Character details
- First Name
- Lon
- Last Name
- Cohen
- Notes
- Reporter at the Gazette. Dark skin, dark brown eyes. Neat little face, slick black hair. Neatest (card) shuffler Archie knows.
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Character cases:
Finds Madelaine Fraser's location when Wolfe wants to pitch his proposal to her (re: finding the killer of Cyril Orchard).
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Given an exclusive on insider details of the American Communist Party by Wolfe.
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Confirmed that the Sigmund Keyes murder case had not yet been solved by police.
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Lon dines with Archie and Wolfe at their invitation to discuss the case.
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Mentioned (Archie contacted him for background information on the various dinner party attendees / suspects).
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Archie exchanges information with him about the murder of Laura Fromm. At this point, Lon has his own office at the Gazette. Archie isn't sure what his exact position is (and says Lon probably doesn't either). The receptionist on Lon's floor (the 3rd) is (and has been for 3 - 4 years) one of those who receive a box of orchids from the plant rooms twice a year.
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Archie had talked about the Ashe case with Lon before Ashe's trial for murder.
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Archie gave him an exclusive after Purley took Paul and Caroline away.
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Contacted by Archie for information.
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Phoned Archie at 4 pm on the day of Mrs. Bynoe's death to ask for copy.
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After reading the papers without seeing an ID on John H. Watson, Archie was tempted to call Lon with an exclusive.
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Provided a picture of a corpse at Archie's request.
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Gave Archie inside information on the Phoebe Arden murder.
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Telephones Archie for exclusives a few times, but doesn't appear in person.
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He wants the story of how Archie came to ask about a particular murder victim *before* the murder apparently happened.
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Got kidnapping/murder scoop from Archie.
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Wolfe, through Archie, trades Lon an exclusive about his engagement in the case for background information.
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Trades information about the discovery of the corpse for an exclusive about Mrs. Hazen's visit to Wolfe.
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Offers Lon a scoop.
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Offers Archie $1000 for a piece on Pete Vassos.
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Impressed at Archie's ability to find stories before they happen.
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Provides background on Rachel Bruner, says her gift copies of the book are status symbols and that he didn't get one.
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Calls Archie for an interview upon Orrie's arrest as a material witness.
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Had dinner with Archie in upstairs room at Rusterman.
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Archie phoned him his 'scoop' at the end of this case.
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Mentioned.
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