B. J. Harrison Reads The Red-Headed League

Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker with ginger hair, pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. He tells them about his young assistant, Vincent Spaulding, who has advised Wilson to respond to an urgent job advertisement in the local newspaper. The very next morning the pawnbroker is interviewed and hired. Everything goes well, until one morning he sees an announcement which says that "The red-headed league is dissolved". Wilson is extremely dissatisfied and goes to meet the landlord but does not receive any help. Now Sherlock Holmes has the task of resolving this case.

What is this red-headed league and why was it dissolved? Where is Vincent Spaulding and did he lie to Wilson? Can Sherlock Holmes solve this case and help the pawnbroker?

Find all the answers in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story "The Red-Headed League".