Word: sherlock
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whatever reason there may be for the criticism of Dr. Doyle's argument, however, there seems no occasion for surprise that his logic is not always perfect. The author of Sherlock Holmes may or may not be right about the spirit world, but it is hard to understand why he should be generally rated as a master of scientific deduction because he invented a fictional character purporting to be such...
Entertainig for two hours and three quarters and enthusiastic audience that filled the Living Room in the Union last night, Mr. William J. Burns told story after story about his career that made Sherlock Holmes place in comparison, and concluded by launching a tirade against the sinister doings and the propaganda spread by the Soviet Government. "What I wan to do," said Mr. Burns at the beginning of his talk, "is to point out the fact of the futility of the crook ever getting away with it, and to show that there is nothing to the detective business except...
Anyone who goes to the Union tonight expecting to see the traditional knight of the gum-shoe will be sadly disappointed in W. J. Burns. He has all the uncanny genius of a Sherlock Holmes, but he combines it with the calm, every-day matter-of-factness of the average American business executive. As organizer of one of the greatest detective bureaus of the world, he has probably contributed more to the science of detecting crime than anyone living; but it is for his achievements single-handed in his pooneer days that he is most famous. Mr. Burns has crowded...
...disguise themselves as representatives and vote in favor of their own bills. Indeed, the possibilities of disguise are so endless that the idea is bound to spread. It only remains for the lobbies to disguise themselves as the Ladies' Auxiliary to complete a tangle which even the great Sherlock Holmes could never unravel without the aid of a false nose...
...following have been appointed members of the Regatta Committee: Riley Miles Gilber of New York N. Y.; Arthur Houghton Tully Jr. of Hollis, L. I. N. Y.; and Sherlock Davis of Brooklyn...