Adam Worth

German-born American criminal

1844 CE to 1902 CE

Adam Worth (1844 –January 8, 1902) is a German-born American criminal.

Scotland Yard Detective Robert Anderson nicknames him "the Napoleon of the criminal world" (because of his short stature).

He is widely considered the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional criminal mastermind James Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes series, whom Conan Doyle calls "The Napoleon of Crime".

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