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Writer pegs author of Sherlock Holmes as plagiarist, killer.(Culture, Et Cetera)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20001003
Author:Harper, Jennifer

What's this? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . . . a murderer?

The plot has thickened considerably for those who cherish the clever civility of Sherlock Holmes, celebrated detective and pipe-puffing icon. His creator has been accused of murder - along with mischief, plagiarism, deception and some hanky-panky, too.

Doyle would be mortified, most likely, to learn that a fellow Englishman believed he stole the plot for "The Hound of the Baskervilles" from another writer, then poisoned that very writer and ran off with his wife back in 1907.

But this is what researcher Rodger ...

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