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- The Case of the Jilted Jockey by Mycroft RBBS
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- 013
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- :CASE
- Jerry Stone, one of Londons most noted jockeys, was found dead
- this morning behind the stables of the West London Cab Company.
- Only two days ago Jerry won the Devonshire Stakes race while
- riding Swift Wind.
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- Police have been questioning Marie Letour, Jerrys hot tempered
- girlfriend, a Mr. Thomas Walling, Swift Winds owner, and Evin
- Brandon a friend of Jerrys. So far Scotland Yard is baffled as
- to why Stone was murdered.
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- Among Jerrys possessions was found a note on Bank of England
- stationary that read:
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- Important you meet me Friday at 11:00a.
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- ML
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- The note was dated with last Thursdays date. Also found were
- Jerrys boots and his favorite riding crop. Scotland Yard is
- asking your help. You must find out...
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- a) Who killed Jerry Stone
- b) The motive
- c) How he was killed
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- The game is afoot...
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- :QUESTION_1
- Who killed Jerry Stone?
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- :QUESTION_2
- What was the motive?
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- :QUESTION_3
- How was he killed?
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- :SOLUTION_1
- Martin Lindstrom
- Martin
- Lindstrom
- Mr Lindstrom
- Mr. Lindstrom
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- :SOLUTION_2
- Gambling Debt
- Horse Race
- Fixed Race
- Fixed Horse Race
- Double Cross
- Refused to throw race
- Would not throw race
- Did not throw race
- Didn't throw race
- Throw Race
- Thrown Race
- Double Cross
- Double crossed
- Double crossed him
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- :SOLUTION_3
- Poison Needle
- Poison Crop
- Rat Poison
- Poison
- Needle
- Riding Crop
- Crop
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- :STORY
- Jerry Stone was a real gambler. He played poker several times a
- week at the Dartmouth Hotel. Recently he had incurred some heavy
- losses to Mr. Martin Lindstrom who was the Vice President at the
- Bank of England.
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- When Jerry met Mr. Lindstrom on Friday morning, Mr. Lindstrom
- told him that the debt would be considered payed if Jerry would
- throw Sundays running of the Devonshire Stakes. Jerry agreed and
- Mr. Lindstrom bet heavily on Midnights Dream, the only other
- horse with a chance to win it.
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- On Saturday, Jerry had a big fight with his girlfriend who was
- against Jerry throwing the race. They seperated after the heated
- argument and that was the last time Marie saw Jerry.
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- On Sunday, the day of the race, Jerry decided that Marie was right
- and that he would not throw the race after all and he went on to
- win. Lindstrom, who had lost a bundle, felt he had been double
- crossed and decided to get even with Jerry. He planted a poison
- needle in Jerrys favorite crop knowing that Jerry would use the
- crop while exercizing the Cab Companies horses on Tuesday night.
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- a) Killer: Martin Lindstrom
- b) Motive: Double Cross
- c) Method: Poison Needle
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- :GALLERY
- A note is passed to you. It reads as follows:
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- Killer clue (Part 1 of 4)
- "K-____, Americas favorite discount store."
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- Motive clue (Part 2 of 2)
- "German army decoration: The Iron _____."
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- Method clue (Part 2 of 3)
- "Male offspring."
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- :BOUTIQUE
- Marie Letour tells you that she and Jerry had a heated argument
- about the race on Saturday night but that was the last time she
- had seen him.
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- :SCOTLAND
- The autopsy report showed no markings on the body other than a
- small scratch on Jerrys left hand.
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- :LAWYERS
- Mr Davidsons secretary gives you an envelope saying that Mr.
- Davidson had received it just this morning. Inside you find a
- note which reads:
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- Killer clue (Part 2 of 4)
- "A small hotel or pub."
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- Motive clue (Part 1 of 2)
- "A drink with twice the liquor in it."
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- Method clue (Part 1 of 3)
- "Hawaiian food made from roots."
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- :HOTEL
- One of the bellhops tells you that Jerry was quite a gambler. He
- often played poker here at the hotel in one of the lounges. He
- played with many of the lawyers and bankers in the area.
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- :BANK
- Martin Lindstrom, the Vice President of the bank, tells you that
- Jerry was suppose to meet him on Friday. Jerry had applied for
- a loan a few weeks ago and Lindstrom needed some more information
- for the loan papers. Lindstrom says that Jerry never showed up
- though.
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- :MERCANTILE
- A clerk recalls only one strange event in the last week. A
- gentleman had come in and purchased a package of needles and some
- rat poison.
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- :PARK
- A Mr. Smythe states that he saw Jerry here on Tuesday, the day
- of the murder, talking to his friend Evin.
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- :EXCHANGE
- One the back of some ticker tape you find the following note:
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- Killer clue (Part 3 of 4)
- "Small threads which cling to your close."
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- :CAB
- Johnny Christopher, one of the drivers at the company, explains
- that Jerry was a real great guys. Jerry was always nice to him
- when Jerry came to exercise the horses on Tuesday and Thursday
- evenings.
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- The last time Johnny saw Jerry was when he dropped him off at
- the bank late Friday morning after Jerry had come by the Cab
- Company to collect his wages.
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- :NEWSPAPER
- A Miss Goldstein, the gossip columnist, tells you that it was
- rumered that Jerry had been trying to raise a lot of cash to pay
- off a large debt. It was said that he even asked Mr. Walling
- but that he had been turned down.
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- :PUB
- The bartender tells you that Jerry Stone was in the Pub last
- Saturday night with his girlfriend. They had a heated argument
- that had something to do with the race and then she stormed out
- in one of her fits of rage which she is famous for.
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- :FERRY
- One of the Ferry captains hands you a note and then dissappears.
- The note reads as follows:
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- Killer clue (Part 4 of 4)
- "Thunder and lightning are part of a _____."
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- Method clue (Part 3 of 3)
- "Sewing is done with this."
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- :SHIPPING
- One of the managers tells you that he recently made a fortune
- betting on Jerry in the race. He got some banker to bet him
- 20,000 pounds that Swift Wind would lose.
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