Joseph Harrison

Joseph Harrison (The Strand Magazine, november 1893)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Joseph Harrison was the brother of Annie Harrison, and future brother-in-law of Percy Phelps (NAVA 77).

• He was plump, ruddy-cheeked, cheerful, and boyish in manner (NAVA 67).

• He seized the chance to steal the treaty when Percy Phelps left the Foreign Office room, and hid it under a floorboard in Percy's bedroom (NAVA 824).

• For nine weeks, he couldn't retrieve it because Percy is always guarded (NAVA 830).

• Later, disguised with a cloak, he attempted to break into the room at night to recover the hidden treaty, but Sherlock Holmes caught him (NAVA 791).

• He had lost heavily dabbling in stocks and hoped to sell the treaty to a foreign power (NAVA 814).

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