The characters / Recurring character
R. T. Straker
R. T. Straker is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
Salem names R. T. Straker as a concrete participant in Larry Crockett's property transaction and links the surname to Barlow's shop. Wolves has Callahan recount the Marsten House/Barlow events and explicitly names Straker as the accomplice killed by the boy whom he immediately identifies as Mark Petrie. This distinctive event and character cluster establishes the original Straker identity; it does not depend on spelling alone.
Also recorded as Mr. Straker, Straker.
Stories and supporting passages
Salem's Lot
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The owner of the car up there was, in all probability, a man named Straker. R. T. Straker. And just this morning he had received something in the mail from this Straker. The fellow in question had driven up to Crockett’s office on a shimmering July afternoon just over a year ago.
The original narrative identifies R. T. Straker and portrays this person in the events later recalled by Callahan in Wolves of the Calla.
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
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Callahan recounts the confrontation with Barlow from ’Salem’s Lot. He names Straker as the vampire’s accomplice and identifies Mark Petrie as the boy who escaped his captivity and killed him. The matching people and event identify R. T. Straker, rather than an unrelated person with the same surname.
Mentioned in Callahan’s account of the events in ’Salem’s Lot.