Blessington sets up Trevelyan in a Brook Street practice, taking residency to monitor his "investment".
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:
A specialist in nervous maladies and catalepsy who seeks Holmes’s help after his practice is "intruded" upon. The Resident Patient
The "resident patient" and former member of the Worthingdon Bank Gang who lives in terror of his former associates.
The narrative follows Dr. Percy Trevelyan, a talented but penniless physician who enters into a singular business arrangement with a mysterious benefactor named Mr. Blessington. Blessington funds a prestigious practice for Trevelyan in exchange for a large share of the profits and a room in the house as a "resident patient". The case shifts from a medical curiosity to a capital crime when Blessington is found dead under suspicious circumstances, eventually revealed by Holmes as a calculated act of revenge. Blessington sets up Trevelyan in a Brook Street
Accomplices and former gang members who use a medical ruse to infiltrate Blessington’s quarters. Incident Timeline
The Resident Patient by Arthur Conan Doyle - short-stories.co The "resident patient" and former member of the
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