The Question and Answer section for The Valley of Fear is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
From the text:
“He is at present reported from Leicester, Nottingham, Southampton, Derby, East Ham, Richmond, and fourteen other places. In three of them—East Ham, Leicester, and Liverpool—there is a clear case against him, and he has actually
been...
The police interrupted and arrested McMurdo.
“I thought you’d be getting into trouble, Mr. Crooked McMurdo of Chicago,” said he. “Can’t keep out of it, can you? Take your hat and come along with us.”
The magistrate had to release the men because there wasn't enough evidence. He found them innocent.
Needless to say that they were discharged with something very near to an apology from the bench for the inconvenience to which they had been put,...
