John S. Watson (New Jersey politician) John S. Watson (New Jersey politician) John S. Watson (August 14, 1924 – June 15, 1996) was an African-American Democratic Party politician who served six terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 15th Legislative District. Born in Camden, New Jersey, Watson served with the United States Merchant Marine fleet during World War II. In 1970, Watson became the first African-American elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders in Mercer County, New Jersey. In 1977, he became the President of the Board. For 12 years, Watson was a member of the New Jersey State Assembly, where he
Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery be in "The Sign of the Four". The film references "A Study in Scarlet", "The Adventure of Black Peter", "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band". Fox would go on to play the character of Alistair Ross in another Sherlock Holmes pastiche, "The Crucifer of Blood". According to author Kingsley Amis, "the reviews were excellent." Alan Barnes calls the film "part-deconstruction, part-parody of Doyle" that "ends up resembling a long drawn-out shaggy dog story." Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery is a 1974 British made-for-television mystery