

The Arrest of Wilson, the Notorious Canary-Trainer

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Fictional case.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

Untold Story

In this memorable year '95 a curious and incongruous succession of cases had engaged his attention, ranging from his famous investigation of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca - an inquiry which was carried out by him at the express desire of his Holiness the Pope - down to his arrest of Wilson, the notorious canary-trainer, which removed a plague-spot from the East End of London. Close on the heels of these two famous cases came the tragedy of Woodman's Lee, and the very obscure circumstances which surrounded the death of Captain Peter Carey. - Holmes