Culverton Smith - Revision history

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	== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==		== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

	* Culverton Smith was the planter-turned self-taught "expert" in an Asiatic disease from Sumatra who murdered his nephew [[Victor Savage]] and attempted to murder [[Sherlock Holmes]] using a spring-loaded ivory box that draws infected blood ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon\|DYIN\|190}} {{refcanon\|DYIN\|212}}).		* Culverton Smith was the planter turned self-taught "expert" in an Asiatic disease from Sumatra who murdered his nephew [[Victor Savage]] and attempted to murder [[Sherlock Holmes]] using a spring-loaded ivory box that draws infected blood ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon\|DYIN\|190}} {{refcanon\|DYIN\|212}}).

	* He lived at 13 Lower Burke Street and has a butler, [[Staples]] ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon\|DYIN\|253}}).		* He lived at 13 Lower Burke Street and has a butler, [[Staples]] ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon\|DYIN\|253}}).

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	[[File:The-strand-magazine-1913-12-p613-the-dying-detective-illu.jpg\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|right\|Culverton Smith arrested by [[Morton (inspector)\|Inspector Morton]] ([[The Strand Magazine]], december 1913)]]		[[File:The-strand-magazine-1913-12-p613-the-dying-detective-illu.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Culverton Smith arrested by [[Morton (inspector)\|Inspector Morton]] ([[The Strand Magazine]], december 1913)]]

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[[File:The-strand-magazine-1913-12-p613-the-dying-detective-illu.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Culverton Smith arrested by [[Morton (inspector)|Inspector Morton]] ([[The Strand Magazine]], december 1913)]]

Fictional character.

== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

* Culverton Smith was the planter-turned self-taught "expert" in an Asiatic disease from Sumatra who murdered his nephew [[Victor Savage]] and attempted to murder [[Sherlock Holmes]] using a spring-loaded ivory box that draws infected blood ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon|DYIN|190}} {{refcanon|DYIN|212}}).

* He lived at 13 Lower Burke Street and has a butler, [[Staples]] ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon|DYIN|253}}).

* He bore a grudge against [[Sherlock Holmes]] over the [[Victor Savage|Savage]] case ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon|DYIN|212}}).

* He tacitly admitted the murder method during his visit at Baker Street ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon|DYIN|444}}), and was arrested when [[Morton (inspector)|Inspector Morton]] arrived ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon|DYIN|485}}).

* He was small, frail, with a rickety frame and great yellow face, bald head with a smoking-cap ([[DYIN]] {{refcanon|DYIN|268}}).

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