Characters in Dead-End for Murder 

Mr. Townsend has been found murdered. A brown leather glove was beside the body and also a black leather wallet was found nearby. He was murdered with a blunt instrument.

Mrs. Townsend is more than twenty years younger than Mr. Townsend. She loves money even more than her deceased husband.

Mr. Beedie is the vicar of Great Stapleton. He plays chess in a chess-club. He is a tall, thin man of about 55. The glove which was found near Mr. Townsend belongs to him.

Dr. Sutton plays golf in a golf club. He is 35 years old. He has a very nice wife and he is very rich.

Mrs. Sutton is a most attractive woman with gold-coloured hair and a clear dark skin. She is married with Dr. Sutton and lives in a big house.

Mr. Reynolds is a man of about forty with dark hair and a neat little beard. He is an architect and a very good friend of Mrs. Townsend for over a year.

Mrs. Tweed is Dr. Sutton's secretary. She doesn't know anything about a lost glove which was found in the surgery.

Mrs. Snell  owns the chemists'. She has grey hair and she is small. She tells Inspector Chapman that Mr. Reynolds is a good friend of Mrs. Townsend.

The landlord of the "Horse and Jockey" corroborate that Mr. Reynolds is a good friend of Mrs. Townsend as Mrs. Snell said. The two come together regulary into the bar.

Miss Stevenson heard the Sutton's on Thursday evening talking together in their bedroom until after eleven.

Dorothy Weeks was an old friend of Mr. Townsend. She mysteriously died two years ago on May 4th, two days after she had written a letter to Mr. Townsend, that he had to help her because someone wanted to kill her.

Frank Grab is the burglar who broke into the house "Four Winds". He has a lot of bank notes in his pockets and he can't and won't say where it comes from. He is an old tramp.

Constable Davis caught Frank Grab. He is the helping hand of Inspector Chapman.

 
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