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{{BoxCitationCanon|contenu= When I look at the three massive manuscript volumes which contain our work for the year 1894 I confess that it is very difficult for me, out of such a wealth of material, to select the cases which are most interesting in themselves and at the same time most conducive to a display of those peculiar powers for which my friend was famous. As I turn over the pages I see my notes upon [[The Story of the Red Leech and the Death of Crosby the Banker|the repulsive story of the red leech and the terrible death of Crosby the banker]]. Here also I find an account of [[The Addleton Tragedy and the Singular Contents of the Ancient British Barrow|the Addleton tragedy and the singular contents of the ancient British barrow]]. [[The Smith-Mortimer Succession Case|The famous Smith-Mortimer succession case]] comes also within this period, and so does the tracking and [[The Arrest of Huret, the Boulevard Assassin|arrest of Huret, the Boulevard assassin]] - an exploit which won for Holmes an autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the Order of the Legion of Honour. Each of these would furnish a narrative, but on the whole I am of opinion that none of them unite so many singular points of interest as [[The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez|the episode of Yoxley Old Place]], which includes, not only the lamentable death of young [[Willoughby Smith]], but also those subsequent developments which threw so curious a light upon the causes of the crime. - Watson}}
: « ''When I look at the three massive manuscript volumes which contain our work for the year 1894 I confess that it is very difficult for me, out of such a wealth of material, to select the cases which are most interesting in themselves and at the same time most conducive to a display of those peculiar powers for which my friend was famous. As I turn over the pages I see my notes upon [[The Story of the Red Leech and the Death of Crosby the Banker|the repulsive story of the red leech and the terrible death of Crosby the banker]]. Here also I find an account of [[The Addleton Tragedy and the Singular Contents of the Ancient British Barrow|the Addleton tragedy and the singular contents of the ancient British barrow]]. [[The Smith-Mortimer Succession Case|The famous Smith-Mortimer succession case]] comes also within this period, and so does the tracking and [[The Arrest of Huret, the Boulevard Assassin|arrest of Huret, the Boulevard assassin]] - an exploit which won for Holmes an autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the Order of the Legion of Honour. Each of these would furnish a narrative, but on the whole I am of opinion that none of them unite so many singular points of interest as [[The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez|the episode of Yoxley Old Place]], which includes, not only the lamentable death of young [[Willoughby Smith]], but also those subsequent developments which threw so curious a light upon the causes of the crime.'' » — Dr. Watson.






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Fictional case.


In the Sherlock Holmes stories

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« When I look at the three massive manuscript volumes which contain our work for the year 1894 I confess that it is very difficult for me, out of such a wealth of material, to select the cases which are most interesting in themselves and at the same time most conducive to a display of those peculiar powers for which my friend was famous. As I turn over the pages I see my notes upon the repulsive story of the red leech and the terrible death of Crosby the banker. Here also I find an account of the Addleton tragedy and the singular contents of the ancient British barrow. The famous Smith-Mortimer succession case comes also within this period, and so does the tracking and arrest of Huret, the Boulevard assassin - an exploit which won for Holmes an autograph letter of thanks from the French President and the Order of the Legion of Honour. Each of these would furnish a narrative, but on the whole I am of opinion that none of them unite so many singular points of interest as the episode of Yoxley Old Place, which includes, not only the lamentable death of young Willoughby Smith, but also those subsequent developments which threw so curious a light upon the causes of the crime. » — Dr. Watson.
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