The Sheriff said the horse did it. The horse's shoes were clean.
Friday night, 22 April 1966. Everett Brannock, 63, owner of Brannock Hill Farm and of the stallion Iron Sentry, goes down to the barn after supper as he does every night. At dawn the stud groom finds him in the stallion's stall with his skull crushed. The horse stands quietly in the corner.
The Sheriff calls it a kicking. The State Police pathologist counts two blows from an iron shoe that was not on any horse, and the farrier finds the stallion's four aluminium plates clean. A steel racing plate is missing from the trophy board in the aisle.
On Saturday at eleven the syndicate was to be signed. On Monday a deed of trust was to be filed. Six people were on the farm or at its gates that night: the son who opposed the sale, the wife, the veterinarian who would lose the horse, the stud groom who would lose his job, the French agent whose offer was refused, and the night watchman with the log. The telephone company, the stud book and the Louisville train know where they were.
Read all 24 documents and name the person who killed Everett Brannock. One accusation. Right or wrong, the solution file opens and shows every document that convicts. There are no hints and nothing is marked.
Press play and choose Create a room. Up to eight of you read the file on your own phones, see what the others have opened, vote in secret and let the host reveal. Only the host needs to own the case; guests play free.