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The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

  • Abbreviated: RETI

  • Baring-Gould's dates: 28 July 1898 to 30 July 1898

  • Published: January 1927 and in 'The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes'

  • Crime: Murder
  • Outcome: Arrested

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Characters
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. John H. Watson
Mrs. Amberley
Josiah Amberley
Mr. Barker
Carina
Rev. J.C. Elman
Dr. Ray Ernest
Insp. MacKinnon
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