An obviously drunk and unkempt-looking woman staggers through a trainyard late at night—a scenario that can’t end up well. Then he appears: a man carrying a tire iron is stalking her. After the train passes, he makes his move…
Cut to the captain’s office in Central Station, where Captain Donelly reports some unsettling news to Detectives Phelps and Galloway: somebody has pawned the distinctive rings taken by Deidre Moller’s murderer (from “The Golden Butterfly”). The captain wants the pawnbroker quietly pressed for information—the Moller case goes before the grand jury soon, and the District Attorney is nervous.
Donelly also orders his detectives to a new crime scene at the rail freight depot on Sante Fe Avenue: another woman found murdered.
Key Clue Checklist: Captain’s Briefing
- Pawned rings
Objectives
- Investigate Globe Loan & Jewelry.
- Investigate Railyard Crime Scene & Interview Jamison.
- Investigate Levine’s Liquor Store & Interview Robbins.
- Investigate Mensch’s Bar & Interview McCaffrey.
- Meet Captain at Central Police Station.
- Go to Rawlings Bowling Alley & Apprehend Tiernan.
- Investigate McCaffrey’s Apartment & Apprehend McCaffrey.
- Interrogate Tiernan & McCaffrey at Central Police Station.
- Charge Tiernan or McCaffrey.
Case Report
Total Number of Key Clues 17
Total Number of Interview Questions 16
Fail Conditions
- Phelps or Galloway dies.
- Tiernan escapes.
- McCaffrey escapes.
- Fail the final interviews.
Location: Globe Loan & Jewelry
Investigate the pawnbroker.
Exit the station 
and travel to Globe Loan & Jewelry 
. Enter the pawnshop and approach the proprietor to trigger a conversation. His name is David Bremner, and he has the rose gold wedding and engagement rings in question. After a little hardnosed bargaining by Galloway, the broker gives up the rings for 10 bucks.
Examine each ring closely, making sure you get the close-up view of both. The band has a “22K” engraved on the inside; Bremner calls this engraving the “hallmark”, indicating the quality. The other ring has an engraving, as well. Bremner calls it the “maker’s mark”, which shows who made the ring. In this case, the mark is for Hartfield’s Jewelry down on Broadway.
The pawnbroker reports that the man who pawned the rings gave his name as Percy B. Shelley, and left an address. Asked to describe the seller, Bremner isn’t much help: dark hair, medium height and build, “one of those forgettable faces”.
Travel to the railyard.
Exit the pawnshop and begin traveling to the railyard location 
. This is a good place to let your partner drive so you can listen carefully to the travel chatter. Once again, Phelps’ college education comes in handy: he knows the seller’s name and address are a fake. He also makes a deduction about the connection between the Black Dahlia and Deidre Moller murders. The key is the Percy Bysshe Shelley clue.
Location: Railyard Crime Scene
Investigate the crime scene.
When you arrive at the railyard entrance 
, a uniformed cop tells you to follow him and hops in his squad car. Follow the car across the tracks to the crime scene. Galloway wants to keep the Moller ring development under wraps for now and follow the chain of command—i.e., Captain Donelly will decide when to release such information.
Once you arrive, get out of the car and approach the crime scene to trigger a meeting with Officer Hart. He has two interviews for you: a fellow named Jamison and a rail worker, Nelson Gaines. Hart goes to keep an eye on Jamison until you’re ready to interview him.
Approach the coroner at the body and talk to him. Carruthers points out lipstick smudges on her face but no writing, blunt force trauma to her head, and ligature marks that indicate strangulation as cause of death. He estimates Time of Death as sometime after midnight.
Examine the victim’s body.
Approach the body. When you examine her head, Phelps notes a bad smell; Carruthers says it suggests a recent period of Vagrancy (i.e., homelessness). Then examine her right hand to discover another Missing Ring, violently removed. Sound familiar?
Explore the rest of the crime scene.
Approach the items laid out on a mat near the body. Examine the Handbag to open it. Take out the pink slip of paper, a studio pass. It gives you the victim’s name, Evelyn Summers, and suggests she once had a Movie Lot Job in the legal department. Unfortunately, as Galloway points out, the Keystone Film Company closed six years ago, in 1941.
Now take out the Upper Half of the Torn Letter to unfold and examine it. Looks like Evelyn had a bad liquor problem. As Phelps says, “Somebody was trying to get her to come home”. Now you can put down the handbag.
Next, pick up the sheet of paper. It’s a list of personal items on stationery from Levine’s Liquor Store. This adds the store to your notebook’s locations page, but there’s no address listed on the sheet, so you’ll have to call R&I for that.
Finally, pick up the matchbook and examine it closely to see an address for Mensch’s Bar. This gives you another new location to investigate. Before conducting your interviews, you can also have a quick exchange with Ray Pinker, head of Technical Services—the guy on one knee over by the police barricade. Just approach him and press the Talk button indicated.
Talk to the switchman.
Talk to the African-American man in overalls near the power box to trigger a conversation. Nelson Gaines found Jamison on top of the victim at 7:30 that morning… hours after she was dead, according to the coroner’s estimate.
Interview Jamison.
Approach the man sitting on the stack of railroad ties next to Officer Hart. He introduces himself as John Ferdinand Jamison, another Pacific Electric employee. When Phelps asks what he was doing with the body, he admits he was kissing her. This elicits an involuntary reaction from Detective Galloway.
Phelps asks Ferdinand to turn out his pockets and he produces some red Lipstick. You can extend the lipstick to see it’s been used. He claims he found it on the ground near the purse. This triggers the interview sequence.
Key Clue Checklist: Railyard Crime Scene
- Time of death
- Vagrancy
- Missing ring
- Handbag
- Upper half of torn letter
- Movie lot job
- Levine’s stationery
- Mensch’s Bar matchbook
- Lipstick
Interview: John Ferdinand Jamison
Topic: Discovery of victim’s body
Jamison says he found the body as he was getting off his shift and headed home. You have no evidence to suggest otherwise, but his lowered eyes suggest more to the story.
Correct Assessment: Bad Cop
When Phelps wonders how his story will seem to a jury, Jamison starts to panic. He says he came through this part of the yard around midnight and she wasn’t here then. When he found her in the morning, Jamison says he knew she was dead.
Topic: Interference with evidence
When Phelps asks if Jamison went through the victim’s purse, he readily admits it, saying, “It wasn’t as if she needed it”. He looks directly at Phelps; no reason to think he’s lying here.
Correct Assessment: Good Cop
Jamison goes on to say there was no money in the purse, and he found the lipstick and matchbook on the mat.
Phelps puts Jamison under arrest. The suspect complains once again that he did nothing illegal, which is just one complaint too many for Rusty Galloway.
Use the gamewell.
After Officer Hart hauls off Jamison, Galloway suggests you check out Mensch’s place—a good idea, but make a call to R&I first. Use the gamewell on the telephone pole not far behind your car. Phelps gets the address of Levine’s Liquor, adding that location to your map.
Location: Mensch’s Bar
Investigate the bar.
Travel to Mensch’s Bar 
. You automatically enter the establishment and trigger a cut-scene. Phelps chats with the owner, Walter Mensch, about Evelyn Summers. Mensch paints a sordid picture: an unpleasant, penniless woman bumming drinks, living rough. He suggests you ask around about her.
Try the fellow by the front window—just approach and press the Talk button. He’s reluctant to talk, but then says Evelyn was always mooching drinks. Not much else from the guy.
Interview Grosvenor McCaffrey.
Approach the young man reading in the booth. His name is Grosvenor McCaffrey, and he calls himself a starving writer. He agrees to talk about Evelyn Summers, saying that he didn’t know her well, but was “aware of her”. This begins the interview.
Interview: Grosvenor McCaffrey
Topic: Last contact with victim
Phelps asks if McCaffrey saw Evelyn the previous night, and he replies no, he was home writing. His response isn’t very convincing, is it?
Correct Assessment: Bad Cop
When Phelps threatens to “get interested” in him, McCaffrey points the finger at someone named James Tiernan. He says Tiernan and Evelyn Summers spent time together at the library. Tiernan works at Rawling’s Bowling Alley, a place Galloway and other cops frequent. This adds both Tiernan and the bowling alley to your notebook.
Topic: Criminal history
Phelps asks if McCaffrey has a criminal record. He claims to have had a few minor “skirmishes”, nothing serious. Again, he seems a bit skittish as he answers.
Correct Assessment: Bad Cop
When Phelps gets angry, McCaffrey admits he’s involved in strikes and workers’ rights issues. For Galloway, this is code for a Communist—he’s a pinko, a subversive “fifth columnist”.
Location: Levine’s Liquor Store
Investigate the liquor store.
Travel to Levine’s Liquor Store 
to enter and talk to the owner, a man named Robbins. He knew Evelyn Summers; he was a good friend of her ex-husband, and kept some of her things in the store. When control returns, follow Robbins through the back storage rooms to a curtained-off area with a bed where Evelyn stayed.
Enter the area and turn left, starting in the corner. Pick up the statuette labeled “Keystone Films 1938”. This triggers an exchange. Robbins tells you Evelyn worked in the studio’s legal copyrights for music. You can also pick up a Keystone nameplate and a bowling pin from Rawling’s Bowling.
Now check the opposite corner of the area. Pick up the framed photograph to see Evelyn wasn’t always a loner. Then examine the Book—Aristotle’s Metaphysics, pretty heavy reading for a supposed broken-down alcoholic. Robbins comments that the only thing stupid about Evelyn was her need to drink. Be sure to examine the book further to open it and see the name inscribed on the inside cover: Grosvenor McCaffrey! This discovery adds a topic to your Questions lists for both Robbins and, later, McCaffrey. Before leaving, you can find one more framed photo of Evelyn as a young girl with her mother.
Interview Robbins.
When you finish investigating Evelyn’s area, go back through the storage rooms to find Robbins. Approach him to trigger an interview sequence.
Key Clue Checklist: Levine’s Liquor Store
- Book
- Keystone Films statuette
- Bowling pin
Interview: mr. Robbins
Topic: Contact with victim
Phelps wants to account for Evelyn Summers’ movements the day before. Robbins reports that she stopped in early and bought a bottle of rye. Overall, he seems like an honest, direct man.
Correct Assessment: Good Cop
Robbins adds that although Evelyn didn’t acknowledge where the money came from, she did say the Liquor Purchase was a make-up present for a boy with whom she’d been fighting.
Topic: Relationship with victim
Robbins admits that he’s probably one of the few people sad that Evelyn Summers is gone. His emotion is clearly real.
Correct Assessment: Good Cop
The liquor storeowner also admits that Evelyn was slipping deeper into her illness with no apparent motivation to get out; her mother made attempts to help with no avail. Robbins fears he may have been enabling her alcoholism by giving her a place to flop.
Topic: Knowledge of McCaffrey
Robbins isn’t quite as forthcoming when asked if he knows Grosvenor McCaffrey. He blinks several times when giving a slightly evasive answer: “Not personally”.
Correct Assessment: Bad Cop
Phelps presses, acknowledging his struggle to find good leads. Robbins says Evelyn idolized McCaffrey and his revolutionary stance on fixing society’s ills. He seems to suggest that McCaffrey didn’t care too much about Evelyn Summers in return.
Key Clue Checklist: Walter Robbins Interview
- Liquor purchase
When the interview ends, Robbins shows genuine concern for the murdered woman, and exhorts Phelps to capture the killer. Return to your car. You get a call from KGPL to return to Central Station, but your discovery of McCaffrey’s book amongst the victim’s belongings gives you something new to ask the writer back at Mensch’s Bar.
Location: Mensch’s Bar
Interview McCaffrey.
Travel back to Mensch’s Bar 
. Enter and talk to Grosvenor McCaffrey, who still sits in the same booth reading his Sherlock Holmes.
Interview: Grosvenor McCaffrey
(second Time at mensch’s bar)
Topic: Relationship with victim
Phelps notes that McCaffrey said he barely knew Evelyn Summers. McCaffrey affirms this, but looks nervous. You have a piece of evidence now that suggests he might be lying.
Correct Assessment: Accuse
Evidence: Book
McCaffrey’s feeling the heat now, so he reports the Victim Last Seen with James Tiernan entering Tiernan’s hotel late at night with a bottle of booze. Now you can return to Central Station.
Key Clue Checklist: Grosvenor McCaffrey Interview (Second Time)
- Victim last seen
Location: Central Police Station
Meet with the captain.
Travel back to Central Station 
. Enter and approach Watch Commander Fleischer at the front desk; he tells you the captain is waiting for you with both Ray Pinker of Tech Services and Malcolm Carruthers, the coroner. Go downstairs to Technical Services.
Your arrival triggers a cut-scene. Captain Donelly announces that Pinker and Carruthers have concerns about similarities in the Henry, Moller, and now even the Taraldsen and Summers cases. Donelly and Galloway see it as the work of copycats. But Carruthers points out the use of the same Classic Carmine lipstick, the messages to “B.D”. and other details suggesting connections that seem more than coincidence or even copycat. The captain asks the detectives to keep the concerns quiet for now and focus on breaking the Summers case.
Trace McCaffrey’s address.
As you leave the basement, Galloway suggests you find out where Grosvenor McCaffrey lives before heading off to your next stop, the bowling alley. Use the phone at the station watch desk to call R&I and get a home address for McCaffrey. Then exit the building and hop in your car.
Location: Rawling’s Bowling Alley
Investigate the bowling alley.
Travel to the bowling alley 
. When you arrive, the detectives automatically enter the premises and talk to Florence at the desk. When asked about James Tiernan, she says he works at the alley as a pinsetter and sends you to the back where he works.
Walk down the left side of the lanes (along Lane 1) to spot Tiernan leaping across lanes and then running through the “Staff Only” door on the left wall. Follow him through the door! This triggers a chase cut-scene: Tiernan takes off running with Phelps and Galloway in hot pursuit. The suspect reaches his car and drives off… but the detectives commandeer a sweet, speedy Cisitalia Coupe, and the car chase is on.
Apprehend James Tiernan.
Stay on Tiernan’s tail until you can get close enough to ram him or let Galloway squeeze off shots at his tires. He takes a high-speed, crisscrossing route that leads you through Pershing Square (between 5th and 6th), then he veers left and tries to lose you in the Red Line tunnel.
When you finally bring Tiernan to a halt, a paddy wagon hauls him off to Central Police Station. He’ll be waiting there for questioning later. But you have one more place to investigate before then.
Location: McCaffrey’s Apartment
Search McCaffrey’s place.
Travel to Grosvenor McCaffrey’s apartment 
. Examine the mailboxes on the left side of the building entrance to see that McCaffrey lives in unit number 6. Enter the building and climb the stairs on the right to the second floor to find apartment 6. Approach the door to knock, then kick it open.
Turn left into the living room area and find the bottom half of the Torn Letter you found at the Summers murder scene; it’s on the desk. You see it is from Evelyn’s mother, Augusta.
Not far away, on the floor to the right, there’s a blood-spattered Tire Iron and a bloody shirt. Examine the tire iron for a close-up to see that it has “Rawling’s Bowling” engraved on it.
After uncovering these clues, a woman suddenly enters the room, calling for Grosvenor. She’s a neighbor, and she says he has a pigeon coop on the roof. Exit the apartment, climb up one flight of stairs to Level 3, and go right to find the Roof Access sign. Climb that set of stairs to the roof.
Apprehend McCaffrey.
Your arrival at roof level triggers a quick cut-scene: McCaffrey spots the detectives and takes off running. Chase him as he crosses a walkway and heads down a fire escape. Remember that you can slide down ladders to speed your descent. McCaffrey sprints up a wooden staircase that runs up the hillside, then cuts through yards and down alleys.
When you finally get close, tap the Tackle button to bring him down. After the paddy wagon hauls him back to Central Station, it’s time for you to head back there, too.
Key Clue Checklist: McCaffrey’s Apartment
- Torn letter (update of “upper half of torn letter”)
- Tire iron
Location: Central Police Station
Return to Central Station for interrogations.
Captain Donelly is waiting when you arrive. Phelps tells the captain he thinks Jamison is an “aberration”. Thus Donelly wants a solid confession from either Grosvenor McCaffrey or James Tiernan. Clearly, you’re going to have to play these two suspects off each other.
This is one of the trickiest interrogation sequences in the entire game. Let’s follow the room number order and start with Tiernan in Interview Room 1.
Interview James Tiernan.
Phelps asks Tiernan why he ran when spotted. His answer is almost disarmingly frank. Tiernan admits he was the last one to see Evelyn alive the night of the murder, and his guess is that the detectives assume he’s the murderer.
Interview: James Tiernan (First Time at station)
Topic: Relationship with victim
When asked, Tiernan claims that he barely knew Evelyn Summers. This seems like a stretch—he looks uncomfortable, and you have evidence to refute the claim.
Correct Assessment: Accuse
Evidence: Victim last seen
When Phelps brings up McCaffrey’s testimony, Tiernan tells his story of the night in question. He asserts that Evelyn did go to his hotel to drink with him, but he passed out and she was gone when he woke.
Topic: Victim’s book found
Phelps asks about the copy of Aristotle’s Metaphysics inscribed with McCaffrey’s name. Tiernan says Evelyn was curious about it and McCaffrey mocked her for it. He suggests that she stole it, wanting a part of McCaffrey. Tiernan’s forlorn stare suggests that there’s more to the story.
Correct Assessment: Bad Cop
Phelps’ threatening tone rattles Tiernan, and he suggests that McCaffrey’s criminal record involves somewhat more than just the labor disputes.
Topic: Alibi for James Tiernan
Phelps points out that the two were drinking the night of the murder and Evelyn had nowhere else to stay. His tactic is to tie the two together around the time of the murder. Tiernan continues to claim that he has no idea what happened that night. But his shifty-eyed look suggests otherwise.
Correct Assessment: Accuse
Evidence: Liquor purchase
Phelps insists James and Evelyn were fighting, and offers Walter Robbins’ statement about her whiskey purchase as evidence. This breaks down Tiernan a bit. He admits the relationship was more than friendship, but Evelyn’s worship of McCaffrey clearly upsets him. He denies killing her however, saying he merely kicked her out of his room.
Topic: Access to murder weapon
Tiernan doesn’t own a car, but he frankly admits he uses lug wrenches often at his bowling alley job. (Remember that the tire iron you found in McCaffrey’s apartment was from Rawling’s Bowling?) Again, his unease gives you reason to doubt that he’s telling the whole truth.
Correct Assessment: Bad Cop
When Phelps suggests he killed Evelyn Summers with such a wrench and then planted it in McCaffrey’s apartment, Tiernan suddenly spills a fountain of information. He reports a visit to McCaffrey with Evelyn where she stole the Aristotle book while the writer was on the roof with his pigeons. According to Tiernan’s Accusation, McCaffrey was livid with anger and threatened Evelyn’s life when he found out.
Although you can charge Tiernan with the murder here, you should question McCaffrey first before making a decision, so choose “Leave Interrogation”. Before leaving, Phelps asks about Evelyn’s missing ring. Tiernan describes it in detail and says he never saw her without it on.
Key Clue Checklist: James Tiernan Interview
- Tiernan’s accusation
Interview Grosvenor McCaffrey.
Now you’re loaded with ammunition for the Grosvenor McCaffrey interview. Go to Interview Room 2. The writer seems remarkably cocky, considering the distinct impression of guilt he created by running from the detectives. As he arrogantly remarks, “Let’s see where this takes us”.
Interview: Grosvenor McCaffrey
(First Time at Station)
Topic: Alibi for McCaffrey
Phelps asks McCaffrey to remind him where he was when Evelyn Summers was murdered. The suspect reiterates that he was at home writing. Once again, he seems far less than convincing. And you have some evidence that connects him to the crime scene.
Correct Assessment: Accuse
Evidence: Torn letter
A little pressure from Phelps regarding the two pieces of the letter from Augusta Summers gets McCaffrey to change his story. McCaffrey claims to have no knowledge of the letter, and suggests somebody else planted it there.
Topic: Access to tire iron
Phelps confronts McCaffrey with the physical evidence found in his apartment. The writer scoffs, saying if he’d killed someone he wouldn’t be stupid enough to leave the proof in his own place. He insinuates that Evelyn Summers was too insignificant to be worth the bother. But you have a statement that contradicts this attitude.
Correct Assessment: Accuse
Evidence: Tiernan’s accusation
When Phelps presents Tiernan’s testimony about McCaffrey’s threats to kill Evelyn, the writer turns the accusation right back at Tiernan. Now he claims the young pin setter killed Summers, then came to him for help. Phelps expresses doubt about McCaffrey’s Accusation, but the writer sticks to his story, saying he took Tiernan’s bloodstained items to dispose of them.
Key Clue Checklist: Grosvenor McCaffrey Interview
- McCaffrey’s accusation
Interview Tiernan again.
Time to discuss McCaffrey’s new accusation with James Tiernan. Re-enter Interview Room 1. Tiernan seems happy to see the detectives again, incorrectly assuming that things are cleared up and he’s free to go.
Interview: James Tiernan (Second Time at station)
Topic: Events prior to murder
Phelps asks for clarification on events in his room while drinking with Evelyn. Tiernan continues to claim he simply woke up the next morning, hung over and with no idea where Evelyn went.
Correct Assessment: Accuse
Evidence: McCaffrey’s accusation
When Phelps tells Tiernan about McCaffrey’s statement, he breaks down and tells the truth. He admits he was angry at Evelyn—angry enough to kill her, perhaps—but still has no memory of an attack. Then he plaintively asks, “Was it me?”
Here you have the option to formally charge James Tiernan with the murder of Evelyn Summers, and you can successfully conclude the case if you do so. However, you have another choice—one that may be preferable if you find Grosvenor McCaffrey insufferable and you pity poor James Tiernan.
Call R&I about McCaffrey’s record, then interview him again.
Before you see Grosvenor McCaffrey again, pick up one more piece of evidence. Use the phone at the watch desk; Phelps calls R&I and learns about McCaffrey’s Criminal Record. He was convicted of petty theft, but more importantly, he was dishonorably discharged from the Army during the Italian campaign for an assault on a Sicilian woman, who he almost beat to death. Now go talk to McCaffrey again.
Key Clue Checklist: Call to R&I
- McCaffrey’s criminal record
Interview: Grosvenor McCaffrey
(Second Time at station)
Topic: Military service
McCaffrey says the war changed him; the terrible things he saw made him want to become a writer and lobby for change. When Phelps brings up his petty theft record, McCaffrey claims that the “salient point” is that he’s never been convicted for anything violent. But you now have evidence that he’s lying.
Correct Assessment: Accuse
Evidence: McCaffrey’s criminal record
When Phelps confronts McCaffrey with the dishonorable discharge for beating a woman in Sicily, the writer’s cool, arrogant demeanor shatters and he viciously blasts the woman as “a peasant whore” who tried to steal from his wallet. Of course, this is similar to the actions of Evelyn Summers, who stole his book. When Phelps points out this fact, McCaffrey’s angry response is damning.
Phelps has what he needs to level an official charge of murder at Grosvenor McCaffrey. But over in the other interview room, James Tiernan has already all but confessed to the crime. Who will you accuse?
Charge McCaffrey or Tiernan with the murder.
Either choice is correct for the purposes of completing your case, but only charging McCaffrey earns you the full five-star rating. Captain Donelly reacts to your accusation—he prefers charging the Communist rather than the “cry baby”, but again, either charge works. Then Donelly orders the detectives to forget about the notion of a repeat offender.