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- The Case of the Northern Cross by Mycroft RBBS
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- 014
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- :CASE
- Yesterday morning Heratio Gibbons, the 1st mate of the Northern
- Cross, was found stabbed to death in his cabin. The Northern
- Cross, a merchant ship owned by the Britanica Shipping Company,
- had just arrived in London the day before with a full load of
- silks and other goods from the far east.
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- Scotland Yard is once again baffled and Inspector Gregson has
- asked you to look into the case to see what you could find.
- People routinely questioned by the Yard include Marie Letour,
- Gibbons fiancee, Mark Lattire, the foreman at the Britanica
- Shipping Company, Lester Freeman, a friend of Heratios who works
- at the Loire Art Gallery and with whom he is often seen at the
- London Opera House, and Les Jackson, one of Gibbons shipmates.
- Also questioned by the Yard was Jack Coleman. It is not known if
- Coleman is connected to the case, but he was found that same
- morning snooping around the Northern Cross.
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- Upon examining the scene of the crime, the police found no sign
- of a struggle nor could they find the murder weapon. They did
- however find a small amount of straw on the cabin floor and a
- half empty bottle of port wine and two glasses on the table.
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- In order to help out Gregson, you must find out:
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- a) Who killed Horatio Gibbons
- b) What weapon was used
- c) The motive for the murder
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- The game is afoot!
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- :QUESTION_1
- Who killed Horatio Gibbons?
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- :QUESTION_2
- What weapon was used?
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- :QUESTION_3
- What was the motive?
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- :SOLUTION_1
- Mr. Freeman
- Mr Freeman
- Lester Freeman
- Lester
- His friend
- Friend
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- :SOLUTION_2
- Jade dagger
- Dagger
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- :SOLUTION_3
- Stolen art
- Stolen jade
- Smuggled art
- Smuggled jade
- Smuggling
- Double Cross
- Double-Cross
- Jade
- Jade art
- Art objects
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- :STORY
- Horatio and Lester had long been friends and had plotted the
- theft of the jade. Horatio would steal the jade while in China
- and then smuggle it back into England. Lester, who had contacts
- in the art world, would find a buyer for the stolen goods.
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- Lester had met Horatio on board the night of the murder and they
- had taken the ferry across to the West Landing Inn to celebrate
- their soon to be fortunes. While Lester danced with some of the
- pretty ladies there that night Les Jackson came in and started
- an argument with Horatio. Lester overheard Mr. Jackson telling
- Horatio that he should not be seen with dealers in stolen goods
- like Jack Coleman and that he was going to the Captain in the
- morning to tell him what he knew.
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- Lester pieced two and two tegether and figured that Horatio had
- decided to cut him out of the deal. Taking advantage of the fact
- that Horatio was unaware of him overhearing the conversation, he
- went back to the Northern Cross with his friend. They opened up
- the port wine to have a final drink while they opened and examined
- the stolen jade in a straw filled crate. Seing his chance, Lester
- grabbed a jade handled dagger and killed his friend Horatio.
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- While taking a cab home, Lester decided to hide the dagger inside
- the seat of the cab and thus dispose of the weapon.
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- Killer: Lester Freeman
- Weapon: Jade dagger
- Motive: Stolen art
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- :GALLERY
- Upon talking to the director you find that Lester Freeman had
- worked for the gallery for over 8 years. He tells you that
- Lester is their expert in Oriental art.
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- :SCOTLAND
- No clue.
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- :LAWYERS
- The secretary tells you she received an urgent letter from
- a foreign corespondant. The letter reads:
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- Motive Clue (Part 2 of 3)
- It's the 14th one.
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- :HOTEL
- One of the bellhops hands you a coded message. It reads:
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- Motive Clue (Part 1 of 3)
- Women love a mink _______.
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- :BANK
- Upon examining the records at the bank you find that Horatio had
- very little money. He also tells you that Horatio had been
- turned down for a loan 8 months ago before he left for the
- Orient.
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- :MERCANTILE
- You find Marie Letour works as a clerk in the store. She tells
- you that she was to be wed to Horatio next month and that they
- were to buy an inn out in the coutry west of London.
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- :PARK
- A dark shadowy figure hands you a coded message. It reads:
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- Motive Clue (Part 3 of 3)
- Nickname of the King who ruled Camelot.
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- :EXCHANGE
- No clue.
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- :CAB
- The dispatcher tells you that one of his drivers picked up a
- man with a crate late the night of the murder down at the
- Britanica Shipping Company.
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- Upon examining the cab in question you find a jade dagger
- hidden in the seat.
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- :NEWSPAPER
- Upon looking through the last few issues of the Times, you find
- a story about a fortune in stolen jade that was taken from the
- museum at Peking several weeks ago.
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- :PUB
- The barkeep tells you that Horatio and another man had come into
- the Pub together and that a little while later, Les Jackson, his
- shipmate, had come in and that they had argued about something.
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- :SHIPPING
- Mark Lattire tells you that he had seen Horatio talking with
- Jack Coleman the day they had arrived in London.
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