Crime stories

Dear readers,

since May 2021 some students from year 9 have been working on this very digital book that you are reading right now.
The overall topic is crime, but each and every chapter was individually designed by the students and is thus as different as the human beings creating them.
Be prepared to laugh, be shocked and admire short stories, diary entries and much more!

Have fun!

June 2021, Hilden
WP2F, Wilhelmine Fliedner Schule

Sherlock Holmes and the mysterious man
It was a rainy Sunday morning. Nothing special has happened so far. Sherlock Homes sat on his armchair. Watson was reading his last story about the exciting adventures. Holmes looked in the newspaper, but then his breath stopped: Watson…WATSON” Watson came into the room: What? “. “Look at this interesting report about a young man from London” Sherlock pointed on the big title and the article under it.” Okay give me the newspaper please. Oh god that´s…” Sherlock got up quickly “great” Watson looked disturbed to Sherlock” No Holmes that is not great. There was a young man killed on the street. That is horrible but not great” - “Well, Watson I think we must go there. Lestrade will be glad to see us” Holmes went quickly out of the room. Watson took his coat and quickly went the stairs down.

“In which street was the assassination?” Watson took the newspaper out of his coat pocket.” Ehhmm Duke of wellington pl. That isn´t so far away from the Buckingham palace” Sherlock called a cab: “So, I think that will be funny”
At the Duke of Wellington pl. there were many police officers. Sherlock sprung out of the cab and ran to the happening. Lestrade looked over a body which lied on the ground. Sherlock watched to the body. He looked into cold eyes. His throat was cut out. On the ground were a lot of blood. Watson was standing behind Holmes: “Bloody hell, that´s horrible.” “Yeah, I think that´s not a normal assassination” Lestrade said:” He was found here at the morning. A royal Garde found him here and called us. We think that he was killed here because he had contact to the royal family”

Holmes looked in the body:” well I think he is not important” Watson looked distributed.” Don´t look that away. Look at his clothes. Cheap trousers, worn jacked and when you look at his head you can see that there is a lot of dirt. When he had really contact the royal family, he´s a gardner. “Lestrade and Watson looked impressed. Lestrade said:” well, uhm yes I think I can talk with the royal family. Then you can ask them some questions … Yes, I´m back in a couple of minutes. „With this last words Lestrade went to another police officer and then he ran to the Buckingham place. Sherlock looked after him. After Lestrade was unseen. Holmes sat on a bench. Watson looked concerned:” What did you think? Why was he murdered?” Homes said quite:” Well, I think that wasn´t a private conflict. I think he knew too much.” Watson went near Holmes: “Look at his body, his wounds. The same wounds were on the corps jack the ripper left behind.” Holmes said amused.

At a couple of seconds his breath stopped:“Watson I think that was an excellent theory. But why…? Ohhh Yes, I´m a genius. Watson stay here and wait for Lestrade. I must go!” before Watson said something Holmes were away.
Holmes run quickly. He had read the name from the dead person on the report. Nigel Williams. At Dorset Street he searched on the doors the name Williams. After 30 minutes he found the name on the house number 23. “Here, Williams,” Holmes looked behind him, the street down and up. No one walked at the street, „Perfect, how did this work, first left then right and then I must repeat it five times. So, now I must press it and ahh yes, it worked” Holmes cracked.the door and went quickly inside. It was dark inside. Holmes searched the windows and opened the curtains. The room was very dirty. Holmes watched across the room.

He stood inside of the living room. He looked on the table. Old food, dirty dishes, some old bills from last week and a book. Sherlock took the book. The book had a leather cover with golden letters Diary. Holmes opened the first page:” This book owned Ember Williams. Hmm, ok what’s here 27th March 1904 Today Nigel went to work. I was with my friends in the town. We bought us new dresses, well I think Ember was the wife, but what’s was the last entry. 6th April Nigel was very nervous. Before he leaves, he said he knows who Jack the ripper is and that Jack the ripper is hunting him. He said that I must take care for the children and hide them and me. He will stay at work for 3 days. 7th April Somebody was on our door