The_Valley_of_Fear
(Summary)
Character List
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson
Professor James Moriarty
John Douglas/Jack McMurdo/Birdy Edwards
Boss (Bodymaster) McGinty
Inspector MacDonald
White Mason
Mrs. Douglas
Cecil Barker
Ames
Mrs. Allen
Scanlan
Ettie Shafter
Jacob Shafter
Teddy Baldwin
Morris
Evans Pott
Lawler and Andrews
Chester Wilcox
James Stanger
Captain Marvin
Summary
Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective, and Dr. Watson, his comrade and roommate at 221B Baker Street, in mid-conversation
message
Douglas of Birlstone is in imminent danger
Douglas has been murdered
killed with a sawed off shotgun
card inscribed 'V.V. 341'.
a bloody footprint on the windowsill, a missing dumb-bell, and the fact that the man’s wedding ring is missing.
a bicycle
Mrs. Dougla +Cecil Barker
going to spend the night alone in the room in which Douglas was murdered, taking nothing with him but Watson’s umbrella.
stakeout | a man lean out the window and fish something
they discover it is Cecil Barker
Douglas himself steps out.
Douglas proceeds to explain that he had been hunted for some time by a man named Baldwin
Baldwin died
Part 2 - Doglas' life in America
Jack McMurdo, (whom we later discover is Douglas).

After Douglas’ remarkable story, Holmes warns the man to remain on his guard, as Moriarty, whom Baldwin contacted to locate Douglas’ whereabouts, will no doubt attempt to kill Douglas himself. Douglas agrees and goes back into hiding.
“Dear me, Mr. Holmes, dear me!” (319). From this, Holmes deduces that Moriarty, the sender of the note, has succeeded in killing Douglas.