The Case of Mathews
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional case.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
Untold Story
- In his collection of criminals starting by the letter M, Sherlock Holmes mentioned Mathews, who knocked out my left canine in the waiting-room at Charing Cross. (EMPT, 410)
- « 'My collection of M's is a fine one. Moriarty himself is enough to make any letter illustrious, and here is Morgan the poisoner, and Merridew of abominable memory, and Mathews, who knocked out my left canine in the waiting-room at Charing Cross, and, finally, here is our friend of to-night.' » — Sherlock Holmes.