Mr. Douglas Abandonment Of The Scrowers In California

One of the most peculiar cases in the investigative community just occurred a few months ago. When Mr. John Douglas was murdered by the Scrowers a group of criminals who hailed from Vermissa Valley also known to residents as the Valley of fear. The Scrowers had been terrorizing Vermissa valley for years until Douglas who at the time was a Pinkerton agent whose real name was Birdy Edwards infiltrated the dangerous Scrower organization to take them down and bring them to the hands of justice. Many Scrowers faced various forms of imprisonment and the leader of the Scrowers John Mcginty was sentenced to death. “ Mr. Douglas was a bright mind subject to the impossible job of taking down a illegal organization and also escaping with his

From there the trouble began for Douglas, the Scrowers that had escaped their death chased him from Chicago to California. Were his wife Ettie Shafter met her death at the hands of the Scrowers. In California is where Edwards began to use the last name Douglas fully to avoid the increasing pressure from the Scrowers. During his time in California he amassed a large fortune with his English business partner Cecil Barker. Until he was tracked down again by the Scrowers in which Douglas decided to move to England where he spent 5 years as a honorable gentlemen while also remarrying. “It’s poor Douglas I built my life with him It wasn’t known to me of his past until now to me he will always be John Douglas not Birdy Edwards” Business partner Cecil Barker said. In England the life of Douglas got far more complicated. On one unfortunate night Douglas was pronounced dead murdered by a unknown assailant according to authorities. A team famous investigators by the names of Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson were brought in by authorities to solve the

Watson and the investigators take to solve the murder. The main theme of the book is deception. Deception is carried out throughout the novel up until the end. For example Birdy Edwards also known as John Douglas, was a Pinkerton agent who posed as a Scrower. Douglas took down the Sccrowers from the inside gaining their trust through deception until he could eventually take them to justice and disband them. Another main plot point of the novel that features deception is the murder of John Douglas. Originally it was believed that John Douglas had been murdered in his manor and was never to be seen alive again. This was not the case Douglas had killed his assailant and changed the clothes of the attempted murderer with his own. Deceiving the authorities and his wife until Holmes solved the curious