Character details
- First Name
- Carter
- Last Name
- Waddell
- Notes
- District Attorney in upstate New York.
- Reserved Notes
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Character cases:
Ch. 8 - is confronted by Wolfe and Frederick Osgood who want Clyde Osgood's death investigated as a murder. Waddell reluctantly agrees when confronted with Wolfe's observations and reasoning.
Ch. 11 - Wolfe compares Waddell to a befuddled trout for considering the possibility that Clyde Osgood poisoned the bull.
Ch. 12 - with Captain Barrow, arrives at the Osgood ranch investigating Clyde's death and is open to cooperating with Wolfe.
Ch. 15 - with Capt. Barrow, arrives abruptly at the Exhibition wanting to take Archie for questioning.
Ch. 18 - vacates has Judge Hutchins vacate the warrant for Archie based on Wolfe's word that he will identify the killer and provide evidence of guilt.
Reserved notes for this caseHolds Archie overnight in prison because he suspects him of having information connected to the Bronson murder.
Character quotations:
Now I don't know. Petitio principii isn't a good way to begin. Is it?
District Attorney Waddell responds to Wolfe who just asserted he could offer pertinent information regarding the murder of Clyde Osgood.
In rhetoric, "petitio principii" (Latin) is a fallacy in which a conclusion is taken for granted in the premises of an assertion. Waddell, thus, is indicating that it is not an established fact that Clyde was murdered.