Sherlock Holmes character

[mkhouri]

What was the name of the historical character on which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based his character of a tall Irish murderer who escaped to America?

[Quizmonster]

Francis Tumblety was possibly Irish by birth and possibly Jack the Ripper - certainly he was charged on suspicion of the Whitechapel murders before escaping to America. It is known, too, that Conan Doyle - who was writing at the time - had an interest in the case.

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