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it was lost at the hotel cosmopolitan if i remember all right
exactly, on december 22nd, john horner, a plumber, was accused of abstracting it from the lady’s jewel case. The evidence is seen as overwhelming. so much for the police court. the question for us now to solve is the sequence of events leading from the jewel case to the crop of a goose in tottenham court road. you see watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much more important and less innocent aspect. the stone came from mr. henry baker, the gentleman with the bad hat. we must find mr. baker and ascertain what part he has played in our little mystery. simplest means first, we advertise. should that fail, i shall have recourse to other methods,
(writing); found at the corner of goodge street, a goose and a black felt hat. mr. henry baker can have same by applying at 6:30 this evening at 221B baker street (reads it) clear and concise.
