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John Clay: character portrait from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)

A character in Sherlock Holmes

John Clay

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle1892

A brilliant, cold-blooded criminal of royal descent, murderer, thief and forger, who poses as the pawnbroker's assistant 'Vincent Spaulding' to tunnel from a cellar into a bank vault in The Red-Headed League.

Also known as: Vincent Spaulding, Clay

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Meet John Clay

John Clay appears as Vincent Spaulding, the capable assistant in a pawnbroker’s shop. Behind this respectable role is a cold, skilled criminal of royal descent, known for theft, forgery, and murder, whose identity draws Sherlock Holmes into a dangerous case.

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