After we arrive, Lestrade was waiting us and take us to a hotel. A young woman, Miss Turner, come to visit us and tell me something that she is very sure that James did not do it and she want me to believe this thing.

     Then Lestrade and I go to prison to meet James while Watson is staying in hotel. Watson notices that the wounds of Mr. Charles McCarthy were in a group on the back left-side of his head. Watson tells this information to me after I come back.

     This morning, we go to Hatherley Farm where Mr. Charles McCarthy’s lived and Boscombe Valley. We also go to the place of the murder. I am very excited about the case, I study everything around here very carefully such as ground, footmarks and other things from the marks on the grass. I notice footmarks of young McCarthy, his father and someone walking on his toes. In boots with square toes too. After that, I go to Morans’ home, and then I back to the carriage to the hotel.  

     On the way, I give the information about the murderer that he is a tall man, left-handed, with a bad right leg. He wears thick shooting boots and a gray coat, smokes Indian cigars, uses a cigar-holder and carries a pocket-knife – not a very sharp one.

Who is the murderer? Is the murderer still be James?

     After that, James came to a girl’s home without gun. He needed help for his father because his father already death near the pool. They found his father’s dead body lying on the grass. He got many wounds in his head, made by something thick and heavy. Both of girl’s parents though that it was wooden part of young man’s gun. It was lying on the grass near the dead man. At the end, police came and locked James up because everything and witnesses in this event point to James is a murderer.

    
     However, there are some people who believe that James is not guilty especially Miss Turner. That’s why she needs help from me for solving this case.

    
     I pass the newspaper to Watson, he reads it carefully. It talks about Mr. James’s testimony. He said that “He heard someone call “Cooee!” near the Boscombe Pool. Usually my father and I use this call. I followed that sound and met my father. We had an argument at each other and then I left. After that, I heard scream from the pool so I ran back. I found my father was dying and he spoke something about rat. Then, I saw piece of gray cloth but it was gone when I looked at it again”.

To be continued…

     On the train, I have a large amount of newspapers about this murder case. I try to look, read, write and think about them. After that, I keep only one interesting paper with me.

     I tell this article to Watson about the background of Mr. John Turner and Mr. Charles McCarthy families which seemed to be a good friend. They have first met in Australia and now live in the same neighbourhood in Boscombe Valley. Mr. John Turner is a rich man and has one daughter while Mr. Charles McCarthy has a son.

     Furthermore, I tell Watson about the murder case. Last Monday, 3 June, Mr. Charles McCarthy had an important appointment with someone at 3 pm. at Boscombe Pool and he never came back from there.

There are two persons (an old woman and Mr. Turner’s manservant) confirm that Mr. Charles McCarthy walked through to the Pool. After a few minute, they saw McCarthy’s son, Mr. James McCarthy, going into the same way with his gun. They did not think anything about James’s gun until they heard of McCarthy’s death.

     There is another person who saw this event, Ms. Patience Moran. She is a little girl who went around there. She saw both of McCarthy seem to be very angry and saw that his son ready to have a fight with his father but she run away before.  

     What will happen next?

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool

     Hello everyone, my name is Sherlock Holmes. I always wear long gray coat and my favourite hat; this is my normal clothes. I have one close friend named Dr. Watson who always helps me for many cases.

    
     And now, I have one crime that is very interesting. It is called the Boscombe Pool murder. I have to find the real murderer in this case who killed Mr. Charles McCarthy. There is one girl who saw Mr. McCarthy and his son in the Boscombe Pool nearly having a fight but she run home before. The Detective Lestrade of Scotland Yard judged that his son, James, killed his father. But Miss Turner did not believe that James will kill his father, so she wants me to find the real guilty man.

    
     Today I send the telegram to my friend, Dr. Watson. I ask him to go with me to the west of England for this case. We will solve this case together. I will wait him at the Paddington train station.