[17T]>The Clerk's Demise [17C][17Q]>3143>KILLER:|1. Alfred Cooke (Hobson)|2. Daniel Hardy|3. Erin McCann|4. Radical political group|>WEAPON:|1. Ice pick|2. Ice tongs|3. A block of ice|4. Icicle|>MOTIVE:|1. To create political chaos|2. To collect on Maloney's insurance|3. To stop blackmail attempt|4. Revenge for Maloney's atrocities|[17S]>Two years after being dishonorably discharged from the British military, Donald Hobson changed his name to Alfred Cooke and tried to start a new life.  Neither his eventual employers at Scotland Yard nor his wife and children knew the truth of his past.  ||Manfred Maloney stumbled onto Cooke and attempted to blackmail his old army buddy.  To protect his secret, Cooke killed Maloney with an icicle and tried to make it appear to be the work of a radical political group.  [17A]>KILLER: Alfred Cooke (Donald Hobson)|WEAPON: Icicle|MOTIVE: Blackmail[21T]>The Rewritten Death[21C][21Q]>223>KILLER:|1. Ogden Bennett|2. Vance Hillyard|3. Roderick Garrick|4. Cliff Acker|5. Stephen Fulton|>MOTIVE:|1. Revenge for Boswell's affairs|2. To create publicity for the show|3. To gain the star's role|4. To get out of Boswell's contract|5. Jealousy of Boswell's talent|[21S]>Understudy, Vance Hillyard, planned to murder Roderick Garrick to obtain the star's role; but, owing to Hillyard's color blindness, the actor mistakenly killed Albert Boswell.  [21A]>KILLER: Vance Hillyard|MOTIVE: Star's part[22T]>The Pillaged Pawnbroker[22C][22Q]>3212>KILLER:|1. Henry Kirk|2. John Cahill|3. Wilbur Partridge|4. Paulie "The Pick" Chandler|>WEAPON:|1. Broadsword|2. Lance|3. Arrow from crossbow|4. Dagger|>MOTIVE:|1. General robbery|2. To retrieve Ming vase|3. To retrieve valuable helmet|4. To retrieve valuable coin|[22S]>While cleaning out her husband's attic, Mrs. Phyllis Cahill inadvertently included among the items sold to the pawnbroker a secreted Ming vase John Cahill had stolen from the Museum.  ||Cahill traced the priceless Chinese objet d'art to the Pawnbroker shop and broke in, placing the Ming vase in an armor helmet for protection and wrapping the treasure with newspaper and string.  ||When Miles Balfour surprised the thief, Cahill killed the pawnbroker with a broadsword from the set of Old English armor and, as an afterthought, robbed the cash till to throw suspicion from himself.[22A]>KILLER: John Cahill|WEAPON: Broadsword|MOTIVE: Ming vase[24T]>The Empty-Handed Thief[24C][24Q]>3423>KILLER:|1. Zachary Burke|2. Lord Renshaw|3. Cynthia Dale|4. Beatrice Galton|>WEAPON:|1. Dagger|2. Letter opener|3. Broken glass|4. Nail file|>MOTIVE:|1. Jealousy|2. Robbery|3. Fury over discovering fake jewels|4. Non-payment of debts|[24S]>As was her custom periodically, Mrs. Beatrice Galton opened the wall safe in her husband's study to view the Renshaw diamonds bequeathed by her late mother.  When she attempted to return the gem tray, a stone fell to the floor and she whirled, stepping firmly, only to find the "diamond" crushed underfoot.  ||Numbly, Beatrice smashed "jewel" after "jewel" with a letter opener from the desk.  She suddenly realized the truth.  Her husband had disposed of her diamonds, replaced the gems with glass replicas, and squandered the money.  Beatrice confronted Galton as he entered the room with the latest packet of unpaid bills and, in a fury, she stabbed him.  [24A]>KILLER: Beatrice|WEAPON: Letter opener|MOTIVE: Discovered jewels were fake[9999K]
