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00000100: 73 69 78 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 61 67 6F 2C 0D 0D |six years ago,..|
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00000170: 75 78 6C 65 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 68 69 73 20 77 |uxley with his w|
00000180: 69 66 65 2C 20 63 6C 61 72 69 73 73 61 2C 20 61 |ife, clarissa, a|
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000001B0: 2C 20 6E 69 6E 61 2E 0D 0D 63 6C 69 66 66 20 68 |, nina...cliff h|
000001C0: 61 64 20 62 65 65 6E 20 68 69 72 65 64 20 62 79 |ad been hired by|
000001D0: 20 74 68 65 20 75 6E 69 6F 6E 0D 0D 73 61 76 69 | the union..savi|
000001E0: 6E 67 73 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 6F 61 6E 20 74 6F 20 |ngs and loan to |
000001F0: 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6E 65 |program their ne|
00000200: 77 0D 0D 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 73 2E 20 73 6F |w..computers. so|
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00000230: 6F 6B 20 6F 75 74 20 61 20 24 31 30 30 2C 30 30 |ok out a $100,00|
00000240: 30 20 74 65 72 6D 20 6C 69 66 65 0D 0D 69 6E 73 |0 term life..ins|
00000250: 75 72 61 6E 63 65 20 70 6F 6C 69 63 79 20 6F 6E |urance policy on|
00000260: 20 63 6C 61 72 69 73 73 61 20 61 6E 64 20 69 6E | clarissa and in|
00000270: 73 75 72 65 64 0D 0D 74 68 65 20 68 6F 75 73 65 |sured..the house|
00000280: 20 66 6F 72 20 69 74 73 20 66 75 6C 6C 20 6D 61 | for its full ma|
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000002A0: 65 65 6B 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 70 6F |eek after the po|
000002B0: 6C 69 63 69 65 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 69 73 73 75 |licies were issu|
000002C0: 65 64 2C 0D 0D 74 68 65 20 77 65 61 74 68 65 72 |ed,..the weather|
000002D0: 73 27 20 68 6F 6D 65 20 77 61 73 20 67 75 74 74 |s' home was gutt|
000002E0: 65 64 20 69 6E 20 61 0D 0D 66 69 72 65 2E 20 63 |ed in a..fire. c|
000002F0: 6C 69 66 66 20 65 73 63 61 70 65 64 20 77 69 74 |liff escaped wit|
00000300: 68 20 74 69 6E 79 20 6E 69 6E 61 20 69 6E 0D 0D |h tiny nina in..|
00000310: 68 69 73 20 61 72 6D 73 2C 20 62 75 74 20 63 6C |his arms, but cl|
00000320: 61 72 69 73 73 61 20 64 69 65 64 20 69 6E 20 74 |arissa died in t|
00000330: 68 65 20 66 69 72 65 2E 0D 0D 2A 0D 20 20 20 74 |he fire...*. t|
00000340: 68 65 20 66 69 72 65 20 64 65 70 61 72 74 6D 65 |he fire departme|
00000350: 6E 74 20 70 72 6F 76 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 |nt proved the fi|
00000360: 72 65 0D 0D 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 6E 20 70 75 72 |re..had been pur|
00000370: 70 6F 73 65 6C 79 20 73 65 74 2E 20 62 65 63 61 |posely set. beca|
00000380: 75 73 65 20 63 6C 69 66 66 0D 0D 77 65 61 74 68 |use cliff..weath|
00000390: 65 72 73 20 68 61 64 20 6A 75 73 74 20 74 61 6B |ers had just tak|
000003A0: 65 6E 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 77 6F 0D 0D |en out the two..|
000003B0: 6C 61 72 67 65 20 69 6E 73 75 72 61 6E 63 65 20 |large insurance |
000003C0: 70 6F 6C 69 63 69 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 70 65 72 |policies and per|
000003D0: 68 61 70 73 0D 0D 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 68 65 |haps..because he|
000003E0: 20 77 61 73 20 62 6F 74 68 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 20 | was both black |
000003F0: 61 6E 64 20 6E 65 77 20 69 6E 0D 0D 74 6F 77 6E |and new in..town|
00000400: 2C 20 68 65 20 77 61 73 20 63 6F 6E 76 69 63 74 |, he was convict|
00000410: 65 64 20 6F 66 20 70 72 65 6D 65 64 69 74 61 74 |ed of premeditat|
00000420: 65 64 0D 0D 6D 75 72 64 65 72 20 61 6E 64 20 73 |ed..murder and s|
00000430: 65 6E 74 65 6E 63 65 64 20 74 6F 20 6C 69 66 65 |entenced to life|
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00000450: 0D 2A 0D 20 20 20 74 77 6F 20 6D 6F 6E 74 68 73 |.*. two months|
00000460: 20 61 67 6F 2C 20 74 6F 6D 20 77 65 6C 6B 65 72 | ago, tom welker|
00000470: 2C 20 61 0D 0D 64 72 69 66 74 65 72 2C 20 74 75 |, a..drifter, tu|
00000480: 72 6E 65 64 20 68 69 6D 73 65 6C 66 20 69 6E 20 |rned himself in |
00000490: 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 66 2E 62 2E 69 2E 0D 0D 68 |to the f.b.i...h|
000004A0: 65 20 63 6F 6E 66 65 73 73 65 64 20 74 6F 20 73 |e confessed to s|
000004B0: 65 74 74 69 6E 67 20 33 39 20 66 69 72 65 73 20 |etting 39 fires |
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000004D0: 74 72 79 20 6F 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 73 |try over the pas|
000004E0: 74 20 73 65 76 65 6E 20 79 65 61 72 73 2C 0D 0D |t seven years,..|
000004F0: 69 6E 63 6C 75 64 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 |including the we|
00000500: 61 74 68 65 72 73 27 20 66 69 72 65 2E 20 63 6C |athers' fire. cl|
00000510: 69 66 66 0D 0D 77 65 61 74 68 65 72 73 20 68 61 |iff..weathers ha|
00000520: 64 20 6A 75 73 74 20 62 65 65 6E 20 72 65 6C 65 |d just been rele|
00000530: 61 73 65 64 20 66 72 6F 6D 0D 0D 6A 61 69 6C 20 |ased from..jail |
00000540: 61 66 74 65 72 20 73 65 72 76 69 6E 67 20 73 69 |after serving si|
00000550: 78 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 66 6F 72 20 61 0D 0D 6D |x years for a..m|
00000560: 75 72 64 65 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 20 64 69 |urder that he di|
00000570: 64 6E 27 74 20 63 6F 6D 6D 69 74 2E 0D 0D 2A 0D |dn't commit...*.|
00000580: 20 20 20 73 67 74 2E 20 68 61 73 6B 69 6C 6C 27 | sgt. haskill'|
00000590: 73 20 72 65 61 64 69 6E 67 20 77 61 73 20 69 6E |s reading was in|
000005A0: 74 65 72 72 75 70 74 2D 0D 0D 65 64 20 61 74 20 |terrupt-..ed at |
000005B0: 38 3A 31 35 20 61 2E 6D 2E 20 62 79 20 61 20 70 |8:15 a.m. by a p|
000005C0: 68 6F 6E 65 20 63 61 6C 6C 20 66 72 6F 6D 0D 0D |hone call from..|
000005D0: 6C 65 6F 6E 20 73 63 72 75 67 67 73 2C 20 61 20 |leon scruggs, a |
000005E0: 63 6F 61 63 68 20 61 74 20 68 75 78 6C 65 79 20 |coach at huxley |
000005F0: 63 6F 6C 6C 65 67 65 2E 0D 0D 63 6F 61 63 68 20 |college...coach |
00000600: 73 63 72 75 67 67 73 20 77 61 73 20 63 61 6C 6C |scruggs was call|
00000610: 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 72 65 70 6F 72 74 20 61 0D |ing to report a.|
00000620: 0D 64 65 61 64 20 62 6F 64 79 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 |.dead body on th|
00000630: 65 20 68 75 78 6C 65 79 20 63 6F 6C 6C 65 67 65 |e huxley college|
00000640: 20 61 74 68 6C 65 74 69 63 0D 0D 66 69 65 6C 64 | athletic..field|
00000650: 20 28 76 29 20 71 75 61 72 74 65 72 2D 6D 69 6C | (v) quarter-mil|
00000660: 65 20 64 69 72 74 20 74 72 61 63 6B 2E 20 74 68 |e dirt track. th|
00000670: 65 0D 0D 63 6F 61 63 68 20 73 61 69 64 20 69 74 |e..coach said it|
00000680: 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 65 64 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 6D 75 72 | looked like mur|
00000690: 64 65 72 2E 0D 0D 2A 0D 0D 74 6F 20 77 69 6E 2C |der...*..to win,|
000006A0: 20 79 6F 75 20 6D 75 73 74 3A 0D 0D 31 2E 20 6E | you must:..1. n|
000006B0: 61 6D 65 20 74 68 65 20 6D 75 72 64 65 72 65 72 |ame the murderer|
000006C0: 2E 0D 0D 32 2E 20 65 78 70 6C 61 69 6E 20 74 68 |...2. explain th|
000006D0: 65 20 6D 75 72 64 65 72 65 72 27 73 20 6D 6F 74 |e murderer's mot|
000006E0: 69 76 65 2E 0D 0D 0D 61 6C 6C 20 70 6C 61 79 65 |ive....all playe|
000006F0: 72 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |rs start at the |
00000700: 68 75 78 6C 65 79 20 63 6F 6C 6C 65 67 65 0D 0D |huxley college..|
00000710: 61 74 68 6C 65 74 69 63 20 66 69 65 6C 64 20 28 |athletic field (|
00000720: 76 29 20 61 74 20 38 3A 34 35 20 61 2E 6D 2E 0D |v) at 8:45 a.m..|
00000730: 0D 40 0D |.@. |
CASE #9 - THE FORBES REPORT... "
THE HUXLEY COURIER," A WEEKLY AND..THE T
OWN'S ONLY NEWSPAPER, HAD JUST BEEN..DEL
IVERED ON THE MORNING OF TUESDAY,..AUGUS
T 13TH. SGT. HASKILL WAS READING..THE LE
AD STORY ON CLIFFORD WEATHERS,..RECALLIN
G THE EVENTS OF SIX YEARS AGO,..TWO YEAR
S BEFORE SGT. HASKILL HAD JOINED..THE FO
RCE...*. CLIFF WEATHERS HAD JUST MOVED
INTO..HUXLEY WITH HIS WIFE, CLARISSA, A
ND..THEIR SIX MONTH OLD DAUGHTER, NINA..
.CLIFF HAD BEEN HIRED BY THE UNION..SAVI
NGS AND LOAN TO PROGRAM THEIR NEW..COMPU
TERS. SOON AFTER MOVING IN,..WEATHERS TO
OK OUT A $100,000 TERM LIFE..INSURANCE P
OLICY ON CLARISSA AND INSURED..THE HOUSE
FOR ITS FULL MARKET VALUE. A..WEEK AFTE
R THE POLICIES WERE ISSUED,..THE WEATHER
S' HOME WAS GUTTED IN A..FIRE. CLIFF ESC
APED WITH TINY NINA IN..HIS ARMS, BUT CL
ARISSA DIED IN THE FIRE...*. THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT PROVED THE FIRE..HAD BEEN PUR
POSELY SET. BECAUSE CLIFF..WEATHERS HAD
JUST TAKEN OUT THE TWO..LARGE INSURANCE
POLICIES AND PERHAPS..BECAUSE HE WAS BOT
H BLACK AND NEW IN..TOWN, HE WAS CONVICT
ED OF PREMEDITATED..MURDER AND SENTENCED
TO LIFE..IMPRISONMENT...*. TWO MONTHS
AGO, TOM WELKER, A..DRIFTER, TURNED HIM
SELF IN TO THE F.B.I...HE CONFESSED TO S
ETTING 39 FIRES ACROSS..THE COUNTRY OVER
THE PAST SEVEN YEARS,..INCLUDING THE WE
ATHERS' FIRE. CLIFF..WEATHERS HAD JUST B
EEN RELEASED FROM..JAIL AFTER SERVING SI
X YEARS FOR A..MURDER THAT HE DIDN'T COM
MIT...*. SGT. HASKILL'S READING WAS IN
TERRUPT-..ED AT 8:15 A.M. BY A PHONE CAL
L FROM..LEON SCRUGGS, A COACH AT HUXLEY
COLLEGE...COACH SCRUGGS WAS CALLING TO R
EPORT A..DEAD BODY ON THE HUXLEY COLLEGE
ATHLETIC..FIELD (V) QUARTER-MILE DIRT T
RACK. THE..COACH SAID IT LOOKED LIKE MUR
DER...*..TO WIN, YOU MUST:..1. NAME THE
MURDERER...2. EXPLAIN THE MURDERER'S MOT
IVE....ALL PLAYERS START AT THE HUXLEY C
OLLEGE..ATHLETIC FIELD (V) AT 8:45 A.M..
.@.
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