“The worst of it ism I’ve never seen Mynheer Schwottem,” groaned [Inspector] Pinkeye. “He’s a bit of a mystery man, as you know. Beyond the fact that he was fat, wore a heavy flaxen mustache and beard and blue spectacles. I can get no good description of him. Help me to find him and his ray apparatus, Mr. Sholmes, and if ever you are arrested for not paying your income tax, I’ll visit you in prison.”

“The Schowottem Ray”, Inspector Pinkeye to Herlock Sholmes, The Complete Casebook of Herlock Sholmes, 1924