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CASE FILE No.912 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE
THE RAISED DRAWBRIDGE
The bridge went up at dusk and stayed up. One man swears he crossed it at midnight.
INCIDENT REPORT. Ambrose Foss was found at dawn on the keep stair, struck down with a heavy iron sconce. The drawbridge had been raised at dusk and not lowered till morning; the gatehouse beyond the moat could not be reached by any living foot. Five of the household were awake within the walls that night. Each gave an account of the dark. One of them swears to a crossing the raised bridge made impossible.
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— R.M.— Ralph Mercer
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— C.B.— Constance Bly
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— E.W.— Edwin Wren
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— M.H.— Mabel Hale
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— G.C.— Giles Cole
Who's lying?
Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.
You file one verdict.
The Bureau does not reopen the case. Sign off against —?
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