infocom/hints/solutions/witness.step

                             THE WITNESS (Infocom)
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(You are at the entrance to Linder's house) N, N, RING BELL (Phong leads
you inside), E (you enter the livingroom), WAIT (till Mr. Linder shows you
his office), SIT ON WOODEN CHAIR, READ NOTE (which he gives you), WAIT (until
9.04 pm. Here Linder is shot), STAND UP, PUSH BUTTON (you notice a click
from the clock), EXAMINE CLOCK (Phong appears now), GET KEYS (from him),
EXAMINE KEYHOLE (there is some gunpowder residue in it), UNLOCK BACK DOOR,
OPEN IT, E, S, GET HANDGUN, N (Duffy arrives), W, ANALYZE POWDER (Duffy
leaves again), EXAMINE WINDOW (you notice a wire), GET WIRE, W, N, N, OPEN
BUTLER'S DOOR, W, OPEN MYSTERY BOOK, GET RECEIPT, READ IT (it is a receipt
for two guns), E, S, S, UNLOCK GARAGE DOOR, OPEN IT, S, UNLOCK WORKSHOP
DOOR, OPEN IT, E, WAIT FOR DUFFY (he tells you about the gunpowder), ANALYZE
MUDDY GUN, WAIT FOR DUFFY, ANALYZE PIECE (of wire), WAIT FOR DUFFY (the
wire comes off a bell! Ah! Remember BUTTON), WAIT FOR MONICA (she soon returns
from the movies), WAIT (till she leaves. You must now follow her), W, N,
E, W, N, N, E, WAIT FOR MONICA, ASK MONICA ABOUT MR. LINDER (she was happy
that he died), WAIT (until she exits again), W, S, S, E, HANDCUFF MONICA,
SEARCH MONICA (you find a key), UNLOCK CLOCK DOOR, OPEN CLOCK DOOR (it contains
a firing mechanism), SEARCH MONICA (you find a gun - _the_ gun!), WAIT FOR
DUFFY, ARREST MONICA (who happens to be the murderer!)


EVIDENCE:
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Hidden Handgun - on Monica
Muddy Handgun  - on 'Office Path'
Key            - on Monica
Receipt        - inside Mystery Book in 'Butler's Room'
Powder         - inside the keyhole in 'Office'
Wire           - i Window i Office

Jacob Gunness - d. 21/6-1990.