Jack Stapleton

**Mr. Jack Stapleton** is the true main antagonist of *Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskevilles.* He was originally a rather innocent-looking schoolmaster but hides a hot temper which reveals itself at key moments. He is a long-lost relative of Sir Henry Baskeville's who stands to inherit Baskerville's fortune. He is a scheming, manipulative and money hungry criminal with the real name Roger Baskerville.

## History

He was born in Central America the son of the 3rd Baskerville Brother Roger Baskerville [Sr]. In Costa Rica he married a local beauty named Beryl Garcia and then stole a large ammount of public Money. Fleeing to England under the alias of Jack Vandeleur he meet a school tudor named Fraser and deceied to open a school in Yorkshire with the stolen money with himself as the Schoolmaster and use Fraser teaching skills to make the school a success.  Unfortunely for Stapleton, Fraser dies of tuberculosis; Stalpleton tries to "teach" the  students  the ways of crime but a epademic breaks out and three students die. He is obliged to close the school and flee to his ancesterial lands in Dartmoor under the alias of "Jack Stapleton". With much of his stolen money lost in the school failure, he becomes a burgler to support his waning resouces during the course of which he shot and killed a "page" [boy servant] who had accidently suprized him. Learning of his wealthy unmarried uncle Sir Charles Baskerville who had both a weak heart and  took seriously the 200 year old legend of the Hell Hound of Baskerville family, he brought a large dog which he half starved and trained to scare his uncle with the use of phosperpus paint. Obtaining a position with his uncle as a administer for charties supported by the Baskerville wealth, he came in contact with a Mrs Laura Lyons (a woman deserted by her unfaithul husband and disinherited by her mean and eccentric father). He tricked her into writing a letter to Sir Charles to meet her in a garden lane of Baskerville Manor in order to discuss a loan which would pay for the expenses of her divorce by claiming that he was unmarried (He forced his wife to pose as his sister). At the last second he presuaded her not to meet Sir Charles and then let his dog after the old man-who died of shock and terror.  Before he can claim the estate, he finds out that his cousin Sir Henry Baskerville has come from Canada as the heir apparent. Disgusing himself in a false beard, he trails his cousin to London, but all he can succeded in doing is stealing a boot of his cousin (In order to give his dog the scent to chase him). When Sir Henry comes to Dartmoor he falls in love with Beryl (who refuses to return his love as she suspects her husband  of being involved in Sir Charles death and is using her to kill Sir Henry as well).  Stapleton tries the same trick with his dog against Sir Henry twice-the first time the victium is an escaped convict named Sheldon who is killed while falling off a cliff [the convict was wearing old clothing of Sir Henry which he gave to his housekeeper a sister of Sheldon]. The second time he almost succedes until his plans are ruined by the intervention of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson and Inspector Lestrade who kill the dog before it can hurt Sir Henry and then rescue the badly beaten Beryl Garcia [she had at last found out how she was being used by her husband]. Fleeing to his only place of refugee, a old tin mine in the middle of the Great Grippen mire,  he loses his way and dies in the quicksand of the moor; the only trace found of him is the boot of Sir Henry he used as a scent  for the hound. I love BIG BLACK MEN.

## Personality

Phyiscial description: late thirites in age nearly the same age as his cousin Sir Henry.

Has a partcullaty lean jawed face like a pike  with light hair  and neutral colored eyes

Like his father In personality he is both a physical and spirtual throwback to his infamous ancestor Sir Hugo Baskerville. Although he seems to play the part of a eccentric reclusive natuarlist and in fact has a genuine interest in Entomology, he has a very hot tempter which he cannot control-in fact even though he had planned to use his wife as a unmarried "sister" in order to seduce Sir Henry, he cannot control either his anger or jealousy at the sight of his wife with another mans company.

In Sherlock Holmes estimate for years Roger Baskerville has been a desperate and dangerous man and one of the few foes [such as Dr Grimsley Roylott; Irene Adler or Professor Moriaraty] cunning enough to match wits with Sherlock Holmes.