# Chapman — 813 character guide

> Chapman in 813 by Maurice Leblanc.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0002-i-the-tragedy-at-the-palace-hotel

## Snapshot

Kesselbach's secretary, whose death is one of the first facts of the case and whose silence becomes a clue in itself.

## Who they are

Chapman serves Kesselbach in the ordinary way of a private secretary, close enough to the household to know its rhythms and its visitors. His murder, coming so soon after his employer's, turns a single crime into a pattern and forces Lenormand to ask who benefits from removing everyone who could speak. He matters because he is the case's second corpse, the one that proves the killer is not finished and that the Kesselbach secrets are worth killing twice for.

## In the story

### [I: The Tragedy at the Palace Hotel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/i-the-tragedy-at-the-palace-hotel)

Kesselbach's secretary, skeptical of his employer's fears.

### [II: The Blue-Edged Label](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/ii-the-blue-edged-label)

Chapman is found dead with a wound similar to the earlier murder.

### [III: M. Lenormand Opens His Campaign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/iii-m-lenormand-opens-his-campaign)

Kesselbach's secretary; murdered after going to retrieve the cigarette-case.

### [Arsène Lupin’s Three Murders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/xvi-ars-ne-lupin-s-three-murders)

Murdered by Dolores at the Palace Hotel.

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