Conan Doyle's Damages
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Conan Doyle's Damages is an article published in Nottingham Journal on 13 march 1929.
Conan Doyle's Damages
Frank Heine, who was charged with the forgery of the "secret treaty,' which caused a stir recently, has been ordered by an Antwerp Court (says a Central News message) to pay 1,000 francs damages to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, on a charge of plagiarism.
While working for for an Antwerp newspaper. Heine wrote a serial story which was declared to have been based upon one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's own stories.
Sir Arthur immediately took proceedings against Heine and the newspaper.
