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Sherlock Holmes and the Capitol Gentlemen
TIME: 1895
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Former President Benjamin Harrison, a frequent visitor to the
City of Cape May.
Mr. James Hildreth, the Mayor of the City of Cape May and
official host for the festivities.
Mrs. James Hildreth, the wife of Mayor Hildreth and hostess for
the evening's festivities.
Mr. Charles Lampley, the representative of the Capitol
Gentlemen.
Mrs. E. D. Wilcox, the grandniece of Andrew Jackson; she
regales community members with tales from her life.
Miss Miriam Silverstone, a summer resident in the City of
Cape May, artist and ardent supporter of the anarchist movement.
Madame Constance Yvonne Patenotre, the wife M. Jules
Patenotre, Ambassador of France, and representative of France
to the festivities.
Mr. Robert E. Hand, the Sheriff of Cape May County, in charge
of the security details for President Harrison and the other
celebrities in the city.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are in the City of Cape May
to be honored for their apprehension of several nefarious
criminals there. Holmes has been delayed, consulting with
members of the Capitol Gentlemen, a delegation from
Washington. During the reception, President Harrison is attacked
by an anarchist who resents President Harrison’s past policies of
expansionism and high import tariffs, and manages to escape.
Upon his arrival, Holmes must deal with the attack on Mr. Harrison
and determine the identity of the individuals behind it.
Copyright John Pekich 2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Star of Arabia
TIME: 1887
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. Robert Ferguson, a friend of Doctor Watson, racing
enthusiast from Scotland, and representative from Her Majesty
Victoria to the celebration.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor and a leading
businessman behind the Cape May Driving Park.
Mrs. James Edmunds, the wife of Mayor Edmunds, hostess and
supporter of all that her husband does in politics and business.
Mrs. Beverly Hammond Morgan, a sister-in-law to John
Pierpont Morgan.
Madame Camille Dupont, a noted equestrienne, owner of
highly respected equestrian schools in France, and
representative of the French government at the celebrations.
Mr. Michael Leonard, a Republican City Councilman and vocal
opponent of Mayor Edmunds and his Democratic “cronies”.
Mr. Billie Matlock, a groom
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to celebrate the start of construction of
the Cape May Driving Park, for horse and bicycle racing. To
promote that occasion, the Star of Arabia, an extraordinary
Arabian thoroughbred from Damascus, will be in the City, part of
a cross-country tour of cultural objects from the Arabian world.
The exhibit is a joint-venture among London, Paris and
Damascus to enhance their bonds of diplomacy and friendship.
During the evening’s festivities, a note arrives stating that the
Star of Arabia has been taken and will be returned for a ransom
of 1 million pounds sterling. Holmes must find the animal before
any harm is done to it, a development which could jeopardize the
fragile relationship between Western nations and certain nations
of the Middle East.
Copyright John Pekich 2006
Sherlock Holmes and The Sea Grove
Covenant
TIME: 1889
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. John Wanamaker, the Postmaster General and Host for the
evening’s activities.
Mrs. John Wanamaker, the Hostess for the evening.
Mrs. Andrea Mills Gladstone, a cousin to the Prime Minister of
England.
Madame Annette Roget, a half-sister to the President of
France.
Mrs. Nora Shaw, an outspoken critic of the policies of President
Benjamin Harrison.
Mr. William Sewell, a prominent local businessman.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
Mr. John Wanamaker is hosting a celebration to honor the arrival
of President Benjamin Harrison who will summer in Cape May
Point. During the festivities, a message arrives indicating that
President Harrison will not be in attendance that evening. Later,
security guards are summoned to Cape May Point to provide
extra protection for President Harrison. The next day, Holmes is
visited by Mr. Wanamaker who informs him of the Sea Grove
Covenant, a plan for global expansion into and colonization of the
Pacific, Central and South America and the Far East and Middle
East . One of the copies of the Covenant, secretly created by
Great Britain, France and the United States, was stolen yesterday
from the Summer White House. Holmes must recover the Sea
Grove Covenant before its volatile contents are revealed.
Copyright John Pekich 2005
Sherlock Holmes and The Circle of
Darkness
TIME: 1901
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. Victor Denizot, a successful local businessman who owns
several amusements on the Iron Pier, an opera house and other
local businesses.
Miss Angelique Fox, a cousin to the famous Fox sisters and a
member of the American Spiritualism movement.
Mr. Jonathan Richards, an investigator of paranormal
phenomena and debunker of dubious spiritualists.
Mrs. Harriet Gunther, a wealthy and deeply religious woman
who provides homes for the destitute and the hopeless in the city.
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of the City of Cape May and a
prominent leader of the business community.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to celebrate the construction of the new
$35,000 high school. A symbol of a better life for the citizens of
the city, the high school is also the tangible image of the power of
the business community. During the activities, a note arrives
containing a threat to destroy the new high school unless a
payment of $500,000.00 is made; if not, other prominent sites in
the city will also be destroyed. The note is signed by the Circle of
Darkness. Holmes must stop the threat against the high school.
Copyright John Pekich 2004
Sherlock Holmes and the Society of Shadow
Men
TIME: 1897
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. John J. Burleigh, the head of the Delaware Bay and Cape
May Railroad Company.
Mr. Thomas Millet, a member of the Board of Trade of the City
of Cape May.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the hostess for the evening's events and
President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Board of Trade of the
City of Cape May.
Mr. Howard Warner, a member of Congressional Tariff
Commission and personal representative of the newly elected
President William McKinley.
Mrs. Anna Hand, M.D., the first female physician in the City of
Cape May and a strong supporter of increasing the roles of
women in society.
Lady Madeleine Armbruster Newton, a cousin to Her Royal
Highness Victoria and representative of the British government to
an economic development exhibition planned for the City of
Philadelphia.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to announce the creation of the Board
of Trade of the City of Cape May. Word arrives that Mr. Howard
Warner, the representative of President McKinley, was kidnapped
while traveling there from Philadelphia, by the Society of Shadow
Men; their demands will follow. Sherlock Holmes must deal with
the kidnapping, a "truly diabolical scheme being manipulated by
that archvillain...Moriarty," stopping him before he completes his
plans.
Copyright John Pekich 2003
Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Venus
TIME: 1894
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. James Hildreth, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Mr. Logan M. Bullitt, the President of the South Jersey Railroad
Company.
Miss Alice Canfield, the President of the WCTU of Cape May
County.
Mr. Thomas Sanders, a vocal Populist supporter.
Lady Aimsley Ashcroft, the widow Sir Michael Kingsley Ashcroft,
the discoverer of the Eye of Venus.
Mr. Williams Peters, the Pinkerton Guard assigned to
accompany the Eye of Venus to the City of Cape May.
Mrs. Logan Bullitt, the wife of Mr. Logan Bullitt and hostess for
the evening’s festivities.
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to commemorate the completion of the
South Jersey railroad line into the City. The highlight of the
event, a spectacular diamond call The Eye of Venus, is stolen
from the new South Jersey Train. The thieves demand 2 million
pounds sterling, else the Eye will be cut down into minor
gemstones and, also, the South Jersey will never reach the City.
Learning that Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are in
Philadelphia, dealing with several threats against the Federal
Banking System, Mayor Hildreth wires his friend, the Director of
the Federal Reserve Bank, pleading for Holmes’s assistance in
recovering the Eye of Venus and stopping the blackmailing
terrorists. Holmes accepts the case.
Copyright John Pekich 2002
Sherlock Holmes and the Jackson Street Terror
TIME: 1890
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. John Edgar Reyburn, a Congressional Representative from
Philadelphia.
Mr. Ira Murdock, a land developer from the City of Cape May.
Miss Frances Carson, a teacher and activist/preservationist.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor and an economic force
in the City of Cape May.
Miss Ellie Richards, the socialite hostess for the evening.
Mr. Henry Parker, a real estate agent.
Mrs. Rachael Parker, the wife of Henry Parker.
Messenger
PREMISE:
During a reception to celebrate the current sporting season of
the Cape May Athletic Club, word arrives of the third gruesome
murder in the City in the past six months. Many fear that either
Jack the Ripper is now plying his trade or a type of copycat
murderer is on the loose. Because of their experience with Jack
the Ripper in London, in 1888, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor
Watson are invited to the City, to provide their insights into
solving the killings by the so-called Jackson Street Terror.
Copyright John Pekich 2001
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Regatta
TIME: 1900
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the international financier and owner
of Columbia.
Sir Reginald Carstairs, an aide to the Prince of Wales and the
captain of Britannia
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet.
Mrs. Helen Slater, a local political/social activist .
Mrs. Beatrice Anderson, a local yachting enthusiast and
hostess for the reception.
Mr. Michael Burke, a British Security Agent.
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to launch a series of yacht races,
sponsored by His Royal Majesty, the Prince of Wales, to be held
off the coast of Cape May, in preparation for the Americas Cup
Races 1901. Entered in the races will be yachts owned by The
Prince of Wales, J.P. Morgan, and M. Andre Lebrun, of France.
President William McKinley is expected to attend the races.
During the reception, Mayor Millet receives word that Monsieur
Lebrun was killed in an on-board explosion on his yacht. He also
receives threats against the lives and yachts of J.P. Morgan and
the Prince of Wales. Sherlock Holmes suspects the hand of
Professor Moriarty and must act quickly to prevent the deaths of
the other world leaders.
Copyright John Pekich 2000
Sherlock Holmes and the League of Night
TIME: 1899
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
William Sewell, Republican Senator of Pennsylvania and a
supporter of United States Expansionism.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, a member of the Anti- Imperialist League.
Miss Jane Addams, a member of the Anti-Imperialist League.
Mr. Jacob G. Schurman, appointee of President McKinley to
head a special Philippine Commission.
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet.
Filipino rebel
Assorted Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held in honor of Mr. Jacob G. Schurman,
recently appointed by President William McKinley to head a
Philippine Commission deciding how to best govern the Islands.
The Philippines were recently acquired through the Treaty of
Paris, ending the War between Spain and the United States.
During the reception, a death threat, signed by The League of
Night, a group of terrorist Filipino rebels, is received against
Senator Sewell. Unless the United States changes its policy
toward the Philippines and grants the Islands independence,
Sewell--and others--will die. The rebels also threaten to destroy
local targets. Sewell is attacked and seriously injured by a
member of the League of Night. Holmes must stop further attacks
by the League and prevent Moriarty from carrying out his plans
for a possible world war.
Copyright John Pekich 1999
Sherlock Holmes and the Hammer of Mars
TIME: 1908
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. Henry Ford
Mr. Russell Osborne, An Undersecretary of War.
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of Cape May City.
Master David Norton, the teenage son of Irene Adler Norton.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet and Welcoming
Commentator.
Mrs. Sylvia Winslow Sloane, a New York Socialite and Hostess
for the evening's activities.
A Pinkerton Bodyguard
Assorted Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to formally announce the building of a
prototype submarine by Henry Ford in the Cape May area.
During the reception, David Norton, the sixteen-year-old son of
Irene Adler Norton, is kidnapped by Professor Moriarty. Irene
Norton had been a frequent guest in Cape May and a sponsor of
several charitable fundraising events there. David is in the City
to offer his thanks to various officials and persons who had
befriended his now deceased mother. Moriarty's demands are
simple: David Norton for the submarine plans. Holmes must act
quickly to save David Norton and protect the submarine plans.
Copyright John Pekich 1998
TIME: 1895
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Former President Benjamin Harrison, a frequent visitor to the
City of Cape May.
Mr. James Hildreth, the Mayor of the City of Cape May and
official host for the festivities.
Mrs. James Hildreth, the wife of Mayor Hildreth and hostess for
the evening's festivities.
Mr. Charles Lampley, the representative of the Capitol
Gentlemen.
Mrs. E. D. Wilcox, the grandniece of Andrew Jackson; she
regales community members with tales from her life.
Miss Miriam Silverstone, a summer resident in the City of
Cape May, artist and ardent supporter of the anarchist movement.
Madame Constance Yvonne Patenotre, the wife M. Jules
Patenotre, Ambassador of France, and representative of France
to the festivities.
Mr. Robert E. Hand, the Sheriff of Cape May County, in charge
of the security details for President Harrison and the other
celebrities in the city.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are in the City of Cape May
to be honored for their apprehension of several nefarious
criminals there. Holmes has been delayed, consulting with
members of the Capitol Gentlemen, a delegation from
Washington. During the reception, President Harrison is attacked
by an anarchist who resents President Harrison’s past policies of
expansionism and high import tariffs, and manages to escape.
Upon his arrival, Holmes must deal with the attack on Mr. Harrison
and determine the identity of the individuals behind it.
Copyright John Pekich 2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Star of Arabia
TIME: 1887
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. Robert Ferguson, a friend of Doctor Watson, racing
enthusiast from Scotland, and representative from Her Majesty
Victoria to the celebration.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor and a leading
businessman behind the Cape May Driving Park.
Mrs. James Edmunds, the wife of Mayor Edmunds, hostess and
supporter of all that her husband does in politics and business.
Mrs. Beverly Hammond Morgan, a sister-in-law to John
Pierpont Morgan.
Madame Camille Dupont, a noted equestrienne, owner of
highly respected equestrian schools in France, and
representative of the French government at the celebrations.
Mr. Michael Leonard, a Republican City Councilman and vocal
opponent of Mayor Edmunds and his Democratic “cronies”.
Mr. Billie Matlock, a groom
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to celebrate the start of construction of
the Cape May Driving Park, for horse and bicycle racing. To
promote that occasion, the Star of Arabia, an extraordinary
Arabian thoroughbred from Damascus, will be in the City, part of
a cross-country tour of cultural objects from the Arabian world.
The exhibit is a joint-venture among London, Paris and
Damascus to enhance their bonds of diplomacy and friendship.
During the evening’s festivities, a note arrives stating that the
Star of Arabia has been taken and will be returned for a ransom
of 1 million pounds sterling. Holmes must find the animal before
any harm is done to it, a development which could jeopardize the
fragile relationship between Western nations and certain nations
of the Middle East.
Copyright John Pekich 2006
Sherlock Holmes and The Sea Grove
Covenant
TIME: 1889
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. John Wanamaker, the Postmaster General and Host for the
evening’s activities.
Mrs. John Wanamaker, the Hostess for the evening.
Mrs. Andrea Mills Gladstone, a cousin to the Prime Minister of
England.
Madame Annette Roget, a half-sister to the President of
France.
Mrs. Nora Shaw, an outspoken critic of the policies of President
Benjamin Harrison.
Mr. William Sewell, a prominent local businessman.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
Mr. John Wanamaker is hosting a celebration to honor the arrival
of President Benjamin Harrison who will summer in Cape May
Point. During the festivities, a message arrives indicating that
President Harrison will not be in attendance that evening. Later,
security guards are summoned to Cape May Point to provide
extra protection for President Harrison. The next day, Holmes is
visited by Mr. Wanamaker who informs him of the Sea Grove
Covenant, a plan for global expansion into and colonization of the
Pacific, Central and South America and the Far East and Middle
East . One of the copies of the Covenant, secretly created by
Great Britain, France and the United States, was stolen yesterday
from the Summer White House. Holmes must recover the Sea
Grove Covenant before its volatile contents are revealed.
Copyright John Pekich 2005
Sherlock Holmes and The Circle of
Darkness
TIME: 1901
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. Victor Denizot, a successful local businessman who owns
several amusements on the Iron Pier, an opera house and other
local businesses.
Miss Angelique Fox, a cousin to the famous Fox sisters and a
member of the American Spiritualism movement.
Mr. Jonathan Richards, an investigator of paranormal
phenomena and debunker of dubious spiritualists.
Mrs. Harriet Gunther, a wealthy and deeply religious woman
who provides homes for the destitute and the hopeless in the city.
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of the City of Cape May and a
prominent leader of the business community.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to celebrate the construction of the new
$35,000 high school. A symbol of a better life for the citizens of
the city, the high school is also the tangible image of the power of
the business community. During the activities, a note arrives
containing a threat to destroy the new high school unless a
payment of $500,000.00 is made; if not, other prominent sites in
the city will also be destroyed. The note is signed by the Circle of
Darkness. Holmes must stop the threat against the high school.
Copyright John Pekich 2004
Sherlock Holmes and the Society of Shadow
Men
TIME: 1897
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. John J. Burleigh, the head of the Delaware Bay and Cape
May Railroad Company.
Mr. Thomas Millet, a member of the Board of Trade of the City
of Cape May.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the hostess for the evening's events and
President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Board of Trade of the
City of Cape May.
Mr. Howard Warner, a member of Congressional Tariff
Commission and personal representative of the newly elected
President William McKinley.
Mrs. Anna Hand, M.D., the first female physician in the City of
Cape May and a strong supporter of increasing the roles of
women in society.
Lady Madeleine Armbruster Newton, a cousin to Her Royal
Highness Victoria and representative of the British government to
an economic development exhibition planned for the City of
Philadelphia.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Local Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to announce the creation of the Board
of Trade of the City of Cape May. Word arrives that Mr. Howard
Warner, the representative of President McKinley, was kidnapped
while traveling there from Philadelphia, by the Society of Shadow
Men; their demands will follow. Sherlock Holmes must deal with
the kidnapping, a "truly diabolical scheme being manipulated by
that archvillain...Moriarty," stopping him before he completes his
plans.
Copyright John Pekich 2003
Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Venus
TIME: 1894
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. James Hildreth, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Mr. Logan M. Bullitt, the President of the South Jersey Railroad
Company.
Miss Alice Canfield, the President of the WCTU of Cape May
County.
Mr. Thomas Sanders, a vocal Populist supporter.
Lady Aimsley Ashcroft, the widow Sir Michael Kingsley Ashcroft,
the discoverer of the Eye of Venus.
Mr. Williams Peters, the Pinkerton Guard assigned to
accompany the Eye of Venus to the City of Cape May.
Mrs. Logan Bullitt, the wife of Mr. Logan Bullitt and hostess for
the evening’s festivities.
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to commemorate the completion of the
South Jersey railroad line into the City. The highlight of the
event, a spectacular diamond call The Eye of Venus, is stolen
from the new South Jersey Train. The thieves demand 2 million
pounds sterling, else the Eye will be cut down into minor
gemstones and, also, the South Jersey will never reach the City.
Learning that Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are in
Philadelphia, dealing with several threats against the Federal
Banking System, Mayor Hildreth wires his friend, the Director of
the Federal Reserve Bank, pleading for Holmes’s assistance in
recovering the Eye of Venus and stopping the blackmailing
terrorists. Holmes accepts the case.
Copyright John Pekich 2002
Sherlock Holmes and the Jackson Street Terror
TIME: 1890
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. John Edgar Reyburn, a Congressional Representative from
Philadelphia.
Mr. Ira Murdock, a land developer from the City of Cape May.
Miss Frances Carson, a teacher and activist/preservationist.
Mr. James Henry Edmunds, the Mayor and an economic force
in the City of Cape May.
Miss Ellie Richards, the socialite hostess for the evening.
Mr. Henry Parker, a real estate agent.
Mrs. Rachael Parker, the wife of Henry Parker.
Messenger
PREMISE:
During a reception to celebrate the current sporting season of
the Cape May Athletic Club, word arrives of the third gruesome
murder in the City in the past six months. Many fear that either
Jack the Ripper is now plying his trade or a type of copycat
murderer is on the loose. Because of their experience with Jack
the Ripper in London, in 1888, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor
Watson are invited to the City, to provide their insights into
solving the killings by the so-called Jackson Street Terror.
Copyright John Pekich 2001
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Regatta
TIME: 1900
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the international financier and owner
of Columbia.
Sir Reginald Carstairs, an aide to the Prince of Wales and the
captain of Britannia
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet.
Mrs. Helen Slater, a local political/social activist .
Mrs. Beatrice Anderson, a local yachting enthusiast and
hostess for the reception.
Mr. Michael Burke, a British Security Agent.
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to launch a series of yacht races,
sponsored by His Royal Majesty, the Prince of Wales, to be held
off the coast of Cape May, in preparation for the Americas Cup
Races 1901. Entered in the races will be yachts owned by The
Prince of Wales, J.P. Morgan, and M. Andre Lebrun, of France.
President William McKinley is expected to attend the races.
During the reception, Mayor Millet receives word that Monsieur
Lebrun was killed in an on-board explosion on his yacht. He also
receives threats against the lives and yachts of J.P. Morgan and
the Prince of Wales. Sherlock Holmes suspects the hand of
Professor Moriarty and must act quickly to prevent the deaths of
the other world leaders.
Copyright John Pekich 2000
Sherlock Holmes and the League of Night
TIME: 1899
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
William Sewell, Republican Senator of Pennsylvania and a
supporter of United States Expansionism.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, a member of the Anti- Imperialist League.
Miss Jane Addams, a member of the Anti-Imperialist League.
Mr. Jacob G. Schurman, appointee of President McKinley to
head a special Philippine Commission.
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of the City of Cape May.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet.
Filipino rebel
Assorted Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held in honor of Mr. Jacob G. Schurman,
recently appointed by President William McKinley to head a
Philippine Commission deciding how to best govern the Islands.
The Philippines were recently acquired through the Treaty of
Paris, ending the War between Spain and the United States.
During the reception, a death threat, signed by The League of
Night, a group of terrorist Filipino rebels, is received against
Senator Sewell. Unless the United States changes its policy
toward the Philippines and grants the Islands independence,
Sewell--and others--will die. The rebels also threaten to destroy
local targets. Sewell is attacked and seriously injured by a
member of the League of Night. Holmes must stop further attacks
by the League and prevent Moriarty from carrying out his plans
for a possible world war.
Copyright John Pekich 1999
Sherlock Holmes and the Hammer of Mars
TIME: 1908
SETTING: The City of Cape May, New Jersey
CHARACTERS:
Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Doctor John H. Watson
Mr. Henry Ford
Mr. Russell Osborne, An Undersecretary of War.
Mr. Thomas Millet, the Mayor of Cape May City.
Master David Norton, the teenage son of Irene Adler Norton.
Mrs. Thomas Millet, the wife of Mayor Millet and Welcoming
Commentator.
Mrs. Sylvia Winslow Sloane, a New York Socialite and Hostess
for the evening's activities.
A Pinkerton Bodyguard
Assorted Dignitaries
Messenger
PREMISE:
A reception is being held to formally announce the building of a
prototype submarine by Henry Ford in the Cape May area.
During the reception, David Norton, the sixteen-year-old son of
Irene Adler Norton, is kidnapped by Professor Moriarty. Irene
Norton had been a frequent guest in Cape May and a sponsor of
several charitable fundraising events there. David is in the City
to offer his thanks to various officials and persons who had
befriended his now deceased mother. Moriarty's demands are
simple: David Norton for the submarine plans. Holmes must act
quickly to save David Norton and protect the submarine plans.
Copyright John Pekich 1998