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CASE FILE No.922 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
TODAY'S CASE · ATBASH CIPHER
THE TIDE-CUT CAUSEWAY
He swore he walked to the chapel on the rock. The tide had drowned the path at dusk.
INCIDENT REPORT. Edmund Wren was found at dawn on the shore by the causeway head, struck down with a heavy capstan bar. The tide had covered the stone path from dusk; the island chapel could not be reached on foot all night. Five of the shore folk were awake. Each gave an account. One of them swears to a walk out to the rock the drowned causeway 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.H.— Constance Hale
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— A.B.— Arthur Bly
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— M.C.— Maud Cole
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— G.S.— Giles Stagg
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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