Mr. Tangey

Mr. Tangey asleep (The Strand Magazine, october 1893)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Mr. Tangey was the commissionaire at the Foreign Office (NAVA 299).

• He was an old soldier, reportedly of the Coldstream Guards (NAVA 321).

• On the night of the theft, Percy Phelps found him asleep in his lodge, with the kettle boiling over (NAVA 147).

• He was bewildered when the bell from Percy Phelps's office rang, since Phelps himself was with him at the time (NAVA 148).

• He was shadowed by Scotland Yard after the theft, but no evidence was found against him (NAVA 440).

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