Adam Worth (1844–January 8, 1902) was a German-American criminal. Scotland Yard detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world", and he is commonly referred to as "the Napoleon of Crime". It has been widely speculated that Arthur Conan Doyle used Worth as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Professor Moriarty. In his "Books Alive" column in The Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 26, 1943), Vincent Starrett wrote, "Worth was the original of Prof.
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- Adam Worth (1844–January 8, 1902) was a German-American criminal. Scotland Yard detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world", and he is commonly referred to as "the Napoleon of Crime". It has been widely speculated that Arthur Conan Doyle used Worth as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Professor Moriarty. In his "Books Alive" column in The Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 26, 1943), Vincent Starrett wrote, "Worth was the original of Prof. Moriarty. This information, which isn't generally known, was revealed by Conan Doyle in conversation with Dr. Gray C. Briggs of St. Louis, Dr. Briggs once told me. " Starrett was a good friend of Dr. Gray Chandler Briggs (1882—1942), a St. Louis doctor and X-ray specialist.
- Adam Worth était un gentleman-criminel d'origine allemande. Robert Anderson, un détective de Scotland Yard, lui donna un surnom, le « Napoléon du monde criminel » et il est communément appelé le « Napoléon du Crime ». Arthur Conan Doyle aurait utilisé Worth comme prototype du nemesis de Sherlock Holmes, le Professeur Moriarty.
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- Adam Worth (1844–January 8, 1902) was a German-American criminal. Scotland Yard detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world", and he is commonly referred to as "the Napoleon of Crime". It has been widely speculated that Arthur Conan Doyle used Worth as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Professor Moriarty. In his "Books Alive" column in The Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 26, 1943), Vincent Starrett wrote, "Worth was the original of Prof.
- Adam Worth était un gentleman-criminel d'origine allemande. Robert Anderson, un détective de Scotland Yard, lui donna un surnom, le « Napoléon du monde criminel » et il est communément appelé le « Napoléon du Crime ». Arthur Conan Doyle aurait utilisé Worth comme prototype du nemesis de Sherlock Holmes, le Professeur Moriarty.
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