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CASE FILE No.915 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE
THE ROARING MILL
The mill roared all night. One man swears he heard the victim cry out below.
A flour mill grinding through the night, the great stones and the drive shaft filling the place with a roar that swallowed every other sound. No voice carried from one floor to the next; a man could shout below and not be heard above the din of the wheels.
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
INCIDENT REPORT. Edmund Marsh was found at dawn on the lower mill floor, struck down with a heavy iron mallet. The mill had run all night and the roar of the stones filled every floor; no voice could have carried over that din from one level to another. Five of the mill folk were awake at their work. Each gave an account. One of them swears to a cry he could never have heard above the roar.
Small numbers count each symbol's appearances.
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— F.B.— Frank Bly
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— A.C.— Agnes Cole
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— R.H.— Reuben Hart
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— M.W.— Mabel Wren
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— P.G.— Percy Greaves
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LEAD No.1
THE SETTLED FACT
Who's lying?
Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.
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