Enoch J. Drebber (エノック・J・ドレッバー Enokku J Dorebbā) was a Welsh Earl living in Lauriston Gardens, London.[1] He was murdered by Jefferson Hope after Drebber had abused and killed Hope's fianceé Lucy Ferrier.[2]
Appearance[]
Drebber was a thirty-five year old man of average stature and with short, brown hair.
Personality[]
Not much is shown of Drebber's personality, but he was a sadist that enjoyed sexually assaulting and abusing young women.[2]
Biography[]
Earl Enoch J. Drebber was born in Wales.[1]
It is later revealed that Drebber was involved in human trafficking and kidnapping to gather young beautiful women. To satisfy his sadistic urges, he would rape and abuse them. Drebber would eventually kill the women, making it look like accidents or that they had died from overworking.[2]
One day, he took a liking to a village woman called Lucy Ferrier. He had his goons kidnap her and Drebber performed the same abuse on her. Her corpse was returned to Jefferson Hope, her fiancé, a few days later. In order to take revenge for Lucy, Jefferson Hope consulted William James Moriarty. This enabled him to enter Drebber's mansion one night and murder him.[2]
Drebber was shot four times in the chest, dying of blood loss almost immediately.[1]
Origin[]
Enoch J. Drebber is a character from the Sherlock Holmes novel "A Study In Scarlet". In the novel, he is a wealthy man originating from Salt Lake City, United States. He forces Lucy Ferrier, Jefferson Hope's fiancée, to marry him. Lucy is unhappy and died not long after the wedding.
Due to political unrest in Salt Lake City, Drebber is forced to move out of the place. He is accompanied by partner-turned-secretary Joseph Strangerson. During their escape, they realize that they are tailed by Hope. They run to several cities in America and Europe before finally murdered by Hope in London.