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Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question?

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One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by the fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read “? Crimson. He broke your window.”

Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question?

posted May 3, 2014 by Aarati Mahajan

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