- ANTHONY RUTHVEN GETHRYN
- LUCIA GETHRYN, his wife
- DANIEL BRONSON
- SELMA BRONSON, his wife
- EGBERT LUCAS, CB, Assistant Commissioner Criminal Investigation Department
- CHIEF DETECTIVE INSPECTOR ARNOLD PIKE, Criminal Investigation Department
- FRANCIS DYSON, special reporter on the staff of ‘The Owl’
- WALTER FLOOD, special reporter on the staff of ‘The Owl’
- ANNIE WILSON, maid at The Horse & Hound Inn
- JAMES HARRIGAN, tobacconist and father of—
- TOM HARRIGAN, prominent witness at Bronson’s trial
- ANDREW CONNICOTT DOLLBOYS, farmer and prominent witness at Bronson’s trial
- MRS DOLLBOYS, his mother
- LT–COL. E. J. BROWNLOUGH (retired), DSO, etc.
- IRENE CARTER-FAWCETT
- CAPT A. D. FEATHERSTONE LAKE, MC, DFC
- MISS MARGARET BROCKLEBANK
- SIR RICHARD BROCKLEBANK, Bart, her father
- LT–COL. GEOFFREY RAVENSCOURT, VC, Chief Constable of County
- INSPECTOR RAWLINS, of the County Police
- DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR Fox, ditto
- POLICE CONSTABLE MURCH, ditto
- MRS MURCH, his wife
- WHITE, manservant to Anthony Gethryn