SHERLOCK HOLMES

Grey River Argus, 18 June 1927, Page 5

SHERLOCK HOLMES

KILLED AT LAST.

By His Creator.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received June 17-»at 8 p.m.)

LONDON, June 16. Conan Doyle has killed Sherlock Holmes in a new publication. It is entitled “Case Book on Sherlock Holmes. ’ ’

\ Discussing his reasons, Sir Conan Doyle said—“l hate the old man. I am tired of him. From the beginning he has represented a type of literature in which I am little interested, but it was an excellent way for a struggling young man to get a foothold and money. Most fiction detectives reached their conclusions, either by accident or by some extraordinary unexplained processes. I decided that the thing must bo reduced to a science. Furthermore, the detectives had such stupid names, such as Ferret and Sharp. Sherlock Holmes’s methods are treated with great respect in France, where they are taken seriously. lam proud of the fact thta the Department of the Lyons Police is called the ‘Salle Conan Do vie.’ ”

The author’s attitude towards his character may be summed up as one of cold scientific detachment. He simply used him in order to tell an interesting story.