THE MURDER OF JANE KRANZ
               Written by Christian Anderson
                     On SynTax Disk 553

      Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (PC AGT Version)

Scenario
It's London 1922, the roaring twenties have just begun and
everyone is happy because the world war has ended.  As Pete
Sharpeye, the famous detective, you are summoned to 221B to solve
a murder case.

Walk Through
(Start outside house), INVENTORY (carrying an identification
card), EXAMINE CARD, EXAMINE DOOR, READ SIGN (reads "Mrs. & Mrs.
Ricks), OPEN DOOR, S (hall where you meet a stout police officer),
EXAMINE MIRROR, EXAMINE PAINTING, READ LABEL, EXAMINE CARPET,
EXAMINE POLICE OFFICER (wearing a Scotland Yard Uniform), SHOW
CARD (he escorts you to the living room where you meet Detective
Dumb Blind and the suspects gathered around the fireplace - he
tells you that the victim Jane Kranz was last seen at 2.00 pm. and
was found in the library at 2.30 pm. by the butler. not one of the
suspects has an alibi for this half hour), EXAMINE WINE, EXAMINE
PAINTING, EXAMINE DOCTOR, EXAMINE MAJOR, EXAMINE PROFESSOR,
EXAMINE SECRETARY, EXAMINE LODGER, EXAMINE BUTLER, EXAMINE MAID.

GO LIBRARY (you see the victim's body with the left hand clinched
tightly), EXAMINE BODY (she was murdered with the candlestick),
EXAMINE CANDLESTICK (no fingerprints), EXAMINE HAND (there is
something in it), OPEN HAND (score 10/10), LOOK (see a wisp of
hair), GET HAIR (has been ripped off by force and is
greyish/white), EXAMINE WINDOW (bolted from the inside), OPEN
WINDOW (see a man's footprints outside - score 10/20), EXAMINE
BOOKS, EXAMINE BOOKCASE (very heavy), LIFT BOOKCASE (are you
sure?), YES (reveals a secret passage - score 25/45), S (secret
passage where someone has been here recently because there are
footprints in the dust), EXAMINE CORD, PULL CORD (a door swings
open), S (wine cellar), SMASH MIRROR (are you sure?), YES (behind
it you find a key - score 25/70), GET KEY, EXAMINE KEY (small).

GO BEDROOM (to master bedroom), EXAMINE BED, EXAMINE CLOSET,
EXAMINE DRESSING TABLE, E (passageway), E (bathroom), EXAMINE TUB,
EXAMINE TAPS, EXAMINE SHOWER, N (toilet), EXAMINE TOILET, EXAMINE
SINK, W, S, S, W (guest room), EXAMINE BED, EXAMINE CLOSET, E, E
(butler's room), EXAMINE BED, EXAMINE CLOSET, EXAMINE BOOKS, LIFT
BOOKS (find a magazine - score 10/80), GET MAGAZINE THEN READ IT
(an article has been circled about Janet Crance who may be
pregnant), W, N, N (first floor stairs), U (second floor), S, W
(Peter Drier's room), EXAMINE WASTEBASKET, EMPTY WASTEBASKET (a
letter catches your eye - score 10/90), GET LETTER THEN READ IT
(signed Jane), EXAMINE ASHTRAY, EXAMINE TABLE, EXAMINE CHAIR, E,
S, E (lumber room),

EXAMINE NOTEBOOK (has the initials P.J.  written on it), GET
NOTEBOOK THEN READ IT ("remember to bring money to Jane"), EXAMINE
CHEST (locked with a small keyhole), OPEN CHEST WITH SMALL KEY
(find a diary - score 10/100), GET DIARY THEN READ IT (reads
"Today I did a mortal sin. I performed an abortion" - the diary
has the initials P.R. on the back).

N, N, D, D, W (main hall), S, S, S (terrace), EXAMINE DECK CHAIRS,
EXAMINE TABLE, EXAMINE FLAGSTONES, E, S (living room), SOLUTION
(are you sure?), YES (who killed Jane Kranz), BUTLER (correct).

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