The Missing Lantern Lens
At 8:10 p.m., someone opened the locked display cabinet in the fictional Harbor Museum and took its brass lighthouse lens. Which of the three suspects opened the cabinet?
Suspects
- Sol: a volunteer at the ticket desk.
- Rue: a workshop assistant.
- Vale: a lighting technician.
Clues
- Clue 1: The only route from the workrooms to the cabinet passed beneath an open skylight. Rain fell continuously from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Anyone who visited the cabinet at 8:10 would have wet sleeves.
- Clue 2: At 8:15, Sol had dry sleeves. Rue and Vale both had wet sleeves.
- Clue 3: The cabinet latch leaves violet chalk on the right thumb of anyone who opens it. At 8:15, Rue's thumbs were clean. Vale had violet chalk on the right thumb. Nobody washed their hands between 8:10 and 8:15.
0 of 3 clues revealed.