THE STRANDED COACH

A coaching inn on the moor road, interwar, a gale, sleet at the windows, travellers stranded for the night.

Decode each statement, then name the one liar. The cipher is the same for all five.

INCIDENT REPORT. Maud Foss, head librarian of the Ashmarsh Institute, was found dead in the snow behind the Lantern Inn on the moor road, where the gale had stranded a coach party for the night. One fact stands settled: from eleven o'clock the yard stood below freezing, the troughs frozen solid and the pump handle furred with ice, and the constable's own note is plain that no bare hand could work metal, stone, or leather in that cold. Five sheltered under the inn's roof. One account will not hold.

TODAY'S CIPHER

A1Z26

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STATEMENT No.01 ENCRYPTED

— P.G.— Percy Greaves

STATEMENT No.02 ENCRYPTED

— A.H.— Albert Hale

STATEMENT No.03 ENCRYPTED

— G.T.— Geoffrey Thorne

STATEMENT No.04 ENCRYPTED

— M.A.— Mabel Ash

STATEMENT No.05 ENCRYPTED

— P.S.— Pearl Stannard

A revealed letter files the case as assisted.

A pulled lead files the case as assisted.

Who's lying?

Four stories hold. One won't. Name the liar.

One verdict. The case locks for the day.

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The Stranded Coach

Maud Foss, head librarian of the Ashmarsh Institute, was found dead in the snow behind the Lantern Inn on the moor road, where the gale had stranded a coach party for the night. One fact stands settled: from eleven o'clock the yard stood below freezing, the troughs frozen solid and the pump handle furred with ice, and the constable's own note is plain that no bare hand could work metal, stone, or leather in that cold. Five sheltered under the inn's roof. One account will not hold.

STATEMENT 01 · P.G.

23-18-15-20-5 13-25 19-5-18-13-15-14 2-25 20-8-5 20-1-16-18-15-15-13 6-9-18-5 20-9-12-12 12-1-20-5

STATEMENT 02 · A.H.

3-12-5-1-18-5-4 20-8-5 3-8-1-16-5-12 7-21-20-20-5-18 2-1-18-5-8-1-14-4-5-4 23-8-9-12-5 20-8-5 6-18-15-19-20 8-5-12-4

STATEMENT 03 · G.T.

3-1-18-18-9-5-4 2-1-7-19 21-16 6-15-18 20-8-5 19-20-18-1-14-4-5-4 16-1-18-20-25 20-8-5-14 19-12-5-16-20

STATEMENT 04 · M.A.

2-5-4-4-5-4 20-8-5 3-15-1-3-8 20-5-1-13 4-5-5-16 1-14-4 2-15-12-20-5-4 20-8-5 25-1-18-4 4-15-15-18

STATEMENT 05 · P.S.

16-18-5-19-19-5-4 13-25 12-1-4-25-19 20-18-1-22-5-12-12-9-14-7 4-18-5-19-19 1-14-4 23-1-9-20-5-4 21-16

CIPHER: A1Z26

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