problem comes your way, 530 00:50:33,238 --> 00:50:37,074 I shall be happy, if I can, to give you a hint or two as to its solution.