Arthur Cadogan West
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional character.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Arthur Cadogan West was the 27-year-old junior clerk/draughtsman at Woolwich Arsenal whose body was found by the Underground near Aldgate with 7 of the 10 Bruce-Partington submarine plans in his pockets (BRUC 91 101 175).
- He was engaged to Violet Westbury. He left her in the fog near the office about 7:30 p.m. Monday, was seen taking the 8:15 to London Bridge, and was discovered dead at 6 a.m. Tuesday (BRUC 403).
- Sherlock Holmes deduced — and later proved — that West died elsewhere and his body was placed on a train roof; in fact, West had followed Colonel Valentine Walter, witnessed the theft, and was fatally struck by Hugo Oberstein, after which the body was lowered onto a halted train and three vital plans were kept back by the spies (BRUC 538).
