Main Characters
Incidental Characters
- Mrs Hudson
- Alexander Hamilton Garrideb
- Dr Lysander Starr
- Mrs Saunders
- Howard Garrideb
- Holloway and Steele
- Inspector Lestrade
- Rodger Prescott
- 221b Baker Street, London
- 136 Little Ryder Street, London
- Moorville, Kansas, U.S.A.
- Arkansas River, west of Fort Dodge
- Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.
- Grosvenor Buildings, Aston, Birmingham
- Edgeware Road, London
- Scotland Yard, London
- Chicago, U.S.A.
- Waterloo Road, London
- Brixton, London
Messages and Rituals
- Letter from Nathan Garrideb to Sherlock Holmes
- Telephone call from Sherlock Holmes to Nathan Garrideb
- Advertisement placed by Killer Evans
- Telephone call from Dr Watson to Scotland Yard
- Killer Evans aka John Garrideb
- Deception practised by Sherlock Holmes on Killer Evans
- Deception practised b Killer Evans on Nathan Garrideb
- Rodger Prescott aka Waldron
Deductions
Additional Information
- Knighthood
- South African War
- Foolscap
- Real estate
- Wheat pit
- Covert for putting up a bird
- Tyburn tree
- Early Georgian architecture
- Neanderthal, Heidelberg, Cro-Magnon
- Syracusan
- Alexandrian school
- Sotheby’s or Christie’s
- Hans Sloane
- Binders, reapers and plows
- Queen Anne or Georgian
- Newgate calendar
- Penitentary
- Forger and Coiner
- Spring lock
- Jemmy
- Pocket-knife
- Counterfeiter’s outfit
- C.I.D.
- Bench