Austrian 'hid daughter in cellar'

The existence of an austrian woman, believed missing since 1984, is known thanks to the illnes of one of her doughters. This woman had been hidden for her father and he's on suspicion of having seven children with her. It was assumed she had disappeared voluntarily when her parents received a letter from her asking them not to search for her.

The man, named only as Josef F, was arrested on suspicion of incest and keeping his daughter in captivity. It seems that one of the children died while the woman was giving birth. Three children, including the 19 year old, were with their mother, while the other three used to live with their grandparents.

The mother, named as Elizabeth , has been receiving medical and psychological treatment since she was discovered. She appeared very disturbed and she just wanted to be sure of don't have contact with her father ever again.

The children are being cared individually, the ones between 12 and 16 are those who grew with their grandparents and two boys who went out with their mother saw the daylight for the first time un their lives.

It's unbelievable that a person could be so mean, crazy and insensitive for having his own doughter hidden but it wasn't the worst part. I think that Elizabeth was very brave when she tried to save her children, mostly because I suppose that is unreasonable to think that you are mother and sister of your kids at the same time!

I was really shocked when I listened the story and I hope that Elizabeth and her children can enjoy all the things that were banned for them and have a life without suffering.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7370060.stm

Sherlock Holmes Stories

The Empty House.

The chapter named The Empty House of Sherlock Holmes Stories book start talking about the murder of Ronald Adair. By that time Dr Watson was sure about Sherlock Holmes death and he had been being very interested in crime and those days the most interesting case was the death of Ronald Adair; he was very popular and belonged to several clubs in London. The day he died he played a cards game and return to his home, when his mother tried to say goodnight to him the door was locked and he didn’t answer. He was founded death in his table.

There were a lot of difficulties around the investigation and Watson went to take a look on Ronald’s window. Standing there he suddenly knocked with some old and strange man. When Watson returned to his house and the strange man was there but he realized that the man was Sherlock Holmes! He couldn’t believe it.

Holmes started explained that he wasn’t in that place where supposedly he had died. Someone called Moriarty wanted to kill him, they fought and Moriarty fall down. But he wasn’t the only person who wanted to kill him so Holmes had to hide and waited until something like Ronald’s murder happened to return to London.

They walked in a dark lonely street until they arrived to an empty and completely dark place; Watson looked up to one room and saw the shadow of an exactly model of Holmes, they old enemies had been watching his room. A man entered but they were hiding already, he had a kind of rifle. Holmes and Watson hit him and the police rushed, it was Colonel Sebastian Moran, one of the best shots.

Holmes examined the weapon and said –you have the man who shot Ronald Adair through the window-. He had played cards with Ronald followed him and shot through his window. He couldn’t explain why but Holmes supposed that Ronald discovered Moran cheating; he could not leave the club so he had to kill him.

It was really surprising found that Sherlock Holmes wasn’t dead and I supposed hat most be really shocking see someone you thought was dead. I find this chapter a little bit more difficult because we have to relation all the stories and imagine how Holmes could survive every time someone tried to kill him.

I think that the purpose of the author was really accomplished because you always keep linked with the story.

I really enjoyed reading this book, it was very fun and interesting.

Sherlock Holmes Stories

The Man with the Twisted Lip

The title of this book is Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It talks about mysterious and difficult cases that were solved by Sherlock Holmes.

In the chapter named The man with the Twisted Lip, the conflict started when Kate Whitney’s husband, Isa Whitney, hadn’t been home for two days. She asked for help to a close couple of friends, Dr Watson and his wife. Isa had the terrible habit of taking opium and Watson went to an opium house to look for Isa. In that house he found an old friend, Sherlock Holmes who told him to send his friend to his house and wait for him outside.

Holmes was in the middle of a case, he was looking for Neville Sinclair. They traveled together to Mrs. Sinclair’s house and started the story. Mr. Neville was married and had two children. He traveled everyday to London. Last Monday he went to London as usual and his wife was there too, she walked by the street where the opium house was and saw her husband in a window but he disappeared. She looked for a policeman to examine the house but she only found a person called the Indian and a beggar named Hugh Bone. In Hugh’s room they found all of Sinclair’s clothes except his coat. Bone had a dirty face and a twisted lip; he was taken away to the police station.

Mrs. Sinclair had received a letter from his husband, it said that she mustn’t been worried. The next day Watson and Holmes traveled to London and went to the police station. Hugh hadn’t wanted to wash his face so he was dirty and look ban with his twisted lip. When Holmes entered to the prisoner’s room he was sleeping so Holmes washed his face and said –“Gentlemen allow me to present you Mr. Neville Sinclair”-.
Everybody was shocked.

The man said that he didn’t want his wife and children to be ashamed of him. When he was young he was a report paper and his boss asked him to write a story about beggars, so he dressed as a beggar to have enough information, but he realized that he could earn much money as a beggar, so he decided to become one.

I like a lot suspense books and especially this chapter is very mysterious, I was totally interested in continue reading and reading until I could finally know what happened with Mr. Neville.

I think it was a very surprising final, I started thinking this was a murder but I never imagined that he was only trying to keep save his secret. It’s believable for me because very often we hear stories about couples which keep secrets between them.

It’s nice that sometimes we can admire such an intelligent man as Holmes, who was deeply committed with hid job and really enjoyed and loved it.