The Last Train From Paris

THE SCENE

You are aboard the private Pullman Car Desire attached to a military train headed from Paris towards the south of France. You and the other guests arrived at Gare d' Austerlitz Station between 2:30 and 5:00 pm, boarding the train car by passing through military sentry station at which your identification and transit authorization were demanded. No one but authorized guests were admitted to the private car.

Aboard the train guests were greeted by the conductor, Jean-Pierre, who showed each to his or her cabin and arranged for luggage to be brought on board by the soldiers. Many of the guests asked pointedly if 'Number 9' had arrived and who he or she was. Jean-Pierre had no reluctance in disclosing that Number 9 was the notorious Fiona Fae Tahlle, and whispered that it was rumored that she was an international spy. He informed each guest that their hostess was not to be disturbed.

The train departed promptly at 5:00 p.m. and passed quickly out of the beleagured city. Seven hours later, a few moments after midnight, German troops marched into Paris.

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

Pursuant to orders, an investigation was undertaken of the following circumstances:
1. Body of a nude woman found in large canvas sack, hanging from railway bridge. Woman of medium build, blonde hair, approximately 25 years of age. Died of a knife wound to the heart. Identification papers with sack in name of Fiona Fae Tahlle, resident of Paris.
2. Message received by Generalle de Rearre at about 6:30: "Look in Pullman cabin 9. There's been a murder."
3. Examination of cabin 9:
a. cabin in disarray. luggage and clothing strewn about. cabin window shattered and glass lying on carpet. table and chairs upset. bottle of napoleon brandy broken. closet doors flung open. blood stains on carpet and berth.
b. narrow hole sliced by sharp blade in wall between cabin 8 and 9 over berth.
c. newly drilled hole in wall between cabin 9 and conductor's station. open umbrella stuck through hole. knife blade protruding from tip of umbrella into cabin.
4. Soldiers on platforms at each end of Pullman Car report: no one entered or left car since leaving station other than Jean-Pierre, Pullman conductor, who left at 5:10 p.m. and did not return.
5. Conclusion: 1 of the 8 other occupants of the Pullman Car murdered the occupant of cabin 9 by stabbing her with a thin bladed weapon after a vicious fight. The body was placed in a large canvas sack and thrown from the train at 6:00 p.m. as the train passed over a railway bridge. The sack, caught on the bridge, was discovered by passing troops.

THE MURDER SUSPECTS
(Justin and Anna White) Mal and Mary


(Job and Brittney Jones) The Duke and (Princess) Idelle


(Nick and Sarah Dockett) Wey and Belinda


(Joseph and Kelly Jones) Khover and Barbra


THE CONCLUSION
Idelle is the murderer, but she isn't really Idelle and it wasn't Fiona that she murdered. She is Fiona Fae Tahlle, disguised as Idelle, and she murdered the Princess.