Signed On in His Sleep

Victorian London · case 21 of 50 · Hard · 4×5
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Seven young men have vanished from Wapping taverns in a month. Tonight the eighth woke in a hammock off Gravesend to be told he had signed on, in his own hand, for two years before the mast aboard the barque Corinth, bound for Valparaiso.

Arloriver pilot
Beasteward
Corashanty singer
Dextershipowner
Ezrashanty singer
Freyadocker
Gemmasteward
Hanatavern cook
Ivandocker
Jasperdocker
Kirashanty singer
Lionelshipowner
Mabeltavern cook
Nicoshanty singer
Oliveshipowner
Petrariver pilot
Queenietavern cook
Rufusdocker
Sadiesteward
Tessriver pilot

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Victorian London: case 21

This Hard case seats 20 suspects on a 4×5 grid. 17 of them carry a clue; the other 3 only have something to say about themselves. 5 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 21 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 20: Eleven Encores Exactly · Case 22: The Automaton That Sneezed →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1Arloriver pilotCourier
B1BeastewardServant
C1Corashanty singerArtist
D1DextershipownerNoble
A2Ezrashanty singerArtist
B2FreyadockerLaborer
C2GemmastewardServant
D2Hanatavern cookCook
A3IvandockerLaborer
B3JasperdockerLaborer
C3Kirashanty singerArtist
D3LionelshipownerNoble
A4Mabeltavern cookCook
B4Nicoshanty singerArtist
C4OliveshipownerNoble
D4Petrariver pilotCourier
A5Queenietavern cookCook
B5RufusdockerLaborer
C5SadiestewardServant
D5Tessriver pilotCourier

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