Protagonists#

• Charlotte Bly - Jazz Singer (Tasos)
• Dr. Bertrand Sharpe - Psychiatrist (Konstantina)
• Frank Plekanec - Longshoreman, Great War Veteran (Michalis)
• Lucy Pritchard - Reporter (Ioannis)

Sunday 15th of September 1919, Boston Globe - 15:00 PM#

The investigators continue the search for more information about the Penrose Coven in the Boston Globe archive. Their search is fruitless and Lucy starts crying in order to gain some more time searching in the archive. Thea Brouwer wants to go for lunch so she doesn’t allow them to continue the search and tells them to come back another day if they want.

When Lucy & Dr. Sharpe get out of Boston Globe they meet up with the rest of the group and decide for their next steps

• Charlotte & Frank will go to the Orpheum Theater
• Lucy will visit the Boston Library to find out more about the Penrose Coven
• Dr. Sharpe will visit the Museum of Fine Arts to find more about the stolen jewelry.

Dr. Sharpe gets a look in “The Vodnik” book where he discovers a couple of pages that are translated in english.

The investigator all agree that they meet later tonight in the Jazz Club Black Cat where Charlotte will perform tonight.

Sunday 15th of September 1919, Boston Library - 16:00 PM#

Lucy visits the library and after wasting some time looking for buildings or places related to Penrose Coven she decides to look into the newspaper archive where she finds out more information about the arrests of Penrose Coven members in 1879. She discovers a newspaper article about the arrests.

Sunday 15th of September 1919, Museum of Fine Arts - 16:00 PM#

Newspaper accounts indicate that the gold jewelry found on Imhoff’s person were taken to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for identification. The museum is located on Huntington Avenue in the Fenway neighborhood. It is an elegant, neoclassical building with granite pillars and a grand rotunda.

Dr. Sharpe meets Dr. Laura O’Connor, the museum’s curator of ancient art. O’Connor is an older woman with long white hair and half-moon glasses.

Dr. O’Connor explains to Dr. Sharpe the history of the Babylonian jewelry and shows him the public collection of the Museum. O’Connor comments that gold is one of the least reactive metals on the periodic table, impervious to air, water, alkalis, and acids. It never corrodes. This is fortunate because blood readily causes most metals to rust. The pieces are Babylonian, dating back to the Achaemenid dynasty. She doesn’t give him access to the recently seized jewelry as it is cleaned and repaired in the workshop.

When Dr. Sharpe steps out of the museum he meets with Lucy who arrived there a bit ago. They spend some time together before going to the Black Cat Hazz Club later tonight.

Sunday 15th of September 1919, Orpheum Theater - 16:00 PM#

Charlotte & Frank visit the Orpheum Theater where Imhoff held his performances. Located on the South End, the Orpheum is a 3,000-seat auditorium with a brick façade. The building has a gaudy marquee lit with electric lights. The sign currently advertises an upcoming burlesque show entitled The Follies of Lady Foxe, presented by the Columbia Amusement Company.

The ticket counter is watched by Jan Iggulden, a retired dance instructor who now works for the Orpheum. She is compact and poised, with salt-and-pepper hair pulled back in a tight bun.

Jan recognises Charlotte and lets her get in with Frank.

Once through the front doors, investigators find themselves in a foyer with a plush red carpet. There is a sparkling chandelier with electric lights, although the “crystal” pendants are common glass. Framed posters adorn the walls, including a print advertising one of Imhoff’s shows. “THE DIABOLIST SEES ALL!” it screams in gaudy letters. Beneath this is a picture of Imhoff wearing a turban, with a gaze so penetrating it looks like the eyes are about to pop out of his head. A worker is in the process of taking the poster down so they can remove this unpleasant reminder.

From the foyer, heavy walnut doors open into the theater itself. The burlesque dancers from the Columbia Amusement Company are practicing. They are a collection of nubile young women, dressed in feathers and rhinestone-studded bustiers.

Orson Thurber is there working with two other men to assemble a set. It is a painted backdrop portraying a seraglio in an Ottoman palace. There are some fake palm trees for added verisimilitude.

Orson sees Charlotte and gets the chance to talk to her in private where he shares his concern about Imhhoff and mentions that “The week before the tragedy, he seemed very agitated,” he recalls. “He would snap at people for no reason. I heard him shouting in the dressing room at one point, as though he were having an argument with someone. When I came in, I found that he had been screaming into the mirror. At the time, I thought he was rehearsing for something. Now, I’m not so sure.”

A Psychology check reveals that Thurber is confused and angry. He seems to be a gentle man, but he is outraged by what happened and struggling to make sense of it.

Charlotte asks Orson if Imhoff knew anyone by the name Joseph and Orson seems surprised by that question although he denies any knowledge. A second Psychology check reveals that Orson Thurber seems to know about a Joseph G. and he just plainly denies it.

Finally, Thurber takes them to the men’s dressing room. This is the area where male performers change into costume and apply makeup prior to going on stage. There are twelve counters, each with a chair and a mirror ringed with lights. Imhoff had his own station, and the walls around it are plastered with notes from adoring fans. There are a few desiccated rose petals under the chair, perhaps from a bouquet sent to Imhoff that was recently thrown out.

Orson tells them that he needs to return to the stage to check on his men, and that he’ll come collect them in fifteen minutes. This moment of privacy provides an opportunity for the investigators to conduct a search.

There is nothing menacing in the fan mail, although some of the notes are worshipful enough to make the reader a little uncomfortable. One of them is an old letter from Clara Winbourne. On the counter, there is a makeup kit, a tin of pomade, and a container of black shoe polish.

There’s also a wastepaper basket beside the chair. Lying at the bottom is a crumpled, unmarked envelope, inside they find a white card with the words “3 Days — Evening – Susurrus – Birds.”

Nothing else of interest yields itself to the investigators. Shortly thereafter, Thurber returns and informs them that he will need to escort them from the premises. A full rehearsal is beginning, and they can’t have any guests on site. He provides them a card with the Orpheum’s contact information. If they ever need anything else, he will be at their service.

Before leaving the theater, the Charlotte & Frank decide to let Frank behind so he can check out on Orson Thurber whereabouts and follow him to see where he may go after work.

Sunday 15th of September 1919, Black Cat Jazz Club - 21:00 PM#

Dr. Sharpe & Lucy step in the Black Cat Jazz Club and they are being treated like kings as Charlotte have left their names to the club owners. The waiters go up & down serving them drinks and food that they like. Charlotte gets to the stage and shines like a star with her marvellous performance.

After the performance Dr. Sharpe and Lucy meet up with Charlotte in the backstage where Charlotte shares her concern about Frank who didn’t appear in the club. They all decide to use Dr. Sharpe’s car and go by the theater.

Sunday 15th of September 1919, Orpheum Theater - 00:00 PM#

The investigators all meet up outside of the Orpheum Theater where they find Frank waiting. They decide to split up and monitor both entrances of the theater.

Lucy tries to get in the theater and talk with Orson Thurber. After paying a $0.50 ticket she goes inside right before the performance ends. After the audience leaves, she approaches Orson Thurber and has a talk with him. She shares with him her concern about Imhoff and talks about an article she wants to write about him. When she asks him about a Joseph G., Orson tells her to “better not stir things up and never mention that name again”. She sees Orson will try to exit through the back entrance.

Outside of the theater the rest of the group awaits for Orson’s exit. Lucy meets Dr. Sharpe in the front entrance and informs them that Orson will get out through the back entrance.

Frank sees Orson exiting the theater and approaches him as Orson walks towards a cab nearby. He tries to intimidate Orson by grabbing his beard. Suddenly Orson grabs Frank’s hand and releases it from his beard and then approaches Frank and grabs him by the shoulder. Frank feels an powerful pain in his shoulder such as electricity passing through his whole body. “Some things need to be left alone. Do not stir things up!” Orson yells to Frank. He then enters the taxi and says to the driver “Roxbury”.

The rest of the group approaches the scene with Dr. Sharpe’s car, they take Frank with them and start following the cab. A successful Drive Auto keeps them in a distance where Orson cannot see that they follow him. Orson’s cab arrives in Roxbury neighbourhood in an old 4 floor building where het gets out of the car and enters the apartment building. The investigators now know his home address.

The group decides to split up and go to sleep and meet again tomorrow morning. They all agree to:

• Lucy will go to Boston Herald to talk to her boss and try to find more info about the Penrose Coven and she will also try to visit the Boston Police Station and meet with Inspector Livingston.
• Dr. Sharpe will go to the morgue and find out more about the autopsy.
• At noon they will all meet up at Clara Winbourne’s apartment.

Monday 16th of September 1919, Boston Herald - 08:00 AM#

Lucy visits Boston Herald and meets with Robert Sullivan, the owner of the newspaper. He sits behind his desk smoking a cigar. Lucy talks to him about the Imhoff case and she shares what she knows about the Penrose Coven. Robert agrees to help by trying to find out the list of the 1879 arrests.

Monday 16th of September 1919, Boston Police Station - 09:00 AM#

Lucy visits the police station and she is being directed to the office of Inspector Livingston. He welcomes her and watch her carefully as she explains to him her concerns about the Immhoff case. After she finishes her long talk the inspector offers her a cigarette and then tells her “My father told me that you should never stir shit because they’ll start to smell”. He tells her that the case is closed, it was a murder suicide and there is no point trying to find more info about it. Lucy tries to find out some information about the scene of the crime but the only information Inspector Livingston shares is that there were a lot of medical tools at the scene. He also tells to Lucy that if she brings him some useful information he can really use then maybe he can help her more.

Monday 16th of September 1919, Bostom City Hospital Morgue - 10:00 AM#

Dr. Sharpe visits the morgue and meets up with Dr. Charles Whitingbrow. He asks for information about the dead bodies of Alexander Imhoff and Clara Winbourne. Dr. Whitingbrow tells him that the body of Imhoff was found on one of the tables and had signs of treppaning that weren’t visible at first glance. The gun wound on Imhoff’s head seems unlikely to be self-inflicted. He also shares that Clara Winbourne was found on the floor with a gun wound on her stomach. Her hands were full of blood that wasn’t hers and matched the blood type of Imhoff.

Monday 16th of September 1919, Bostom City Hospital Morgue - 12:00 AM#

Lucy gets informed by her boss Robert Sullivan about the list of arrests of 1879. One name is prominent there Joseph Garland