MISS DIVERSEY: who nursed a sick man — and a hope
DR. HUGH KIRK: septuagenarian scholar, who was often buried — in a book
MRS. SHANE: the Hotel Chancellor’s floor clerk
JAMES OSBORNE: Donald Kirk’s secretary
“MR. NOBODY FROM NOWHERE”
HUBBELL: a gentleman’s gentleman — but no gentleman
GLENN MACGOWAN: who proved that a friend in need is a friend in deed
IRENE LLEWES: who played her part in the taming of the shrewd
JO TEMPLE: whose knowledge of Chinese helped Ellery get oriented
DONALD KIRK: publisher of books and collector of gems, stamps — and trouble
ELLERY QUEEN: who collared the criminal — and his victim
MARCELLA KIRK: who fainted or feinted when she saw the corpse
NYE: the hotel manager
BRUMMER: the hotel detective
INSPECTOR RICHARD QUEEN: of the Homicide Squad
DR. PROUTY: Assistant Medical Examiner
SERGEANT VELIE: of the Homicide Squad
FELIX BERNE: the man who came late to dinner