Edward "Eddie" Van Coon was a businessman who worked at Shad Sanderson Bank, and secretly a member of the Black Lotus Tong gang. He was killed by another member of the gang.
History[]
Van Coon originally worked at an international bank, in the Hong Kong department. He used this as a way of covering up his smuggling rare items from China to England, then dropping them off at the Lucky Cat store in London. He was a member of the Black Lotus Tong gang, and had the mark tattooed on the heel of his foot.
"The Blind Banker"[]
Van Coon was shot in the head by Zhi Zhu, another member of the gang, after a cypher was left in the bank. The murder occurred at his own apartment, and was made to look like a suicide. It was first discovered to be a murder when Sherlock Holmes broke into his flat, and deduced that the man must be left-handed, and the bullet hole was on the wrong side of the head for it to have been made by a left-handed person.
After searching his flat, and noting the expensive, feminine handcream, Sherlock discovered that Van Coon was in a relationship with his assistant, Amanda, and that Van Coon stole a hairpin for her. This hairpin was infinitely more valuable than Van Coon had realised, being worth nine million pounds, and this was what he was killed for.