The Third Deduction
I usually keep my notes in case files that live in the drawers of a now rather full filing cabinet, but recently I had cause to keep a couple of them out on my desk in anticipation of writing one of my well-received reports. Unfortunately, Holmes had left the window open and then gone out, and so when I returned home I found the various pieces of paper in a state of disarray, strewn across the floor. This was most frustrating, as the cases had taken place long enough ago that I was unable to entirely remember the details of each one. What I was, however, able to gather from the loose pieces of paper was as follows:
The three cases were to be entitled The Adventure of the Broken Table, The Adventure of the Frozen Lake, and The Adventure of the Moving Statue.
There were three victims, called John Bell, Sarah Doyle and Mark Robinson.
There were three perpetrators, called Juliet Lane, Charlotte Green and Peter Watkins.
The crimes committed were robbery, fraud and murder.
Moreover, between the two of us, Holmes and I were able to remember a few key facts about the cases:
Juliet Lane defrauded her uncle.
Mark Robinson’s body was found under a lake that had frozen over.
Peter Watkins was caught because of a splinter in his hand which he’d obtained from the jagged edge of a dining room table at the crime scene.
Combining these facts together, we were able to deduce the victim, perpetrator and crime committed in each of the three cases. Can you do the same?