# Traffic Officer Phipps — The Canary Murder Case character guide

> Traffic Officer Phipps in The Canary Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Phipps

**First appearance:** 0023-xx-a-midnight-witness

## Who they are

Traffic officer who saw someone near the crime scene.

## In the story

### [Checking an Alibi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canary_murder_case_se/chapters/xvii-checking-an-alibi)

Brought from Boonton to identify Cleaver; states the man he ticketed was stouter and shorter.

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