THE GHOST LIGHT

Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.

INCIDENT REPORT. Walter Reed, apothecary of Bridge Street, was found dead among the backstage flats of the Lyceum after the company had gone, the ghost light still burning on its stand. One fact stands settled: the millrace broke its bank that afternoon and the toll road went under a foot of water, the surveyor's rope stretched across both ends — no cart nor foot crossed it until the water fell at dawn. Five remained about the theatre quarter. One account will not hold.

TODAY'S CIPHER

A1Z26

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STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED

— C.S.— Crispin Stoke

STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED

— B.S.— Beatrice Stannard

STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED

— M.G.— Mary Greaves

STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED

— S.T.— Silas Thorne

STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED

— M.H.— Mabel Hale

A revealed letter files the case as assisted.

A pulled lead files the case as assisted.

Who's lying?

Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.

One verdict. The case locks for the day.

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CASE FILE No.938 · STATUS: OPEN · CLASSIFIED — EYES ONLY

The Ghost Light

Walter Reed, apothecary of Bridge Street, was found dead among the backstage flats of the Lyceum after the company had gone, the ghost light still burning on its stand. One fact stands settled: the millrace broke its bank that afternoon and the toll road went under a foot of water, the surveyor's rope stretched across both ends — no cart nor foot crossed it until the water fell at dawn. Five remained about the theatre quarter. One account will not hold.

STATEMENT 01 · C.S.

12-15-3-11-5-4 20-8-5 6-18-15-14-20 15-6 8-15-21-19-5 1-14-4 23-1-12-11-5-4 20-8-5 7-1-12-12-5-18-9-5-19

STATEMENT 02 · B.S.

20-15-15-11 19-21-16-16-5-18 1-20 13-25 8-15-20-5-12 1-14-4 18-5-20-9-18-5-4 5-1-18-12-25 21-16-19-20-1-9-18-19

STATEMENT 03 · M.G.

4-18-15-22-5 20-8-5 20-15-12-12 18-15-1-4 8-15-13-5 2-5-6-15-18-5 20-8-5 18-1-9-14 23-15-18-19-5-14-5-4

STATEMENT 04 · S.T.

18-21-2-2-5-4 4-15-23-14 20-8-5 3-1-18-18-9-1-7-5 16-1-9-18 1-14-4 19-12-5-16-20 1-2-15-22-5 20-8-5-13

STATEMENT 05 · M.H.

12-5-6-20 3-15-12-4 19-21-16-16-5-18 12-1-9-4 1-14-4 20-15-15-11 13-25 8-1-12-6 4-1-25

CIPHER: A1Z26

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