Character details
- First Name
- Purley
- Last Name
- Stebbins
- Notes
- Initially an employee in N.Y. D.A.'s office. Later Cramer's man. Detective (sergeant). Unfriendly.
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Ch. 14 - Archie buys Stebbins a drink to accompany him to the Times classified ad office to ask some questions. Archie and Purley seem to be on a friendly basis.
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Ch. 15 - finds Marquis of Clivers standing over the body of Mike Walsh at the construction site where Walsh was employed as a watchman. Arrives with Police Commissioner Hombert and Inspector Cramer unannounced.
Ch. 16 - at Cramer's request, he is taken to the kitchen (where he plays checkers with Johnny Keems).
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Ch. 2 - expresses shock at seeing Wolfe out of the house; described by Archie as having a scarred face.
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Attempted to contain Archie during the investigation.
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Attempted to invade the brownstone without the proper papers.
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Arrested Archie for murder of Ann Amory.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer with Orchard murder investigation.
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Accompanies Cramer for the finale in Wolfe's office.
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Attends the grand finale in Wolfe's office with Inspector Cramer.
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Investigated murder of Sigmund Keyes.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer in the Cynthia Brown murder investigation.
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Purley discusses the case with Archie over a clam dinner. Archie is so touched by his forthright attitude that he picks up the tab.
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Fielded the Rackells away from Cramer when they arrived to browbeat him about his handling of the case.
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Investigating the Wallen murder.
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Appears at the brownstone after the second murder to question Wolfe and Archie.
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Telephoned Archie and informed him of the death of Marko Vukcic.
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Mentioned.
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Visits the brownstone alone.
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Had enough sense to stake out Saul's place after Archie & Wolfe ducked out from under their subpoenas.
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Immediately after being notified of the murder, showed up at the brownstone seeking Paul and Caroline.
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Suspected Wolfe of being involved with Johnny Keem's murder.
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Attends the finale in Wolfe's office.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer during the Bottweill murder investigation.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer during Bianca Voss murder investigation. Archie runs into him unexpectedly at Alec Gallant Inc.
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Attended reconstruction of the crime (Wolfe's grand finale to the case).
Reserved notes for this caseNoticed the key point in Wolfe's reconstruction of the murder of Faith Usher: that any observant person familiar with Cecil Grantham could have controlled which glass was handed to the victim.
Archie was surprised by Sergeant Purley Stebbins of Homicide West while visiting Simon Jacobs residence on West 21st Street.
Reserved notes for this caseBoth groan in unison, "Not *you*," upon meeting at Jacobs' apartment.
Was invited by Peggy Choates and Norah Jaret to listen in on the conversation between Archie and the five suspects.
Reserved notes for this caseHe and Archie hid in Piotti's kitchen listening to the conversation between Zoltan and Carol Annis.
In at the finish to collar the murderer in Wolfe's office.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer investigating the Eisler murder at Lily Rowan's rodeo party.
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Archie makes a few deductions, based on a conversation they once had about answering the phone at the home of a murder victim.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer during investigation of the death of Jimmy Vail.
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Mentioned in connection with the Piotti incident.
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Helps question Archie.
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Mentioned, since Archie gets a kick out of imagining his reaction when Purley sees a certain photograph in the home of one of the principals in the case.
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Cramer telephones him after receiving Wolfe's affadavit.
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Offers to arrest Martin Kirk as a material witness.
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Refers to the visiting room at the City Prison as 'the paddock'.
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Bypassed by Cramer when Wolfe insisted on seeing Rowcliff.
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Assisted in the investigation of the murder of Pierre Ducos.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer with investigation of the Hattie Annis murder.
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Assisted Inspector Cramer during investigation of Bianca Voss murder.
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Part of the police team investigating the Poor murder.
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