And Then There Was None

Ten Little Indian Boys Rhyme


Ten little Indian boys went out to dine

One choked his little self

And then there were nine.
Anthony Marston

Nine little Indian boys sat up very late

One overslept himself

And then there were eight.
Ethel Rogers

Eight little Indian boys travelling in Devon

One said he's stay there

And then there were seven.

Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks

One chopped himself in halves

And then there were six.

Six little Indian boys playing with a hive

A bumblebee stung one

And then there were five.

Five little Indian boys going in for law

One got in Chancery

And then there were four.

Four little Indian boys going out to sea

A red herring swallowed one

And then there were three.

Three little Indian boys walking in the zoo

A big bear hugged one

And then there were two.

Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun

One got frizzled up

And then there was one.

One little Indian boy left all alone

He went and hanged himself

And then there were none.

The Characters and their Crimes


Edward George Armstrong (14 March 1925) caused the death of Louisa Mary Clees


Emily Caroline Brent (5 November 1931) responsible for the death of Beatrice Taylor


William Henry Blore (10 October 1928) brought about the death of James Stephen Landor


Vera Elizabeth Claythorne (11 August 1935) killed Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton


Philip Lombard (February 1932) guilty of the death of 21 men, members of an East African tribe


John Gordon Macarthur (4 January 1917) deliberately sent your wife's lover, Arthur Richmond, to his death


Anthony James Marston (14 November 1938) guilty of the murder of John and Lucy Combes


Thomas Rogers and Ethel Rogers (6 May 1929) brought about the death of Jennifer Brady


Lawrence John Wargrave (10 June 1930) guilty of the murder of Edward Seton


The Deaths


Anthony Marston - died of asphyxiation, potassium cyanide poisoning


Ethel Rogers - died in her sleep