Rachel, no Rache
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Hypothetical name.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
A Study in Scarlet (1887)
- On the murder scene at Lauriston Gardens, the word "RACHE" was found on the wall in blood-red letters (605). The police supposed the writer was going to put the female name "Rachel", but was disturbed before he or she had time to finish (617).
- In fact Sherlock Holmes knew that "Rache" was the German word for "Revenge" (658). He remembered a German being found in New York with "Rache" written up above him (2451).
Illustrations
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D. H. Friston (1887)
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Charles Altamont Doyle (1888)
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Anonymous (1890)
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George Hutchinson (1891)
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Richard Gutschmidt (1902)