This is a great game from Broderbund.
If you are stuck, the solution that follows will actually
spoil the game for you.
Some simple hints:
The order of questioning each witness will help.
The order of witnesses is not that important.
Listen to what each has to say.
The prediction to the reporter will effect the outcome
of the game.
Try to break down each witness.
Don't click on each scene to speed it up.
There is important clues and such during travel to
each witnesses house,when you go to trial, and between scenes as
well. Listen to the news, they will critiquette each witness.
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Solution.
There is more than 1 solution.
This is how I obtained Murder in the 1st Degree and Grand Theft:
1. Listen to tapes of each person. All of it.
2. View documents. All of them.
Interview Witnesses next.
I started with
Simon
Theft:
Was he at the gallery?
Reveal Tobin's Call
Ask what he wore?
Gun:
Did he see a gun?
Ask him for co-operation
Ask him again about the gun
Ask if Zack had a gun
Who did he tell
Suggess he should have told Tobin
Suggest Tobin will Confess
Letter:
Ask about Ruby
Did he know about the letter
Suggest he looked at the letter
Did Tobin find out
Attack his story
Ask if he told Ruby
Push him to co-operate
Yvonne
Theft:
Clarify Tobins motive
Follow-up on letter
Ask about Death Threat
Ask about Alarm
Ask about more info
Crime Scene:
Reveal Tobins Story
Ask what happened next
Ask if it was something else
Clarify shirt story
Follow-up on shirt story
Gun:
Ask about Barnes
Ask if Tobin brought the gun
Explain importance of gun
Either Challenge story (or)
Suggest a better story
Ruby
Zack:
Was Zack popular
Did she like him
Did Zack like her
Did she have any regrets
Did Tobin find out
Ask if she read the note
Theft:
Ask about theft
Ask about Tobins artwork
Who benefitted from insurance
Ask if paintings were popular
Ask if ther were financial problems
Ask about Tobin rejection
Ask where Tobin was
Gun:
Ask if Zack had gun
Reveal who owns gun
Ask if she was surprised
Ask for more info
Go to Trial
Trial Day 1
I started with
Simon
Gun:
Was he aware of a gun
Ask about consistency of his story
Accuse him of telling Tobin
Letter:
Establish chronology
Did he read letter
Did he tell Tobin about letter
Theft:
Was he at the gallery
Suggest he was bribed
Day 2
Yvonne
Gun:
Did she know about the gun
Clarify importance of the gun
Challenge gun story
Ask her to explain
Theft:
Did she see the fight
Ask about the alarm
Explore Zack's role
Ask about gallery finances
Follow-up on Zack's motive
Crime Scene:
Ask about the day of murder
Follow-up on story
Ask about Tobin's story
Day 3
Looper
Crime Scene:
Ask about Tobin's broken table story
Did Tobin break the table
Examine the crowbar marks
Connect evidence to Yvonne's testimony
Disclose Zacks prints on crowbar
Day 4
Ruby
Zack:
Did she sleep with Zack
Ask her to read Zacks letter
Ask her if she got to read the letter
Ask her to continue reading Zacks letter
Gun:
Ask did Tobin have the gun
Show her the gun
Theft:
Does Tobin have an alibi
Ask about Tobins story
ask her more of Zacks story
Pursue Tobin
Day 5
Tobin
Theft:
Use phone message
Gun:
Examine fight details
You should get Murder in the 1st Degree and Grand Theft!
