August 13 - More Bodies Found, and a Letter

Things had been fairly quiet in respects to investigation. After determining the identities of the bodies that had been discovered in Pearce, no one talked about it much at all. I received a note in my mailbox one day however that read as follows: "To whoever cares, there were two bodies dropped off behind the sheriff office in Tombstone last night.  Two bodies dropped off at the docs office in Pearce.  These men were approaching the area from the east so they were executed.  They carried a bit of money with them in which I confiscated.  They had some nice weapons in which i have confiscated and will sale for my services.  My motive is clear.  Its your job to figure it out.  This is not the last body you will find, there are more coming, its just a matter of time. Signed... Death."

I then spoke with Army General Suzy who told me that two bodies had been found near the church in Black Diamond. She told me that there was no blood from the bodies in Diamond so they were shot somewhere else and brought there.

Yesterday, I went to the office in Black Diamond and found that it was burned to a crisp. I investigated around the rubble and smelled the remnants of oil, leading me to believe that it was the cause of the fire. I found fingerprints left behind on the wood of the door and lifted them and preserved them to be compared with outlaw print files later.

Walking around town, hoping to find witnesses to the fire, I discovered that the sheriff's office had also been burned down and there was a similar smell of oil at that office as well. Searched for prints and found fingerprint markings left on the doorframe again. I matched the prints with the ones found at the Pinkerton office and they were indeed a match.

I then found that the bank was also burned to a crisp and there was a similar smell of oil at the bank entrance. Searched for prints and found fingerprint markings on the doorframe again. I matched them with the prints found at the other two fires and confirmed that all three fires were done by the same person.

With this new investigation underway, I took my incident report to the fort in Tombstone and talked with Suzy about the fires, though she was more focused on the bodies that had been found. Without much to work with though in either case, I sincerely hoped there would be witnesses that would come up so that I could figure out what was going on.