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CASE FILE No.919 STATUS: OPEN EYES ONLY
COLD CASE · PRACTICE
THE WRONG TIDE
He swore he took the ten o'clock ferry across. The tide kept every boat until midnight.
A ferry slip on a tidal river, the water so low by evening that no boat could float off until the midnight tide came up. The ten o'clock crossing never ran that night; the ferry sat hard on the mud while the keeper's lamp burned on the cold slip.
Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.
INCIDENT REPORT. Frank Reed was found before dawn on the ferry slip, struck down with a heavy iron rowlock. The tide had been too low for any boat until midnight; the ten o'clock crossing did not run at all. Five of the river folk were awake by the water. Each gave an account. One of them anchors an alibi to a ferry that never left the mud.
Small numbers count each symbol's appearances.
STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED
— C.M.— Cecil Mercer
STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED
— D.H.— Dorothy Hart
STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED
— A.B.— Ambrose Bly
STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED
— I.C.— Iris Cole
STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED
— R.W.— Reuben Wren
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LEAD No.1
THE SETTLED FACT
Who's lying?
Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.
One verdict. The case locks for the day.
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