[77T]>The Fallen Angel[77C][77Q]>3412>KILLER:|1. Houston Glaser|2. Tim Mathers|3. August Bomish|4. Willie Crayfield|>WEAPON:|1. Sword|2. Rope|3. Arrow|4. Lance|>HOW KILLER ESCAPED:|1. Down air shaft|2. Hot air balloon|3. Swung to another building|4. Giant kite|[77S]>Hot air balloonist Willie Crayfield talked human fly Hector Angel into a daring heist of the Crown Jewels stored in the heavily guarded Tower of London.  ||As Crayfield maneuvered his balloon above the Tower, Angel climbed down a rope and entered a vent leading to the room containing the regal gems.  ||After stealing the Crown Jewels, Angel commenced to climb back up the rope into the gondola of Crayfield's balloon.  Angel made the fatal mistake of first handing the gems to Crayfield before completing his climb.   As soon as Crayfield grabbed the jewels, he drew a sword and cut the rope Angel was ascending.  Poor Hector Angel fell to his death still clutching a section of the severed rope.  [77A]>KILLER: Willie Crayfield|WEAPON: Sword|HOW KILLER ESCAPED: Hot air balloon.[101T]>The Alphabet Spy[101C][101Q]>3421>THE MESSAGE:|1. August Eighteenth|2. August Thirteenth|3. August Twentieth|4. August Nineteenth|>THE EVENT:|1. Invasion of Hungary|2. Invasion of France|3. Invasion of Prussia|4. Invasion of Poland|>WHO SENT MESSAGE:|1. King Wilhelm|2. Napoleon|3. Moriarty|4. Throwbush|[101S]>The leaders of the militant German province of Prussia were about to expand their influence by invading France.  This aggression became known as the bloody Franco-Prussian War, and the date in the message marked Prussia's first assault.  Bonus points for any sleuth who pegged the year as 1870, five years after the Civil War.  [101A]>THE MESSAGE: August Nineteenth|THE EVENT: Invasion of France|WHO SENT THE MESSAGE: King Wilhelm[107T]>The Mysterious Skull[107C][107Q]>3231>KILLER:|1. The coxswain|2. The entire rowing team|3. Fred Farend|4. Rowing team coach|>HOW KILLED:|1. Hit with oar|2. Hit with ancient human skull|3. Hit by boat|4. Drugged|>MOTIVE:|1. Cover up drug use|2. To get his position|3. Revenge for recent rules changes|4. Blackmail|[107S]>If you know anything about the sport of rowing, you know a "scull" is a racing boat used in the Olympics and the Henley Regatta.  The fishermen who pulled the coach from the Thames heard the right word, but everybody assumed the wrong spelling.  [107A]>KILLER: Rowing team|HOW KILLED: Hit by boat  |MOTIVE: Cover up drug use[110T]>The Musical Murder[110C][110Q]>3424>KILLER:|1. Octavia Scales|2. Major Keys|3. Heidi Minor|4. Jeff DeSharpe|>WEAPON:|1. Rigged piano|2. Harp string|3. Cello string|4. Cello bow|>MOTIVE:|1. Jealousy|2. Blackmail|3. Cover up|4. Stolen composition|[110S]>The quartet's harpist was bitter over the theft of his musical piece "Goodby, Dolly," so he was determined to end William Minor's career on a sour note.  You had an edge on this case if you know music and recognized that on the piano an E flat and a D sharp are exactly the same note. [110A]>KILLER: Jeff DeSharpe|WEAPON: Harp string|MOTIVE: Stolen composition[9999K]
