James Winter
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional character.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
aka Killer Evans
aka John Garrideb
aka Morecroft
- James Winter aka "Killer Evans" was the criminal who pretended to be "Mr. John Garrideb, Counsellor at Law" (3GAR 365).
- Sherlock Holmes mentioned him as "of sinister and murderous reputation" (3GAR 356), and in Scotland Yard's records, Holmes found him under multiple names: "James Winter, alias Morecroft, alias Killer Evans" (3GAR 364).
- He was native of Chicago. Known to have shot three men in the States (3GAR 369). He came to London in 1893 (3GAR 372).
- He shot a man in London in January 1895, and the dead man was identified as Rodger Prescott, famous as forger and coiner in Chicago (3GAR 373). A very dangerous man, usually carried arms and was prepared to use them (3GAR 378).
- His goal was to get access to Rodger Prescott's hidden counterfeiting plant under Nathan Garrideb's floor (3GAR 457), and when cornered by Sherlock Holmes, he shot and lightly wounded Dr. Watson (3GAR 432).
