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Post by dreamer on Oct 13, 2006 14:15:23 GMT -5
Great! Next question please, and next time, try not to take so long!!
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Post by Tegid on Oct 13, 2006 16:57:14 GMT -5
Wait till I get back from physical therapy, willya? Mercy!
Who was Birdy Edwards' employer?
Bonus: How did his fellow lodge members think he made his money?
(Plus the other as-yet-unanswered bonus questions.)
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Post by dreamer on Oct 14, 2006 19:37:10 GMT -5
Pinkerton's was his employer.
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Post by Tegid on Oct 14, 2006 21:20:26 GMT -5
Right.
(There are currently three unanswered bonus questions stacked up and waiting for anyone.)
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Post by dreamer on Oct 15, 2006 12:43:28 GMT -5
How did Sir Eustace Brackenstall actually die?
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Post by Tegid on Oct 15, 2006 13:33:44 GMT -5
Captain Jack Crocker, angry at how his love's husband had treated her, and in self-defense against Sir Brackenstall's onslaught, ran him through with a poker 'as if he had been a rotten pumpkin.'
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Post by dreamer on Oct 16, 2006 10:49:51 GMT -5
Correct. You're up.
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Post by Tegid on Oct 16, 2006 13:06:28 GMT -5
Holmes solved a case brought to him by a man who had lost one of his digits while being employed by people who claimed to be mining fuller's earth. What was their real occupation?
Bonus: Name a man in another Holmes story who claimed to have this occupation. (Not mining fuller's earth, but the one that is the answer to the main question.)
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Post by dreamer on Oct 17, 2006 7:48:26 GMT -5
They were counterfeiting money. I don't have the answer to the bonus right on the tip of my fingers, I'll have to research.
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Post by Tegid on Oct 17, 2006 9:56:45 GMT -5
That's what they were doing. And you are welcome to answer the bonus questions at any time. Throw another question out there when you're ready.
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Post by dreamer on Oct 20, 2006 8:26:52 GMT -5
What is the false, if more widely known, name of Mr. Sutton?
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Post by Tegid on Oct 20, 2006 8:58:59 GMT -5
The resident patient went by the name Mr. Blessington.
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Post by dreamer on Oct 23, 2006 20:24:34 GMT -5
Correct. Thank you for your patience as I've been unable to get to this thread for a few days!!
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Post by Tegid on Oct 23, 2006 20:48:57 GMT -5
What were the contents of the infamous Cardboard Box?
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Post by dreamer on Oct 23, 2006 20:52:30 GMT -5
Two severed ears, one male and one female, amongst dirty salt, in a cardboard box wrapped with brown paper and tied with twine.
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