Mr. Courtney is accused of having committed a murder of a young woman who was found in a suitcase. Courtney of course protested his innocence and ignorance of the case. Lady Helen Fairfax, Courtney's fiancé asks Sherlock Holmes for help. Holmes research leads him to Courtney's boss, art dealer Hugo Verner. Shortly after an encounter between Holmes and Verner, there is another murder.—Butterbaugh