# Bill Spiker — Doctor Syn character guide

> Bill Spiker in Doctor Syn by Russell Thorndike.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Spiker, Poor Bill Spiker, Bill

**First appearance:** 0000-i-dymchurch-under-the-wall

## Who they are

A smuggler and member of the Scarecrow's gang.

## In the story

### [Doctor Syn Takes Cold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/vi-doctor-syn-takes-cold)

A gunner among the King's men; returns to the barn carrying a barrel of rum with the mulatto.

### [XX: A Terrible Investigation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xx-a-terrible-investigation)

Found dead in the vicarage sitting room, his neck pierced by an unknown weapon.

### [XXI: The Bo'sun's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xxi-the-bo-sun-s-story)

Murdered during the night, his body is found transfixed to the wall by a weapon.

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