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CASE FILE No.928 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE
THE PADLOCKED YARD
He swore he slipped out to the stable. The yard gate was chained shut for the night.
INCIDENT REPORT. Frank Stagg was found at dawn in the tack room, struck down with a heavy iron stirrup-iron. The yard gate had been chained and padlocked for the night, the watchman holding the only key; no one could have passed into the yard once it was barred. Five of the inn folk were awake. Each gave an account. One of them swears to slipping out through a yard the chain held shut.
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— C.M.— Clive Mercer
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— D.H.— Dorothy Hale
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— A.B.— Ambrose Bly
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— I.C.— Iris Cole
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— R.W.— Reuben Wren
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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