Von Bork

Von Bork chloroformed by Sherlock Holmes (The Strand Magazine, september 1917)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Von Bork was the German spymaster running the Kaiser's English mission from an English coastal country house (LAST 8).

• The most astute Secret Service man in Europe (LAST 52).

• He kept a safe of British military intelligence ('Fords,' 'Harbour-defences,' 'Aeroplanes,' 'Ireland,' 'Egypt,' 'Portsmouth forts,' 'The Channel,' 'Rosyth,' ...) (LAST 102).

• He expected to leave for Berlin as war breaks, but was tricked and captured by Sherlock Holmes (as "Altamont") who chloroformed him and seized his dossiers (LAST 304).

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