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:TITLE
The Adventure of the Dead Inventor by Mycroft RBBS
:ENDR
:ID_TAG
001
:ENDR
:CASE
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Foster of Yorkshire were part of a large group
staying at the Dartmouth Hotel for an Inventors Convention.
Yesterday morning Mr. Foster was found dead in his hotel room,
stabbed in the chest.
Scotland Yard has arrested Mrs. Foster and is holding her for the
murder of her husband.
According to Mrs. Foster, she and her husband had returned from
a late showing at The Loire Art Gallery about midnight the night
before. They were tired and went right to bed. She awoke in the
morning and found her husband lying dead at the foot of his hotel
room bureau, a knife stuck in his chest. Among the items on the
victim's bureau were a copy of the West London Tribune, a large
bedspring and an open box of his favorite cigars.
The windows and doors were all still locked from the inside; and
Mrs. Foster is at a loss to explain what happened. But she swears
she is innocent.
Among the persons routinely questioned by Inspector Lestrade were
Damian Pimperton, the manager of the Dartmouth; Beatrice Melbourne,
a maid at the hotel; Dubby Wallingford, the hotel doorman; and
two other couples who were friends of the Fosters and were also
staying at the Dartmouth for the Inventors Convention - Mr. & Mrs.
T. Walton and Mr. & Mrs. H. R. Southerington.
The Fosters' son, Robert, has come to Sherlock Holmes for help in
proving his mother's innocence. "Although my father was somewhat
of a scoundrel," he says, "my mother would never have killed him."
To prove Mrs. Foster's innocence, Holmes must find out:
a) Who killed Mr. Foster
b) How he was killed
c) The motive for the murder
The game is afoot!
:ENDR
:QUESTION_1
Who killed Henry Foster?
:ENDR
:QUESTION_2
How was he killed?
:ENDR
:QUESTION_3
What was the motive?
:ENDR
:SOLUTION_1
Mr. Walton
Mr Walton
T. Walton
T Walton
Walton
:ENDR
:SOLUTION_2
Catapult Device
Catapult
Cigar Box
Spring
Bedspring
:ENDR
:SOLUTION_3
Romantic Jealousy
Jealousy
Wife
Affair
Affair with wife
Adultery
:ENDR
:STORY
Mr. Walton learned that Foster was having an affair with his
wife. He then plotted his revenge for his romantic jealousy.
While the Fosters were at the art showing with their friends,
Walton, using a large bedspring rigged a catapult device that
would thrust a knife when the cigar box was opened.
Killer: Mr. Walton
Method: Catapult device
Motive: Romantic jealousy
:ENDR
:GALLERY
The director of The Loire gallery confides that on the evening of
the murder, Mr. & Mrs. Southerington accompanied Mr. & Mrs. Foster
to the showing.
:ENDR
:SCOTLAND
An autopsy reveals that the knife penetrated in a way that no
human being could have done it.
:ENDR
:LAWYERS
Mr. Davidson, the head of the firm, tells you that one piece of
evidence is that the cigar box contained a catapult device.
:ENDR
:HOTEL
The hotel manager tells you that Mr. Foster and Mrs. Walton were
seen whispering to each other in the lobby of the Dartmouth the
day before the murder.
:ENDR
:BANK
The assistant manager of the bank confides that Mr. Foster and
Mrs. Walton had worked together as partners on a number of
inventions.
:ENDR
:MERCANTILE
One of the attendants at the mercantile tells you that Mr. Foster
always smoked one of his favorite cigars in the morning when he
first got up.
:ENDR
:PARK
An informant tells you that the killer was male.
:ENDR
:EXCHANGE
One of your informants, who knows the people involved, hands you
a coded message.
It says (Motive - Part 2 of 4)
"The sound a clock makes."
On the opposite page it reads (Motive - Part 3 of 4)
"A gelatin dessert."
:ENDR
:CAB
An informant at the Cab Company hands you a coded message...
It says (Killer - Part 1 of 2)
"Up against the _________"
:ENDR
:NEWSPAPER
An informant at the Tribune comes up to you and slips a coded
message into your pocket.
It reads (Motive - Part 1 of 4)
"Caesar was a ________"
On the back side you find written, (Motive - Part 4 of 4)
"A large body of salt water"
:ENDR
:PUB
The barkeeper tells you that Mr. Foster & Mrs. Walton were
obviously having an affair as they met there all the time and
would spend hours in each others arms.
:ENDR
:SHIPPING
One of your cronies working the docks hands you a coded message...
It says (Killer - Part 2 of 2)
"2,000 pounds. (unit of measure)."
:ENDR
:ENDC