DOSSIER 01
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.
A coaching inn's stable yard, chained and padlocked for the night by the watchman who kept the only key. Beyond the barred gate the stable stood shut till morning; no one in the inn could have crossed to it once the chain was on.
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
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.
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
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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.
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