100 topics, 1000 iterations

23. Crime: murder, evidence, criminal, death, crime, reason, arrest, murderer, committed, action, charge, night, murdered, motive, tragedy, violence, occurred, scene, victim, deed

100. Case solving: problem, remarked, mystery, case, events, solution, admit, simple, prove, interesting, correct, facts, connection, chain, doubt, cases, single, incidents, presented, art

32. Observation: black, red, white, side, blue, double, coat, nose, clean, hat, brown, dressed, grey, wore, yellow, sharp, observe, high, pair, centre

40. Economy: money, hundred, business, company, pounds, thousand, worth, price, sum, fifty, pay, answered, check, terms, bank, single, stock, pycroft, appointment, mawson

52. Body: face, turned, eyes, shoulders, mouth, lips, smile, milverton, felt, white, shrugged, companion, effort, sunk, chin, breath, thick, breast, lines, straight

64. Morning/Night: room, heard, early, bed, night, surprise, morning, dressed, sleep, arrived, breakfast, vanished, clock, slept, unpleasant, midnight, walk, whistle, found, occurred

98. Appearance: man, face, eyes, features, tall, dark, hair, thin, figure, appearance, looked, huge, handsome, beard, heavy, alert, gray, colour, expression, step

75. Passing of time: time, hour, night, work, clock, ten, quarter, late, past, twelve, passed, eleven, room, coming, services, waiting, criminals, complex, retired, eagerly

82. Written documents: paper, note, letter, read, message, wrote, word, sheet, letters, written, book, handed, picture, answer, writing, slip, copy, men, post, dancing

70. Setting: street, baker, waiting, evening, cab, rooms, afternoon, minutes, hansom, working, shortly, corner, ten, haven, emerged, returning, visited, crowd, pavement, cabman

The settings that I used for the topic modeling project are:

30 topics, 5,000 iterations, and 30 topic words printed

1.) Travel; half back hall carriage road horse dog drive cab past colonel boy pulled side minutes drove miles companion yards stopped people observed stranger bicycle straker silver trap station stepped john

2.) Writing; paper note read letter papers table book letters word handed written hand wrote put writing message short write sheet post hands kindly document picture slip single date means envelope meaning

3.) Detective Case; case point interest fact facts points remarked attention investigation interesting explanation curious clue affair object incident mystery theory obvious question simple events admit prove story solution narrative confess details connection

5.) Death; found man lestrade house dead body night lay left finally blood carried yard sign show head made blow death great care stick back wood scotland unfortunate mark heavy weapon bridge

9.) Time; morning night hour doctor heard work time train clock late waiting station quarter started early breakfast telegram hours hurried return past arrived ready afternoon morrow returned twelve matters walk fresh

10.) Physical Description; face man eyes black white dark head hair thin features red tall blue appearance coat pale expression fashion mouth dress eye heavy figure middle brown faced short drawn thick gray

18.) Emotion; cried face hands moment eyes turned head voice looked god words forward spoke felt lips quick shook raised air staring milverton sank burst glimpse laid shot frightened move broke step

19.) Crime; police inspector crime evidence found reason murder case occurred hopkins death human force tragedy remained appeared official arrest account formed violence charge trace prisoner fate proved complete suspicion discovered failed

21.) Business; london business asked good office hundred ten answered money work pay pounds company red thousand made set gold city headed paid possession valuable worth price bank order firm sum named

29.) Building; room door window open opened bed entered floor bedroom table key closed sitting passage ran bell inside rushed empty locked dressing pushed safe stair alarm lock clothes stairs shut sleep

Here are my ten topics and their titles. My settings were 40-2000-20.

Travel: train, london, office, papers, brother, importance, station, west, evening, mycroft, monday, absolutely, town, return, plans, agent, service, taking, coming, appointment.

Time: back, hour, help, time, past, street, ten, minutes, waiting, late, cab, quarter, wait, started, hurried, reached, big, step, journey, picked.

Crime: house, crime, night, death, master, attention, murder, terrible, dangerous, tragedy, scene, made, servants, criminal, alarm, undoubtedly, man, unfortunate, absolute, suspicion.

Business/Commercial: good, business, money, asked, hundred, week, answered, men, american, pay, pounds, red, thousand, gold, city, company, worth, headed, advertisement, paid.

Police Work: holmes, inspector, lestrade, case, police, sherlock, evidence, yard, moment, investigation, force, official, arrest, important, scotland, detective, affair, charge, quietly, feel.

Construction/Evidence: left, round, store, examined, small, large, floor, side, mark, carefully, examination, ground, wall, marked, evidently, pointed, marks, wood, cut, iron.

Literature: paper, note, read, letter, papers, book, pocket, hand, table, box, put, handed, letters, written, wrote, writing, drew, sheet, post, address.

Description of Clothes: black, side, hair, red,  hat, gave, high, heavy, blue, coat, broad, centre, white dress, brown, top, faced.

Emotional Verbs/Actions: instant, cried, hands, heard, back, feet, rushed, threw, open, caught, fell, sprang, appeared, sight, ran, cry, arms, pushed, moment, voice.

Murder/Death: man, found, head, body, dead, hand, lay, blood, long, drawn, close, shot, carried, struck, part, finally, held, blow, knife, revolver.

Here is a compilation of topics I have gathered through the topic modeling project.

Settings: 75 Topics, 2,000 Iterations and 20 Topic Words Printed

Female/Romance Isses 2. lady woman left maid young told beautiful fear sudden drawn truth mistress strong voice beauty late send frightened refused fiend

Writing 3. paper note read letter book letters written handed wrote pocket writing write sheet post address drew envelope slip document description

Banking 9. money business hundred pounds company pay thousand price fifty sum terms asked manager firm worth offer ruin milverton hard paid

Murder 11. crime police evidence murder death night arrest tragedy violence charge murderer committed arrested attention escape discovered unfortunate murdered motive instantly

Individual Descriptions 25. black hat heavy dressed brown side broad coat round boots observe grey dress slight nose double pair chin yellow sharp

Romance 29. years time ago father met mother twenty months year death age life weeks married lived friends month sister home uncle

Family Life/Values 40. wife husband woman love life child knew girl loved daughter understand character women ferguson nature heart devoted influence america married

Ominous Scene 42. light dark lamp window stood long sound silent darkness shadow heavily low sharp black lit standing shining yellow vague whispered

Killing/Death 48. found body dead man blood head knife lay stick lying blow house weapon close long wood finally wound carried burned

Morning 75. night morning clock heard early day breakfast hour morrow arrived sleep twelve dropped surprise eleven bright caused late weary started