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Arthur Conan Doyle: The Case of Mr George Edalji
Part 1. The Case of Mr George Edalji by Arthur Conan Doyle Part 2. Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott, on the Edalji Case Part 3. Cavalcade of Justice—Bernard O'Donnell on the Edalji Case LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Illustr. 1. A portrait of George Edalji Illustr. 2. The Edalji family Illustr. 3. The Vicarage at Wyrley Illustr. 4. Title page of Edalji's book on railway law Illustr. 5. George Edalji in the dock.Photograph© used with permission of the Staffordshire Past-Track web site. Illustr. 6. Police detectives waiting in front of court-house.Photograph© used with permission of the Staffordshire Past-Track web site. Illustr. 7. Illustration of Doyle's article from The Syracuse Journal, NY, February 8, 1907 Illustr. 8. Mrs. Edalji's letter of thanks to her son's supporters. PART 1.—THE CASE OF MR GEORGE EDALJIBYARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
"Stand up, stand up for Upton,Ye soldiers of the cross.Lift high your royal banner,It must not suffer loss."
The Sergeant,Police Station,HednesfordStaffordshire,
WILLIAM BULLOCK,Porter-Signalman, Rugeley Town Station.
And now, having dealt with the letters of 1903, let me, before I proceed to the particular outrage for which Edalji was arrested and convicted, say a few words as to the personality of this unfortunate young man, who was, according to the police theory, an active member, if not the leading spirit, of a gang of village ruffians. Any one more absurdly constructed to play the role could not be imagined. In the first place he is a total abstainer, which in itself hardly seems to commend him to such a gang. He does not smoke. He is very shy and nervous. He is a most distinguished student, having won the highest legal prizes within his reach, and written at his early age a handbook of railway law. Finally, he is as blind as the proverbial bat, but the bat has the advantage of finding its way in the dark, which would be very difficult for him. To find a pony in a dark field, or, indeed, to find the field itself, unless it were easily approached, would be a hard task, while to avoid a lurking watcher would be absolutely impossible. I have myself practiced as an oculist, but I can never remember correcting so high a degree of astigmatic myopia as that which afflicts Mr. Edalji. "Like all myopics, Mr. Edalji," said an expert, "must find it at all times difficult to see clearly any objects more than a few inches off, and in dusk it would be practically impossible for him to find his way about any place with which he was not perfectly familiar." Fearing lest it might be thought that he was feigning blindness, I asked Mr. Kenneth Scott of Manchester Square to paralyze the accommodation by atropine, and then to take the result by means which were independent of the patient. Here is his report:  Right eye —8.75  Diop Spher.
George Edalji in the dock.Photograph© used with permission of the Staffordshire Past-Track web site.
Police detectives waiting in front to the court- house.Photograph© used with permission of the Staffordshire Past-Track web site.
ADDENDUM:LATEST FACTS BEARING ON THE EDALJI CASE
PART 2.— ALFRED EMMOTT, 1ST BARON EMMOTT,ON THE EDALJI CASE
[†] Mr. Herbert Gladstone (Home Secretary).[‡] Mr. Akers-Douglas (Home Secretary, 1902-1905).
PART 3.— CAVALCADE OF JUSTICEBERNARD O'DONNELL ON THE EDALJI CASE