Characters of the Book
Philo Vance John F.-X. Markham District Attorney of New York County. Margaret Odell (The “Canary”) Famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl, who was mysteriously murdered in her apartment. Amy Gibson Margaret Odell’s maid. Charles Cleaver A man-about-town. Kenneth Spotswoode A manufacturer. Louis Mannix An importer. Dr. Ambroise Lindquist A fashionable neurologist. Tony Skeel A professional burglar. William Elmer Jessup Telephone operator. Harry Spively Telephone operator. Alys La Fosse A musical-comedy actress. Wiley Allen A gambler. Potts A street-cleaner. Amos Feathergill Assistant District Attorney. William M. Moran Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau. Ernest Heath Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau. Snitkin Detective of the Homicide Bureau. Guilfoyle Detective of the Homicide Bureau. Burke Detective of the Homicide Bureau. Tracy Detective assigned to District Attorney’s office. Deputy-Inspector Conrad Brenner Burglar-tools expert. Captain Dubois Finger-print expert. Detective Bellamy Finger-print expert. Peter Quackenbush Official photographer. Dr. Doremus Medical Examiner. Swacker Secretary to the District Attorney. Currie Vance’s valet.