Crushed Crown
Cases unlock in order, like levels. This is case 194 of 200.
London, 9 May 1671, 8:00 am. In the basement of one of the towers of the royal fortress of London, the jewel room stands with its grille open and smells of stone dust.
At 7:40 Susanna Fothergill heard a groan and found her father, the keeper of the jewels Elias Fothergill, 77, lying behind the grille, bound, gagged and with a head wound. He is alive but has not yet woken.
The Crown of State and the Sovereign's OrbSovereign's Orb A gold ball topped with a cross, carried by a monarch as a symbol of power at coronations. are gone. The Sceptresceptre An ornamental rod held by a monarch as a symbol of authority. was left on the floor, sawn halfway through.
Three people were near this grille or this gate this morning. One of them knows where the crown went.
Jewel room in a London stone tower, 1671, with a golden sceptresceptre An ornamental rod held by a monarch as a symbol of authority. fallen on the floor.
Suspects
Susanna FothergillDaughter of the keeper of the jewels, betrothed to the reverend's nephew, 24
Nathaniel CrabtreeGate guard of the fortress who writes the entry book, 41
Josiah PendlefordCountry reverend, friend of the family and uncle of the fiancé, 52
The real case
The theft of the Crown Jewels
London, England, 1671
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