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The following morning, Blessington is found hanging in his room. The police initially believe it is suicide due to his recent paranoia. Holmes’s Investigation & Resolution

The "resident patient" and former member of the Worthingdon Bank Gang who lives in terror of his former associates. The Resident Patient

Holmes dismisses the suicide theory after examining the scene, noting that the cigars found in the room and the complexity of the hanging required multiple participants. He deduces the following: The following morning, Blessington is found hanging in

Holmes’s loyal companion and the story's narrator. Holmes dismisses the suicide theory after examining the

Case Report: "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" " The Adventure of the Resident Patient " is a classic Sherlock Holmes short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , first published in The Strand Magazine in 1893 and later collected in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes .

The consulting detective who unmasks the deception behind a staged suicide.