[1T]>The Unholy Man [1C][1Q]>3321>KILLER:|1. The Bishop|2. Duke Tallcourt|3. Earl Longworth|4. Duchess Tallcourt|>WEAPON:|1. Knife|2. Sword|3. Rope|4. Poison|>MOTIVE:|1. Manuscript|2. Jealousy|3. Revenge|4. Insurance|[1S]>The preacher was in fact a thief who had stolen the original manuscript of Hamlet from an exhibit on the Riviera, where he also acquired his tan.  ||The preacher disguised the manuscript as a Bible and had Longworth authenticate it for the Duke, whom the preacher hoped would buy it.  Longworth, however, in desperate need of money, killed the preacher with Hamlet's sword and stole the manuscript.  Longworth, who does not smoke, planted the German-made cigarette near the victim's body to throw suspicion from himself; but in the process, he accidentally dropped his packet of aspirin.  [1A]>KILLER: Earl Longworth |WEAPON: Sword |MOTIVE: Manuscript [3T]>Silver Patch[3C][3Q]>3313>KILLER:|1. Henry Doan|2. Bobby Jansen|3. Sir Reginald Cosgrove|4. Sir Archibald Baxter|>WEAPON:|1. Broken bottle|2. Weighted dagger|3. Sword in cane|4. Horseshoe|>MOTIVE:|1. Revenge against Switt|2. Envy of Silver Patch|3. Collect insurance on Silver Patch|4. Blackmail|[3S]>Sir Reginald Cosgrove, in dire need of money, concocted a plot to collect money from his large insurance policy on Silver Patch.  ||Sir Reginald painted over the silver patch on the mane of his prize horse and painted a silver patch on the mane of Night Dancer, another of his horses.  He then switched stalls and poisoned Night Dancer, who now looked like Silver Patch.  ||Realizing that he would have to take Oscar Switt into his confidence, Sir Reginald arranged for his trainer to meet him at the stables.  When Switt refused to go along with Sir Reginald's plan to kill Night Dancer, Sir Reginald became enraged and killed the trainer, smashing him over the head with an ale bottle, then stabbing him repeatedly with the broken bottle.  [3A]>KILLER: Sir Reginald Cosgrove |WEAPON: Broken bottle |MOTIVE: Insurance [4T]>The Chameleon's Vengeance[4C][4Q]>3422>WHAT THE SURPRISE IS:|1. A deadly electrical charge|2. Blow gun|3. Poison|4. Explosives|>HIDING PLACE:|1. Inside the violin|2. Inside the violin case|3. Inside the potted geranium|4. Under Holmes's seat|>CHAMELEON:|1. Watson|2. Lestrade|3. Chivers|4. Higgenbottom|[4S]>Disguised as Inspector Lestrade, the Chameleon planted explosives in the violin case which housed the instrument Holmes was to play in the duet finale at the Playhouse.  [4A]>SURPRISE: Explosives|HIDING PLACE: Violin case|CHAMELEON: Lestrade[5T]>The Coded Message[5C][5Q]>11>MESSAGE:|1. Pearls inside canary|2. Pearls inside pottery|3. I swallowed pearls|4. Pearls beneath shop|5. Lucifer in armour|[5S]>Knowing death was near, Rudolph Hickle forced his canary to swallow the valuable Eyes of Lucifer.  Hickle then attempted to notify his good friend, Harry Blake, by writing in a code the two had developed years ago.  [5A]>MESSAGE: Pearls inside canary. [9999K]
