Character details
- First Name
- James Neville
- Last Name
- Vance
- Notes
- Wealthy bachelor, author of the privately printed book _The Music of the Future_, vodka drinker.
- Reserved Notes
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Character cases:
Says the makers of the necktie reserve that pattern for his exclusive use. He had 9 identical ties.
Reserved notes for this caseVance planned the murder of Bonny Kirk and the frame-up of Martin Kirk for weeks. He gave one of his prized ties to Kirk and then stole it back from his apartments weeks before the murder. He typed the note on his stationery on Kirk's typewriter weeks in advance and Kirk traded-in the typewriter before the murder. He murdered Bonny because he could never have her and mailed the blood-stained tie to Archie. He then called Archie to tell him to burn the tie and disguised his voice. He had 9 identical ties, gave one to Kirk and then retrieved it and kept one hidden in his studio (he could not bear to throw it away). Saul found the hidden tie and Archie found a blood-soaked lock of Bonnie's hair hidden in one of Vance's gloves, which Vance kept as a trophy of the murder.