Jonathon Small tells Sherlock the whole story of the treasure. He was a guard in Agra. He commanded two men and one night they attacked him stating they would kill him or he had tohelp them kill the wealthy man with the treasure and become rich. Small agreed to help them and ended up killing the wealthy man. The four friends found a place to hide the dead body and the treasure. However, the men got caught for the murder and were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labor for the rest of their lives. Smalls was then transferred to the Andaman Islands where Captain Morstan and Major Sholto were in charge.