# Sergeant Flannagan — The Mucker character guide

> Sergeant Flannagan in The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Detective Sergeant Flannagan, Flannagan, Sergeant

**First appearance:** 0018-part-ii-i-the-murder-trial

## Who they are

A Chicago detective sergeant on Billy Byrne's trail for murder, representing the law that the mucker has spent his whole life evading.

## In the story

### [On the Trail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mucker_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-on-the-trail)

Chicago detective who nearly spots Billy in Kansas City; later appears in Kansas City, frustrated after losing the trail.

### [Baby Bandits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mucker_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-baby-bandits)

Detective pursuing Billy; confronts him in a saloon but is outwitted.

### [You Are My Girl!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mucker_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii-you-are-my-girl)

Informs Billy of his pardon and the confession of Coke Sheehan.

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