▁him ▁killed ). ▁Ins pect or ▁Greg son ▁takes ▁the ▁sni per , ▁a ▁hyp not ized ▁ex - s old ier , ▁away , ▁but ▁the ▁sni per ▁is ▁kid n apped ▁and ▁later ▁killed ▁on ▁Hol mes ' s ▁door step . ▁ ▁Hol mes ▁now ▁real izes ▁that ▁Mor i art y ' s ▁plan ▁involves : ▁ 1 ) ▁killing ▁women ▁and ▁cutting ▁off ▁their ▁for ef ingers , ▁ 2 ) ▁making ▁rich , ▁single ▁men ▁believe ▁they ▁have ▁committed ▁the ▁crime , ▁ 3 ) ▁using ▁this ▁fake ▁information ▁to ▁black mail ▁them , ▁and ▁ 4 ) ▁counting ▁on ▁the ▁vict ims ▁being ▁too ▁ter r ified ▁to ▁expose ▁the ▁scheme . ▁ ▁He ▁be fri ends ▁L yd ia , ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁with ▁Sir ▁George ▁at ▁a ▁restaurant , ▁suspect ing ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁in ▁c aho ots ▁with ▁Mor i art y . ▁She ▁takes ▁him ▁to ▁her ▁house , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁apparently ▁hyp not ized . ▁Mor i art y ▁enters ▁and ▁has ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁men ▁cut ▁Hol mes ▁with ▁a ▁kn ife ▁to ▁verify ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁hyp not ized . ▁He ▁then ▁tells ▁Hol mes ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁suic ide ▁note ▁( which ▁he ▁does ), ▁walk ▁out ▁of ▁L yd ia ' s ▁a partment ▁onto ▁the ▁led ge , ▁and ▁jump ▁to ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁Watson ▁and ▁the ▁police ▁then ▁appear ▁and ▁grab ▁the ▁crim inals . ▁Hol mes ▁then ▁reve als ▁he ▁was