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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:The-strand-magazine-1893-08-the-adventure-of-the-resident-patient-p133-illu.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Blessington rushing in [[Dr. Percy Trevelyan]] consulting-room ([[The Strand Magazine]], august 1893)]]<br />
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Fictional character.<br />
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== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==<br />
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* His real name was Sutton ([[RESI]] {{refcanon|RESI|376}}).<br />
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* He presented himself as a wealthy invalid with a weak heart, living in [[Dr. Percy Trevelyan]]'s house as a "resident patient" ([[RESI]] {{refcanon|RESI|93}}).<br />
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* He was one of the five member of [[The Worthingdon Bank Gang]] ([[RESI]] {{refcanon|RESI|380}}).<br />
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* He participated to the 1875 Worthingdon Bank robbery where the caretaker [[Tobin]] was murdered ([[RESI]] {{refcanon|RESI|381}}).<br />
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* After Blessington betrayed his gang turning informer, his accomplices [[Biddle]], [[Hayward]] and [[Moffat]] were sentenced to 15 years in prison and [[Cartwright]] was hanged ([[RESI]] {{refcanon|RESI|383}}).<br />
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* When they were released early, they tracked down and killed Blessington ([[RESI]] {{refcanon|RESI|308}}).<br />
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* [[Sherlock Holmes]] said he was the "worst" of the [[The Worthingdon Bank Gang]] ([[RESI]] {{refcanon|RESI|308}}).<br />
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