# Sam Cardinella — Short Fiction character guide

> Sam Cardinella in Short Fiction by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sam

**First appearance:** 0059-the-killers

## Who they are

A prisoner in The Killers.

## In the story

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/chapter-xv)

The condemned man who is hanged; he loses control of his sphincter muscles and is left sitting strapped in a chair.

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