Robert Crogley


 * For other individuals called Robert, please see Robert (disambiguation).

Robert Crogley was a telegraph station technician in charge of the London city area. He was responsible for the murders of Cosney Megundal and Hutch the pawnbroker. He presented himself as a high-handed British gentleman, dressed in gaudy white, with a penchant for twirling and posing oddly.

Robert Crogley's former surname was “Milverton”, and he was the son of "Thrice-fired" Mortar Milverton. He was born into poverty and used to be childhood friends with the Tinpillar brothers. He hoped to start a milk business with them one day when he was freed from jail.

The Adventure of the Runaway Room
He made a deal to sell Cosney Megundal top secret information that was encoded on two music disks in Japanese morse code. After selling the first disk to Megundal, Robert's father Morta Milverton chose to carry out the second deal, but asking for more money. Instead, Megundal raged and murdered Morta, seizing the second disk in the process. After Megundal was declared "not guilty", Robert used all his connections to plan a fatal trap for Megundal in the courtroom. He disguised himself as a bailiff and led Megundal to the omnibus parked in court. He then locked Megundal inside and set the omnibus alight, burning Megundal to death.

Investigation: The Adventure of the Unspeakable Story
Robert Crogley later appeared in Hutch’s Pawnshop using the alias "Egg Benedict", and claimed that Gina Lestrade stole his proof for reservation for his coat. A round of deduction between Ryuunosuke Naruhodou and Sherlock Holmes established that he was trying to intercept Megundal's coat and the music disk within before Gina could buy them back. Robert then attempted to seize the coat at gunpoint, but the timely arrival of Tobias Gregson forced him to "twirl away".

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 * "Crogley" is a pun on "Kuro-Grey" (Black-Grey).