Thirty Seconds After the Wire

Roaring Twenties · case 8 of 50 · Medium · 4×5
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Poolrooms all over Chicago have been paying out on Hawthorne Park winners to men who placed their bets thirty seconds after the race was already won. Every result leaves the track by telegraph, and the wire, everyone swears, is never late.

Amirtipster
Basilsteward
Calbookmaker
Devbookmaker
Emilsteward
FrankPinkerton
Guscaterer
Hugotipster
Idrisbookmaker
Junojockey
Kurttipster
Leojockey
Mabelcaterer
NoraPinkerton
Omarsteward
Percybookmaker
Queeniecaterer
RubyPinkerton
Silasjockey
Tessjockey

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Roaring Twenties: case 8

This Medium case seats 20 suspects on a 4×5 grid. 18 of them carry a clue; the other 2 only have something to say about themselves. 2 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 8 of the Roaring Twenties case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 7: Eleven Hundred Parts Brandy · Case 9: Whispers from the Lakeshore →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AmirtipsterRogue
B1BasilstewardOfficial
C1CalbookmakerMerchant
D1DevbookmakerMerchant
A2EmilstewardOfficial
B2FrankPinkertonEnforcer
C2GuscatererCook
D2HugotipsterRogue
A3IdrisbookmakerMerchant
B3JunojockeyCourier
C3KurttipsterRogue
D3LeojockeyCourier
A4MabelcatererCook
B4NoraPinkertonEnforcer
C4OmarstewardOfficial
D4PercybookmakerMerchant
A5QueeniecatererCook
B5RubyPinkertonEnforcer
C5SilasjockeyCourier
D5TessjockeyCourier

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