The Case of Bert Stevens, the terrible murderer
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional case.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
Untold Story
- Sherlock Holmes mentioned the case of the terrible murderer Bert Stevens who was a mild-mannered, Sunday-school young man. Holmes gave this example of a criminal that could mislead a jury by his appearance. (NORW, 313)
- « You remember that terrible murderer, Bert Stevens, who wanted us to get him off in '87? Was there ever a more mild-mannered, Sunday-school young man? » — Sherlock Holmes.
