Can Such Things Be? · Character
Col. J. C. McArdle
A colonel who investigates a mysterious death.
minor
Also known as McArdle
First appearance: soldier folk
Col. J. C. McArdle shows up with force in Two Military Executions. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Not directly mentioned in excerpts; omitted.
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In Two Military Executions: Not directly mentioned in excerpts; omitted. Later, in The Spook House: Narrator and protagonist; a lawyer from Frankfort who enters the Spook House with Judge Veigh and later recounts the…
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