The three friends eventually reach the home of Thaddeus Sholto, Major Sholto's youngest son. Holmes asks Sholto questions about his father and finds out that his father seemed to be scared of men with a wooden leg. Right before Major Sholto died he told Thaddeus and his twin brother, Bartholomew, to give Ms. Morstan her share of the hidden treasure that he and Captain Morstan got in India. Once Captain Morstan came back to England he came to Major Sholto’s house and they argued about sharing the treasure and Morstan died from a heart attack. Major Sholto did not call the police because he was afraid he would be blamed for the death and didn’t want to explain the treasure, so Sholto got rid of the body on his own.