# Pop Cleaver — The Canary Murder Case character guide

> Pop Cleaver in The Canary Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pop, Cleaver

**First appearance:** 0013-x-a-forced-interview

## Who they are

Father of Charles Cleaver, an elderly man with knowledge of the case.

## In the story

### [The Bolted Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canary_murder_case_se/chapters/v-the-bolted-door)

The janitor; testifies that he bolted the side door at about 6 PM the previous evening.

### [Four Possibilities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canary_murder_case_se/chapters/xv-four-possibilities)

One of the four suspects; a Tammany Hall politician and lawyer with a watertight alibi.

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