# Mr. E. Myerst — The Middle Temple Murder character guide

> Mr. E. Myerst in The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Myerst, Myerst

**First appearance:** 0034-xxxv-myerst-explains

## Snapshot

A frock-coated secretary from the London and Universal Safe Deposit Company who comes forward with a dead man's key and an unsettling calm.

## Who they are

Myerst arrives at Rathbury's office with the respectable air of a city man and the news that Marbury rented a safe and deposited an ancient leather box. Later, his cold remark that a dead man's secret has died with him — and his needling of old Elphick — reveals something harder beneath the frock coat. He is the kind of witness who seems helpful and leaves the reader uneasy, a respectable surface over an unclear motive.

## In the story

### [The Man from the Safe Deposit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/viii-the-man-from-the-safe-deposit)

Secretary of the London and Universal Safe Deposit Company; reports that Marbury deposited a leather box on June 21st.

### [IX: The Dealer in Rare Stamps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/ix-the-dealer-in-rare-stamps)

Reports Marbury's remark about being 'buried deep-down' and confesses to robbing the body, though this is not detailed in this chapter.

### [X: The Leather Box](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/x-the-leather-box)

Present at the opening of the box; confirms Marbury treated the deposit as valuable.

### [Mr. Aylmore Is Questioned](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/xi-mr-aylmore-is-questioned)

Testifies about Marbury's visit to the Safe Deposit and the empty box.

### [The Whip Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-whip-hand)

Caught attempting to blackmail Elphick and Cardlestone; is tied up and searched.

### [Myerst Explains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/xxxv-myerst-explains)

Explains his role in Chamberlayne's fake death, his blackmail of Cardlestone, and his possession of Maitland's belongings.

### [The Final Telegram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-final-telegram)

Confesses to finding Maitland's body, stripping it, and blackmailing Cardlestone and Elphick.

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