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[[File:Illus-reti-wiles-02.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Josiah Amberley and [[Dr. Watson]] ([[Liberty]], 18 december 1926)]]

Fictional character.

== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

Josiah Amberley was the man who came to [[Sherlock Holmes]] claiming he was a wronged husband whose [[Mrs. Amberley|wife]] had run off with [[Dr. Ray Ernest]] and stolen his money, but he was ultimately revealed to be the murderer in the case. He was the client and the murderer.

* He was junior partner of Brickfall and Amberley, manufacturers of artistic materials ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|25}}). He retired from business and bought a house (''"The Haven"'') at Lewisham ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|28}}, {{refcanon|RETI|59}}).

* He was literally bowed down by care, but with the framework of a giant ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|76}}). [[Sherlock Holmes]] noted he had an "artificial limb" ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|80}}).

* He married a [[Mrs. Amberley|woman]] twenty years younger than himself ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|32}}). He claimed she and [[Dr. Ray Ernest]] went off together ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|43}}) and that she carried off his deed-box with a good part of his life's savings ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|44}}).

* [[Sherlock Holmes]] stated Amberley "planned it with diabolical cleverness" ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|347}}) and used the strong-room to kill by turning the outside tap the room could be flooded with gas ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|377}}), and anyone shut up in that little chamber would die quickly ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|378}}). [[Sherlock Holmes]] confronted him about the bodies, and Amberley tried to kill himself with a white pellet, treated by the police as a practical confession ([[RETI]] {{refcanon|RETI|325}}).

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