manuscript that Pinkerton wrote after Worth left is still preserved in the archives of the Pinkerton Detective Agency in Van Nuys, California. Through Pinkerton, Worth arranged the return of the painting Duchess of Devonshire to Agnew & Sons in return for $25,000. The portrait and payment were exchanged in Chicago on 28 March 1901. Worth returned to London with his children and spent the rest of his life with them. It is said he lived "extravagantly on the proceeds of his business as a receiver for an international agency of thieves." His son took advantage of an agreement between his father and Allan Pinkerton and became a career Pinkerton detective. Adam Worth died on 8 January 1902. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery in a mass pauper's grave under the name of "Henry J. Raymond". A small tombstone was erected to mark his resting place in 1997 by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. In popular culture Literature According to Vincent Starrett, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used Worth as the prototype for Sherlock Holmes' adversary, Professor Moriarty: "The original of Moriarty was Adam Worth, who stole the famous Gainsborough, in 1876, and hid it for a quarter of a century. This was revealed by Sir Arthur in conversation with Dr Gray Chandler Briggs, some years ago." Movies Michael Caine played Adam Worth in the film Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976). Though Worth is correctly portrayed as a criminal mastermind, the events of the story are not based on true events. Television In the eighth season of the CBS series Criminal Minds, Adam Worth is used as a pseudonym for the season's main villain, John Curtis (Mark Hamill). The third season of the TNT series Leverage used Adam Worth as a target for the team. In the SyFy series Sanctuary (2007), Adam Worth is one of the main villains, although his character is Irish and includes elements of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886). References Works cited General references External links 1844 births 1902 deaths British gangsters British bank robbers Union Army soldiers United States Army soldiers German emigrants to the United States 19th-century German Jews Jewish American gangsters Criminals from New York City Burials at Highgate Cemetery Art thieves British crime bosses Arthur Conan Doyle Pinkerton (detective agency)