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Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper Hints

What do I need to do while waiting for Andrew to return?

  • 1 of 12: Explore around the room you're in to see if you can find anything suspicious or useful. Remember that you can use the SPACEBAR to pinpoint all of the interactive spots.
  • 2 of 12: It turns out that your main task here is to discover a coded message.
  • 3 of 12: It's hidden inside one of the numbered desks that are arrayed along one side of the room, but you won't be able to get it until after you find out which desk to look in, and obtain a certain useful item.
  • 4 of 12: To learn the desk number and get another useful item, you'll have to open a certain jar with a heart in it.
  • 5 of 12: Take the small magnet from the open jar, then go check out the row of numbered desks.
  • 6 of 12: The paper between the heart jar's lids had a 6 on it, so go up to desk #6 and click on it.
  • 7 of 12: You'll need to use the magnet with it, so select the magnet in inventory and then click on desk #6 again.
  • 8 of 12: That'll open it up and start an odd little magnet puzzle.
  • 9 of 12: After you solve the puzzle, click on the magnet that's now in the top left corner of the puzzle screen to take the small metal hook that's stuck to it.
  • 10 of 12: Now if you click on desk #6, Watson will say something about finding a hole.
  • 11 of 12: That's where you need to use your new hook, so select it in inventory and click on the desk to find the coded message.
  • 12 of 12: Click on it to take it, which will prompt Andrew to return with the missing corpse list.