The "Canary" Murder Case/Characters of the Book
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.
The "Canary" Murder Case