[35T]>The Nettlesome Bride[35C][35Q]>3111>KILLER:|1. Penelope Holloway|2. Matthew Pratt|3. Curt Rhodes|4. Squire of Warwick|>MOTIVE:|1. Romantic jealousy|2. Cover-up|3. Blackmail|4. Insurance|>WEAPON:|1. Scissors|2. Letter opener|3. Knife|4. Sewing needle|[35S]>Penelope Holloway discovered she was making a bridal trousseau for another woman to marry the man who once proposed to her.  Seeking revenge for her romantic jealousy, the seamstress stabbed Imogene Boylan with a pair of scissors and stole the engagement ring from her finger.  [35A]>KILLER: Penelope Holloway |MOTIVE: Romantic jealousy|WEAPON: Scissors[45T]>The Amorous Sailor[45C][45Q]>3241>IDENTITY:|1. Dryden's mistress|2. Dryden's wife|3. Dryden's ex-wife|4. Dryden's illegitimate daughter|>MOTIVE:|1. Jealousy|2. Insurance|3. Inheritance|4. Bigamy|>METHOD:|1. Poison lipstick|2. Poison pin|3. Poison pellet|4. Poison champagne|[45S]>"I wed two wives" should be Willie Dryden's epitaph.  The white ring of untanned flesh around Willie's ring finger tipped Holmes to the fact that Willie had no business marrying Mitzi.  He was already married in Singapore to the lady in black.  This femme fatale followed Willie to London, learned he was marrying Mitzi, took her place in the receiving line and gave Willie the kiss of death.  [45A]>IDENTITY: Dryden's wife|MOTIVE: Bigamy|METHOD: Poison lipstick[47T]>The Unknown Victim[47C][47Q]>3421>KILLER:|1. Jeffrey Riverside|2. Elliot Maylard|3. Carl Seagram|4. Barry Auguston|>VICTIM:|1. Edgar Monkton|2. Carl Seagram|3. Barry Auguston's step-brother|4. Carl Seagram's beardless twin|>MOTIVE:|1. Jealousy over affair|2. Revenge for blackmail|3. Military cover-up|4. Revenge for business losses|[47S]>Enraged by his wife's confession of having had an affair with Carl Seagram, Barry Auguston plotted the General's death.||On the pretense of showing him the house, Auguston lured Seagram into the guest chamber.  Auguston requested a look at Seagram's sword; and when he had it, he forced the General to change into a tweed suit and then stabbed him.  He quickly shaved off the General's moustache and beard, hoping no one would recognize him.  ||He left the body on the bed, along with the sword.  He hoped Scotland Yard would assume the missing General killed this man, then drop the case when the General couldn't be found.  [47A]>KILLER: Barry Auguston|VICTIM: Carl Seagram|MOTIVE: Jealousy[53T]>The Kidnapped Songstress[53C][53Q]>3212>KIDNAPPER:|1. Lloyd Newcomb|2. Dale Rice|3. Guy Oats|4. Barney Loss|>MOTIVE:|1. Publicity stunt|2. Professional jealousy|3. Jealous lover|4. Revenge for discovering affair|>LOCATION:|1. Pub basement|2. Playhouse attic|3. Hotel attic|4. Newspaper shop attic|[53S]>Winnie Oats and her manager Dale Rice are devious characters.  They used poor Lloyd Newcomb to get favorable publicity, then tried to hang the kidnapping on him by planting the mask in the reporter's carriage.  Dale Rice wore the mask when he swept down on the rope to kidnap Winnie, who was fully prepared for the kidnapping.  Winnie's husband, Guy, found out about her involvement with Newcomb.  Guy booked passage for himself, probably bound for his lawyer and a divorce.  [53A]>KIDNAPPER: Dale Rice |MOTIVE: Publicity stunt|LOCATION: Playhouse attic[9999K]
