# Andy Bronson — The Man in Lower Ten character guide

> Andy Bronson in The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bronson, Mr. Andrew Bronson

**First appearance:** 0007-viii-the-second-section

## Snapshot

A tall, dangerous man with a criminal past, Bronson shadows boardinghouses and presses a reluctant contact for notes he means to have at any price.

## Who they are

Bronson moves through the case as a threat rather than a presence, tracked by the nervous Hotchkiss from a streetcar to a Washington boardinghouse. His savage exchange with a blond man behind a closed door reveals a man used to being obeyed and impatient with refusal. He is the pressure behind the stolen notes and one of the chief suspects in the murder.

## In the story

### [I Go to Pittsburg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/i-i-go-to-pittsburg)

The defendant in the forgery case; the forged notes Blakeley carries are central to the case against him.

### [The Shadow of a Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xvi-the-shadow-of-a-girl)

Mentioned as the subject of the forged notes that were in the lost valise.

### [At the Table Next](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xix-at-the-table-next)

Seen dining with the woman; leaves abruptly after an unpleasant conversation.

### [The Notes and a Bargain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xx-the-notes-and-a-bargain)

Mentioned as Mrs. Conway's common-law husband and a rival for the notes.

### [At the Boardinghouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_man_in_lower_ten_se/chapters/xxii-at-the-boardinghouse)

Surveilled by Hotchkiss; meets with a blond man at a boardinghouse, arguing about missing notes.

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