<P> Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for advice following the death of his friend , Sir Charles Baskerville . Sir Charles was found dead on the grounds of his Devonshire estate , Baskerville Hall . Mortimer now fears for Sir Charles 's nephew and sole heir , Sir Henry Baskerville , who is the new master of Baskerville Hall . The death was attributed to a heart attack , but Mortimer is suspicious , because Sir Charles died with an expression of horror on his face , and Mortimer noticed `` the footprints of a gigantic hound '' about 50 yards from where Sir Charles lay dead . The Baskerville family has supposedly been under a curse since the era of the English Civil War when ancestor Hugo Baskerville allegedly offered his soul to the devil for help in abducting a woman and was reportedly killed by a giant spectral hound . Sir Charles believed in the curse and was apparently fleeing from something in fright when he died . </P>
<P> Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for advice following the death of his friend , Sir Charles Baskerville . Sir Charles was found dead on the grounds of his Devonshire estate , Baskerville Hall . Mortimer now fears for Sir Charles 's nephew and sole heir , Sir Henry Baskerville , who is the new master of Baskerville Hall . The death was attributed to a heart attack , but Mortimer is suspicious , because Sir Charles died with an expression of horror on his face , and Mortimer noticed `` the footprints of a gigantic hound '' about 50 yards from where Sir Charles lay dead . The Baskerville family has supposedly been under a curse since the era of the English Civil War when ancestor Hugo Baskerville allegedly offered his soul to the devil for help in abducting a woman and was reportedly killed by a giant spectral hound . Sir Charles believed in the curse and was apparently fleeing from something in fright when he died . </P>
who died in the hound of the baskervilles
who died in the hound of the baskervilles
Sir Charles Baskerville
Sir Charles Baskerville