{"format":"murdoku-puzzle/1","id":"frontier","version":1,"difficulty":"medium","level":5,"size":{"rows":9,"cols":9},"languages":["en","hu","de","fr","es","it","nl","pl","pt","ro","ca","cs","fi","vi","tr","el","ru","uk","ar","ko","ja","zh-Hans","zh-Hant"],"defaultLanguage":"en","title":"The Frontier Town","tagline":"Dust Creek, Arizona Territory · 1881, an hour before the noon stagecoach · the safe was open","author":"mathace","concept":"Murdoku – Manuel Garand (murdoku.com); unofficial fan-made case","created":"2026-09-29","story":"Dust Creek, Arizona Territory, 1881. At noon the stagecoach was to leave with the payroll of the silver mine – the biggest sum the little bank had ever kept in its safe. Strangers had been drifting into town all morning: a preacher, a gambler, a cattle drover and a newspaper reporter from back East. The piano was tinkling in the saloon and the horses were dozing at the water troughs when a cry came from the bank: Velma, its owner, lay beside the open safe. Locals and strangers alike give a statement – find out who was alone with her.","rules":{"standard":["Every <b>row</b> and every <b>column</b> holds exactly <b>one person</b>. As soon as you place someone, cross out their whole row and column.","<b>“Beside”</b> = directly left, right, above or below, and <b>in the same area</b>. 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A <b>counter</b> was somewhere in her area.","job":"a newspaper reporter","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Hallie\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#00695c\"/><path d=\"M22 40 Q22 14 40 14 Q58 14 58 40 L58 58 L22 58 Z\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#f4efe6\"/><path d=\"M40 60 l-8 -4 v8 z M40 60 l8 -4 v8 z\" fill=\"#b8302b\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"60\" r=\"2\" fill=\"#7a1f1c\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f6d8c0\"/><path d=\"M26 36 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 36 Q52 24 40 24 Q28 24 26 36 Z\" fill=\"#d9b464\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><line x1=\"39\" y1=\"35\" x2=\"41\" y2=\"35\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/></svg>","solverRole":"stranger","constraints":[{"type":"not_area","areas":["Saloon"]},{"type":"area_has","obj":"counter"}]},{"id":"V","name":"Velma","gender":"F","role":"victim","color":"#1b1b1b","avatar":{"bg":"#5a2a2a","skin":"#f3d3b5","hair":"#8a8278","style":"bun","shirt":"#2f3b4c","necklace":true,"earrings":true},"clue":"<b>The victim.</b> She was found in the <b>Bank</b>, beside the <b>safe</b> – alone with the murderer.","job":"the owner of the bank","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Velma\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#5a2a2a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#2f3b4c\"/><path d=\"M31 58 Q40 66 49 58\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#f3e2b3\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-dasharray=\"2 2\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#f3d3b5\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#f3d3b5\"/><circle cx=\"40\" cy=\"15\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#8a8278\"/><path d=\"M26 32 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 32 Q50 24 40 24 Q30 24 26 32 Z\" fill=\"#8a8278\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"26\" cy=\"41\" r=\"1.8\" fill=\"#f0c95a\"/><circle cx=\"54\" cy=\"41\" r=\"1.8\" fill=\"#f0c95a\"/><path d=\"M12 12 L68 68 M68 12 L12 68\" stroke=\"#e0362e\" stroke-width=\"5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" opacity=\".9\"/></svg>","solverRole":"townsfolk","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Bank"]},{"type":"beside","obj":"safe"}]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"A","solution":{"A":[1,6],"V":[2,9],"B":[3,3],"F":[4,1],"D":[5,7],"E":[6,4],"H":[7,8],"C":[8,5],"G":[9,2]},"walkthrough":[{"place":["D"],"cand":{"A":[[1,6],[1,8],[2,6],[2,8],[2,9],[3,9],[6,6],[6,9],[7,6],[7,8],[8,5],[8,6],[8,8],[8,9],[9,6],[9,8]],"B":[[1,3],[3,3]],"C":[[1,6],[1,8],[2,6],[2,8],[2,9],[3,9],[6,6],[6,9],[7,6],[7,8],[8,5],[8,6],[8,8],[8,9],[9,6],[9,8]],"E":[[6,4],[8,4]],"F":[[2,1],[3,2],[4,1]],"G":[[7,2],[8,1],[9,2]],"H":[[1,6],[1,8],[2,6],[2,8],[2,9],[3,9],[6,9],[7,8],[8,8],[8,9],[9,8]],"V":[[1,8],[2,9]]},"text":"Velma was found in the Bank beside the safe: R1C8 or R2C9 – alone with the murderer, so the Bank holds exactly two people. Start with the columns. Ezekiel was beside a water trough; beside the water trough at R6C1 in the Stable (at R6C2 or R7C1) he would also be beside the horse at R7C2, but Delilah was the only one beside a horse – so he was beside the water trough at R7C4 in Main Street: R6C4 or R8C4, in column 4. Garrett was in the Stable and not beside a horse either: at R8C1, or sitting on a horse at R7C2 or R9C2 (whoever sits on a horse is not beside it). Fannie was beside the card table: R2C1, R3C2 or R4C1. These two share columns 1 and 2. Bessie was beside the piano, and with columns 2 and 4 taken she is in column 3: R1C3 or R3C3. Delilah was beside a horse, and every such square lies in columns 1–4 except R5C7, beside the horse at R5C6: <b>Delilah is at R5C7.</b> She was alone with a man, and Ezekiel is in Main Street as well: he is that man, and nobody else was in Main Street."},{"place":["C","E","F"],"cand":{"A":[[1,6],[1,8],[2,6],[2,8],[2,9],[3,9],[7,8],[9,8]],"B":[[1,3],[3,3]],"G":[[7,2],[9,2]],"H":[[1,6],[1,8],[2,6],[2,8],[2,9],[3,9],[7,8],[9,8]],"V":[[1,8],[2,9]]},"text":"Now column 5. Its Main Street squares are closed, R5C5 is the stagecoach and R7C5 a desk: the only square left is the chair at R8C5 in the Sheriff’s Office, so somebody was sitting on it. Columns 1–4 and 7 have their owners, which leaves Abner, Clayton, Hallie and Velma. Velma was in the Bank, and Hallie – not in the Saloon, with a counter somewhere in her area – in the Bank or the General Store. Abner had exactly one woman in his area, but no woman can be in the Sheriff’s Office: Bessie and Fannie were in the Saloon, Delilah is in Main Street, Hallie and Velma in the Bank or the General Store. Only Clayton is left: <b>Clayton is at R8C5.</b> Row 8 is his, so Ezekiel is not at R8C4: <b>Ezekiel is at R6C4.</b> In row 4 the Main Street squares are closed too, which leaves R4C1 and R4C2 in the Saloon – columns 1 and 2, so Fannie or Garrett, and Garrett was in the Stable. R4C2 is not beside the card table: <b>Fannie is at R4C1.</b>"},{"place":["G","H","V"],"cand":{"A":[[1,6]],"B":[[1,3],[3,3]]},"text":"Clayton is in row 8, and exactly one row north of him was a woman: the person in row 7 is a woman. Garrett shares columns 1 and 2 with Fannie, who has taken column 1, so he was sitting on a horse in column 2, at R7C2 or R9C2 – and row 7 belongs to a woman: <b>Garrett is at R9C2.</b> Which woman is in row 7? Bessie is in row 1 or 3, Fannie in row 4, Delilah in row 5, Velma in row 1 or 2 – only Hallie is left. She was in the Bank or the General Store, and of these row 7 reaches only the General Store: R7C7 is in Delilah’s column and R7C9 is the shelf. <b>Hallie is at R7C8.</b> Column 8 is hers, so Velma was not at R1C8: <b>Velma is at R2C9.</b>"},{"place":["A","B"],"cand":{},"text":"Rows 1 and 3 and columns 3 and 6 are left, for Abner and Bessie. Bessie is in column 3, so Abner is in column 6, at R1C6 or R3C6. R3C6 belongs to Main Street, where Delilah was alone with Ezekiel: <b>Abner is at R1C6</b>, in the Bank. Bessie takes row 3: <b>Bessie is at R3C3</b>, beside the piano – the horse at R4C3 is in another area, so she is not beside it. Everyone is placed. Bessie and Fannie were in the Saloon, Delilah and Ezekiel in Main Street, Garrett in the Stable, Clayton in the Sheriff’s Office and Hallie in the General Store: the only person who can be alone with Velma in the Bank is Abner – and she is the one woman in his area."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Velma was alone in the Bank with the barber. <b>Abner is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["bed","chair","hay","horse","stool"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-09-29"}}