DOSSIER 01
CASE FILE No.014 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE
LAST CALL AT THE HARBOR LIGHT
Last call was at eleven. By midnight, the landlord lay dead behind his own bar.
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
INCIDENT REPORT. Calder Foss, proprietor, found behind the Harbor Light at 11:54 PM. Cause of death: a single blow to the back of the head, delivered with the cast-iron lantern that hung at the back door. No firearm was used. No firearm was recovered. No discharge was reported by the harbor patrol or by any resident along the quay.
Last orders called at 10:40. Foss's pocketwatch, smashed in the fall, reads 11:18. The till is empty; his wallet is missing. The tavern's back door was unlocked when the body was found.
Five persons were in or near the Harbor Light between last orders and discovery. Each has given a statement. One statement does not survive the report.
Small numbers count each symbol's appearances.
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— T.H.— Tobias Hale
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— P.V.— Pieter Van Hoorn
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— L.F.— Lina Faye
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— T.C.— Theo Carmody
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— W.P.— William Pratt
A revealed letter files the case as assisted.
The Bureau notes every assist.
Reveal a letter?
A pulled lead files the case as assisted.
LEAD No.1
THE SETTLED FACT
Who's lying?
Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.
One verdict. The case locks for the day.
You file one verdict.
The Bureau does not reopen the case. Sign off against —?
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