Confusion is Next

For the sake of clarity I am starting a running list of characters (in order of appearance/mention) from Sing Sing Nights. Currently, I am only three chapters in, but I can sense that the various names (and aliases) are only just beginning to crawl out of the proverbial woodwork...in droves! So:

McCaigh (aka "The Iron Man"): The American; author of The Riddle of the Onyx Hand, The Washington Square Enigma, and others. Teller of 'The Strange Adventure of the Giant Moth.'

Eastwood: The Englishman; teller of 'The Strange Adventure of the Missing Link.'

Krenwicz: The Russian; author of the play The Daughter of Chow Chin and teller of 'The Strange Adventure of the Twelve Coins of Confucius.'

Shanahan: The Death Watch Guard

Governor Willets: The Governor

Howard Creynell: The Victim

Parkins: "Creynell's Man"

"The Strange Adventure of the Giant Moth" (as told by McCaigh)

'Moonface' Eddy Chang

Cecil Gryce (aka: Wellington Cawthorne): The Big Man

Rufus Eldridge: The LaSalle Street Broker

Miss Shirley Eldridge: The Daughter

Jack Hennly: The Millionaire Polo Player

Nicco di Paoli: The Famous Violinist

Malcolm Eldridge: The Brother

Krellwitz: The Shifty-Eyed Shopkeeper

Wilk Casperson

Arthur Sennet

Brayley: The Butler

Mose: The Negro Footman

Sandy MacTavish: The Copper

'Professor' Aloysious Silvester: The Dead Body at 912 Ernst Court

Dolan: The Half-Clad Neighbour

Ushi Yatsura: The Jap

Wellington Cawthorne (aka: Cecil Gryce)

Sergeant O'Reilly: Another Copper

Vergitilla Phyleas: The Giant Tropical Moth

Mrs. Dolliver

Adolph Stutz: The Maker of Masquerade Suits

Professor Hans Schwenmauer: Tropical and Semi-Tropical Moths Expert

'The Strange Adventure of the Twelve Coins of Confucius' (as told by Krenwicz)

Jason H. Barton: The Reporter

Leon Frangenac (aka: Captain Napoleon Savegeau): Chicago Evening Dispatch City Editor ("that font of perpetual sarcasm")

Princess O Lyra Seng: The Daughter of the Chinese Emperor, Seng Hoang-Ti

Princess O Lyra Seng's Maid

Li Hwei Tsung (aka: Li Lung): The Prime Minister

Mrs. Li Hwei Tsung: His Wife

The Old Man in California: The Owner of the Dispatch

Howard Britton: Owner of the Sun

Sam Toy: The Murdered Chinese Laundryman

Mr. Charles Fawcett (aka: Jason H. Barton): The Former College Buddy, Now Washed-Up Reporter

Professor Chan Fu: The Exchange Professor from the University of Peking

Chu Li Yan: Keeper of the Twelve Coins of Confucius

Patrick Shanahan: Renting Agent of 144 West Huron St.

Carstairs: The Washington Correspondent

Speaker Farley: The Representative on Trial

Hoang-Ti: The Emperor

Mrs. O'Malley's Friend's (ahem) Chink Servant in Ravenswood

Senator Fealy (IL): Washington Flyer Accident Victim

Congressman Opp (IL): Another Washington Flyer Accident Victim

Congressman Rann (IL): Yet Another Washington Flyer Accident Victim

The Irish Cabby

The Clergyman

The Clergyman's Wife: The Witness

The Two Agents

'The Strange Adventure of the Missing Link' (as told by Eastwood)

Eustice Annesly/Grillo/Geofftey, Lord Geoffrey Olford: Electrical Engineer of the Lots Road Generating Station for the Underground Electric Railways/The Talking Ape/Earl of Olford

Sybil Mainwaring: Annesly's Lost Love/Olford's Wife

Lord Geoffrey Olford

Dr. Andrev Michaelovitch: The Surgeon

Boris Michaelovitch: The Surgeon's Son

Mr. Scarnum: The American Circus Owner

The Human Spider

The English Journalist

The Governor's Daughter: Creynell's M------

Also, is it just me or does an introductory synopsis of SSN sound like a half-hearted attempt at a bad joke?:

"Three guys walk into a cell. An American, an Englishman, and a Russian..."