Jane Austen Mystery Game Clues
2 min readSep 11, 2024
- When the housekeeper, Mrs. Reynolds, saw Mr. Wickham, Mr. Wickham was bleeding slightly, but he did not seem too badly hurt.
- Mr. Wickham had destroyed Mr. Cole’s business by stealing all of his customers.
- The incident occurred in the waning hours of the night, when attendees are known to be “foxed” and prone to acts of recklessness.
- Mr. Wickham’s body was found in the stables.
- Mrs. Reynolds retired from her housekeeping duties at 5:30 a.m.
- Constables were unable to locate Mr. Henry Crawford after the murder.
- Mrs. Robert Ferrars (nee Lucy Steele) was heard to remark how Mr. Wickham could make a woman feel truly seen.
- Mrs. Reynolds said she saw Mrs. Lucy Ferrars lingering near the staircase to the guest quarters when she turned in for the night.
- Mrs. Lucy Ferrars said that she did not see anybody coming down the stairs between 5:25 a.m. and 5:45 a.m.
- A discarded vial of poison was found in the grounds of the garden.
- Mrs. Reynolds reported to the magistrate that she saw Mr. Wickham at 5:15 a.m.
- The hidden blade from a walking stick was found with blood on it in the corridor outside of many guest quarters, including where Mrs. Lucy Ferrars was staying.
- Mrs. Reynolds saw Mr. Wickham’s wife, Lydia, go to Mr. Henry Crawford’s rooms at 4:30 a.m.
- Mr. Wickham’s body was found at 6:30 a.m.
- When he was discovered dead, Mr. Wickham had a bullet hole in his thigh and a stab wound in his back.
- Only one bullet had been fired from Mr. Cole’s pistol.
- The blade found near Mrs. Lucy Ferrars’s room had Mr. Crawford’s initials on it — H.C.
- Mr. Cole said he brought the pistol to the gathering because he had a right to protect himself and his business.
- Mrs. Reynolds said that Mr. Wickham’s wife was spotted to have danced twice with Mr. Crawford.
- Mrs. Reynolds saw Mr. Wickham go to Mr. Crawford’s rooms at 5:25 a.m.
- When magistrates tried to locate Mr. Cole after the murder, they discovered that he had disappeared.
- Mr. Cole had publicly threatened to kill Mr. Wickham, as witnessed by Miss Elizabeth Eliot and Sir Walter Eliot.
- Bloodstains were found on the carpet in the hall outside Mr. Cole’s guest quarters.
- Mrs. Reynolds was known to be “a trifle disguised” by the time she retired for the evening.
- Mr. Cole claimed he shot at an intruder breaking into his room at 5:00am.
- It was obvious from the condition of Mr. Wickham’s body that it has been dragged a long distance.
- Mrs. Lucy Ferrars saw Mr. Wickham go to Mr. Cole’s rooms at 4:55 a.m.
- Mrs. Lucy Ferrars was rumored by Mrs. Alicia Johnson to have claimed to have come to the ball with the intention of beginning a dalliance with Mr. Wickham.
- Bloodstains were found in Mr. Crawford’s carriage.
- The bullet taken from Mr. Wickham’s thigh matched the gun owned by Mr. Cole.
