Henry Peters
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional character.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
aka Dr. Shlessinger
aka "Holy" Peters
- Henry Peters was the Australian (Adelaide) con man — alias Dr. Shlessinger — who, with Annie Fraser, plotted to rob and bury Lady Frances Carfax alive (LADY 259 416).
- He preyed on lonely ladies, with Annie Fraser (Mrs. Peters) posing as his wife. Together they lured Lady Frances Carfax to London, imprisoned her, and stole/pawned her jewels (LADY 359).
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson confronted Annie Fraser and Henry Peters at 36 Poultney Square, where a coffin lies ready for an 8 a.m. funeral (LADY 398). After first finding only the decoy corpse of Rose Spender, Sherlock Holmes deduced the oversized coffin was built to hide a second body. He halted the funeral, had the lid unscrewed, and rescued the chloroformed, but alive, Lady Frances Carfax (LADY 531).
