Character details
- First Name
- John R.
- Last Name
- Wellman
- Notes
- Plump, short, going bald, with not much of a nose to hold up his rimless glasses. Wholesale grocer from Peoria, Illinois. Father of Joan Wellman.
- Reserved Notes
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Character cases:
Wellman hires Wolfe to catch the murderer of his daughter Joan.
Wellman is tenacious in his desire to have the murderer brought to justice, risking his life savings.
Reserved notes for this caseWellman dramatically confronts Con O'Malley in Wolfe's office, "I'd like to see if you feel like shaking hands with me." O'Malley crumbles, saving Cramer the trouble of interrogating him with the evidence Wolfe compiled.