WesternOutlaw Posted October 25, 2005 Author Posted October 25, 2005 Can we taste the cat food to make sure it is really cat food?Steve I must say that I would not know what cat food tastes like, but for the purpose of this mystery, it is cat food.
WesternOutlaw Posted October 25, 2005 Author Posted October 25, 2005 The Mystery Solved Let me congratulate SuvieD for correctly solving this CLUES mystery. HE correctly determined the Murderer, the Weapon, the Room, and the Motive. HE wrote: I believe that Dorian was in the attic (where ever the journal is) he heard someone marked it in his journal and went to the library. Here he wrote in the poetry book and on the chalk board in case anything happened. Then in a hurry he went down into the kitchen to gain access to the cellar. He grabbed a knife and went to open the latch when, Clecle ( the murder caught him off guard and clubbed him with the candlestick (which has been hidden). She then dragged him into the tunnel but dropped her ring in the process. She managed to get him into the tunnel and dragged him even further to get him out of sight hoping all the while that no one would find the tunnel's secret door. All of this she did for one reason. Pure profit. Being the heir of old Crowley would allow her to gain access to all of the valuables in the house, the house itself and the rights to sell it all. She knew that other offers were available from a competitor (Athos) and needed to make her move to prevent the sale of the house and property. Being a college student looking to go into hotel management she plans on turning the house and ground into a multi million dollar spot paid for by the valuables acquired by Dorian The solution to this murder: Clecle, candlestick, kitchen, cash!
SuvieD Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 But, I am a boy! Well a man in most cultures. Will you reveal the rest of the secrets of the mystery or must we continue to figure everything out. I am a completest and must know all the details.
WesternOutlaw Posted October 25, 2005 Author Posted October 25, 2005 Pete says, "remarkable, but I have a few questions". How did you arrive at the candlestick? What clue did the cat food in the boat provide? What was the significance of the word/symbols? What's in the safe? What's in the locked chest? Is there lost/hidden gold from the old ship?
WesternOutlaw Posted October 25, 2005 Author Posted October 25, 2005 But, I am a boy! Well a man in most cultures.Will you reveal the rest of the secrets of the mystery or must we continue to figure everything out. I am a completest and must know all the details. My apologies SuvieD. I don't know why but I thought you were female (the problem with using pen names). Does anyone care to answer the final details of this mystery?
languages Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 I wasnt a suspect on the list......and Im out for revenge.....
SuvieD Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 Pete says, "remarkable, but I have a few questions". How did you arrive at the candlestick? The knife though it has a blunt end capable of delivering a heavy blow, does not seem likely as the person weilding it as such would have to be extremely strong. We know that they were not extremely strong because they had to drag a thin elderly man to move him about. It wasn't the rope ;) The lead pipe was dust covered and though it could have been setup to look like that it is my thought that the murderer didn't know how to get into the attic without the RC poem. Thus they were never beyond the library which left out both the pipe and the wrentch. Also, the fact that the greasy wrentch had no finger prints or any ohter clue with it. The revolver could have been used to pistol whip him but again I don't think Clecle knew where it was hidden. Even if she did, I think that due to the murder weapon missing it gave more emphasis that it was indeed the weapon. What clue did the cat food in the boat provide? Actually, I wondered at this and contemplated acusing Darkie for a while as she had traveled (which mean France at some point most likely) and knew about the Egyptian artifacts and what they were worth. See also wanted to protect the valuable jars that may have hidden clues. I thought that the food if it is the wet canned variety might have been used as chum for fishing or to draw away sharks from the Barbep treasure but there are no sharks near here that I could think of and it was dry. Then I remembered that Clecle was bringing her ferret, which eats a food similar to what a cat eats or can eat what a cat eats as it is high in protien. This was the final nail in the coffin for Clecle. What was the significance of the word/symbols? I really don't know. I had some theories but not much to go on. My thought on it now is that Clecle is not alone in her guilt even if she did kill him. The fact that the Egyptian clues point to the word CLUE (if that is the word) says that someone who knows about Egypt is involved as Crowley said "they" when he referred to the noise. He also was probably the one involved in the legal negotiations to try and get the ownership of the house to Clecle. But really I don't know for sure. Just guessing. I think Jipay was her accomplis. What's in the safe? Additional valuables and a key for the chest in the attic? What's in the locked chest? His summer wardrobe. ;) Actually I had hoped that this contained the Barbep gold and that the EB detectives could use it to build a headquarters with a spa center and massive LEGO building room. For training purposes only of course. ;) Is there lost/hidden gold from the old ship? Yes, is it in the house, I am not so sure now. Does anyone care to answer the final details of this mystery? If no one else cares to will you reveal the whole truth and the missing info of it all? I had a lot of fun doing this. I am excited to participate in another and host one of my own. I think I will take a break from whichever one is next if it happens immediately though. This was very tough on my brain! *wacko*
Athos Posted October 25, 2005 Posted October 25, 2005 Congratulations man. Very impressive. Now who gets to buy the property? Steve
WesternOutlaw Posted October 26, 2005 Author Posted October 26, 2005 To answer some of the questions: Kitchen SuvieD got lucky in regard to the kitchen. When examining Crowley's bathroom, there was an empty contact case on the bathroom sink. When Crowley was hit by Clecle, he lost one of his contacts falling to the ground. No one looked closely at his eyes. The magnifying glass found in his bedroom could have been used to find the special colored contact on the kitchen floor (or very close examination). He had the contacts and the magnifying glass made special to find these when he lost them. Candlestick If another visit to the dining room had occured, the candlestick would have been found resting on the dining room table exactly were Clecle had picked it up prior to the murder. Clecle threw it through the gate in the subterranean passage after the murder. It was her that came back to the house (by the row boat) after you had left to clean up her tracks. She had stolen Crowley's money in the closet (including the change) after the murder. When she came back, she replaced the money in fear that someone would discover it missing, but replaced the quarter with a 2005 Oregon quarter (the clue that someone had been back to the house). SuvieD was sharp enough to point out that Oregon's quarter was not released until July or August 2005 (your return to the mansion was February of 2005). This was my oversight but no one else picked it up. Symbols SuvieD was correct. The word was CLUE. He could not write it because the word is the same in Latin. Crowley wrote in Latin to add the letters. Each letter represented a number based upon the alphabet. C = 3, L = 12, U = 21, E = 5. These numbers added up = 41. The combination to the lockbox had a three (3) and two blank numbers. The three was the correct number for the 1st digit. The remaining two numbers were 4 and 1. - I thought you'd get this once you came up with the word. Lockbox Inside the lockbox was a letter to Crowley from Jipay. It read: January 23, 2004 Dorian, I fear that your granddaughter posses a considerable threat to our operation. She is insistent upon taking well-known artifacts that I am unable to unload to collectors. I am afraid that I will not be able to sell our latest find for it comes from a tomb that I will not mention; and its purchase may incriminate us. I
Athos Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 What Will Happen to the Mansion?Clecle was Crowley's only living heir. Now that she will go to jail, the Town of Heceta will probably be granted ownership rights. They will probably sell to Paradisia who will build their mega-Lego vacation resort. Whoo-hoo! Athos wins! :D Steve
SuvieD Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 So, Jipay, Crowley and now Clecle are dirty crooks (in the story of course). If only we had found the letter. I think we could have figured out the lockbox had I gone with my original plan and headed to the dining room to check for clues. Once I knew who had killed Crowley though I thought I should have her put behind bars before she showed up and killed me off for knowing too much. :o If the only clue for the kitchen was the contact then why was the knife on the floor and the light on when the EBDs first showed up? Did Jipay go to jail for his criminal acts? So many questions. So few answers. Thanks tons for the mystery Brickster. It was a good run. Thanks BJ for the mansion and the pictures. I think they help more than just words can. Thanks to my fellow EB Detectives. We shall now move on to new mysteries. So long, Crowley mansion, can't say I will miss you.
WesternOutlaw Posted October 26, 2005 Author Posted October 26, 2005 If the only clue for the kitchen was the contact then why was the knife on the floor and the light on when the EBDs first showed up? I don't recall saying that the light was on but you were correct in regard to the knife and Crowley grabbing it before getting hit by Clecle. The contact was not in fact the only clue but would have helped name the kitchen. I generally left lights on throughout the rooms because the images were taken in the light and I didn't want to mess with having the team work in the dark or have to search for lights.
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